Smashed rear windscreen help.

[Killeybh]

Came back from a night out to find my rear windscreen all smashed. I live in the middle of nowhere and my car was parked on the drive. It wasnt smashed before i went out.

The smash is odd, its not like a brick or anything has hit the glass and cracks have come from an impact point, the whole windscreen is just cracked. Like something big has jumped on it and compressed it inwards. But if someone had surley my alarm wouldve gone off??

Secondly, how do i replace a rear windscreen? ill try and get one from a scrap yard or off here, however how do i remove and fit one??

need help urgently.

cheers

[tingaling]

Probably be easier to get a complete tailgate tbh

[saxo_singh]

If you want to keep the same bootlid then, source a rear screen, then use a heat gun and a blade to remove the broken remains. best to take the complete bootlid of, then use tiger seal to glue in the 2nd hand screen. best way to do it and cheaply. all you gota do is source the window. be carefull putting it in tho.

[stevo67]

What about going through your insurance?Or is that to high?(not being sarcastic)your best bet is sourcing another tailgate in the same colour.Very easy to swap everything over.

[Killeybh]

What about going through your insurance?Or is that to high?(not being sarcastic)your best bet is sourcing another tailgate in the same colour.Very easy to swap everything over.

may source the same, however i rekon thatl cost more. and i have no money.

might go for what singh suggested.

[deks36]

unfortunately I am too far from you but I sell tailgates complete with glass for around £35 a screen fitter will charge you this minmum to fit as for removing it from one in the scrap yard I suspect they will want about £30 ish for one and they are a nightmare to remove they are bonded in and require cutting out
good luck as others have suggested it would be far easier to get a tailgate in the same colour and fit the whole thing

[Killeybh]

oh dear, ok cheers for that. are they really that hard to remove? because ive got to remove the broken one already in. ill have a gander. cheers

[Killeybh]

also are all mk2 saxo tailgates the same?found one for 30quid but off mk2 vtr.still fit my 1.1 mk2??

cheers

[deks36]

All tailgates are the same, the difference between mk1 and 2 maybe the wiring loom which you can take from yours and a VTR one may have a spoiler in the glass but they all fit each other

[chinkostu]

Easier to get a new tailgate. Ok mines green, but it was an hours job including sorting the loom :)

[stevo67]

A paint sprayer friend said to me that the best way of cutting out a rear screen is with a cheese wire.

[kane_15023]

i have a rear screen if you have fully comp you can get a new one on insurance

[Killeybh]

i manged to get a new tailgate for 30 quid, didnt have a clue about getting it on but it all went well, wiper doesnt work, all i can guess after looking at it again is that the motors dead, ill use my spare when i can bearsed to get it on.

thanks for the help anyway.

[stevo67]

i manged to get a new tailgate for 30 quid, didnt have a clue about getting it on but it all went well, wiper doesnt work, all i can guess after looking at it again is that the motors dead, ill use my spare when i can bearsed to get it on.

thanks for the help anyway.

Ideal chance then to de-wiper it.:drink:

[RDKells]

A renegade cow got ya!

[Pau1os]

it cost me £200 to get my old vtr's rear windscreen replaced,
would of bought a new tailgate but it was woodland green and couldt find a new tailgate same colour anywhere lol, new tailgate is best bet mate