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My windscreen was re-fitted for the 5th time last Tuesday (3/9), this time by the company recommended by my dealer. Amazingly Autoglass are making some kind of claim with their insurance company for the cost of this work. Coincidently they also replaced a windscreen on a Jag last week that Silvershield had messed up 5 times before!!!
They used original SAAB trim parts and Sekurit Saint-Gobain glass. No wind or trim noise to report even at high(ish) speed. I also noticed that the Sekurit glass has much darker black paint around the edge of the glass than the Pilkington stuff.
e-mail me if you want to talk to them directly and I will pass on their details to you.
The important parts of the fitting process seem to be:
Fit the two part plastic covered metal cage and the two clips first. The clips should slide on over the ends of the cage parts as they are put into place, they should not be clipped on afterwards! Previously the clips had been put on as the very last thing to be done and had never fitted well.
Apply a V shaped bead of adhesive to the glass - the shape of the bead is important - it shouldn't be a sausage. 2 people must lift the glass and position it in place. This ensures that the adhesive is all the way around the glass and that the bead isn't rolled out of place as can happen when 1 person lifts the glass into place from the side - this causes the wind noise because the glass isn't bonded all the way around.
Use the spare tyre to weight down the glass to ensure that the glass is recessed as it should be - the rubber trim will tend to lift the glass out otherwise. This ensures that the glass is recessed and the rubber trim is held securely against the coachwork - otherwise you can get a harmonica type sound from the rubber trim.
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