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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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Anyone know what kind of price a windscreen would cost fitted to an escort van as mine has just cracked and i have 3rd party fire and theft insurance
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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your best bet is national mobile windsrens if u wont a cheap job or find a small one man band i wouldent even bother with people like autoglass as they dont cater for for cash market!
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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your best bet is national mobile windsrens if u wont a cheap job or find a small one man band i wouldent even bother with people like autoglass as they dont cater for for cash market!
i got that impression about the bigger companies there not exactly interested so quote telephone numbers as a price
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What shape escort van mate?
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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What shape escort van mate?
mark 6 on an n reg so it's bonded
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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i got that impression about the bigger companies there not exactly interested so quote telephone numbers as a price
I worked for auto glass they dont need cash work so dont price for it lol as i say ring national mobile windscreens u will find it hard to beat there price i worked there too they cater for the man with no insurance!
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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I worked for auto glass they dont need cash work so dont price for it lol as i say ring national mobile windscreens u will find it hard to beat there price i worked there too they cater for the man with no insurance!
Cheers for that mate i'll google them and give them a call alot of the smaller companies round here have gone under and i'm sure autoglass have the monopoly pretty much round here
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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check the insuranfce just incase fella, im third party fire and theft but still covered for windsrceen repair.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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£108 fitted by national auto winscreens that's the vat included so that's a bit more my language
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by danzul
check the insuranfce just incase fella, im third party fire and theft but still covered for windsrceen repair.
hmmmm worth a look at the policy i just persumed it was fully comp only for windscreen cover cheers
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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even £108 is a bit expensive really..i fit escort screens for £70 all in..depends where you live tho..one man band is your best bet
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:43 PM
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even £108 is a bit expensive really..i fit escort screens for £70 all in..depends where you live tho..one man band is your best bet
double figures is better lol £70 aint far off an insurance excess i'll hunt about cheers
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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How about Tower Windscreens? 01253 724226
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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u still not tryed mobiles ring them and ask if they can beat 108!
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick Astley
How about Tower Windscreens? 01253 724226
Cheers i thought they'd long gone oviously not i'll give them a bell
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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where you from? i get about a bit but not familiar with cheesy vegas ha...if your not shy, just go into autoglass etc and ask one of the lads if they will do it on the fiddle for you..not many will turn down an escort screen, nice easy money
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ajamesc
u still not tryed mobiles ring them and ask if they can beat 108!
Argh i typed the wrong name

That was there price mate
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dangerousbrian
where you from? i get about a bit but not familiar with cheesy vegas ha...if your not shy, just go into autoglass etc and ask one of the lads if they will do it on the fiddle for you..not many will turn down an escort screen, nice easy money
I'm in Blackpool mate
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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local to me is £60 all in
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 1.9 xr2 on 40's
local to me is £60 all in
for a bonded mk5 screen? off a business or someone on the fiddle? thats cheap..they must be working for peanuts!!
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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if you were local to me i charge £85
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 1.9 xr2 on 40's
local to me is £60 all in
Pity i aint local i could live with that price that would be excess money if claiming an insurance policy
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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i work for national windscreens.try get one out the scrappys and they might do it as a casher at your local depo bud
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rs_traynor
i work for national windscreens.try get one out the scrappys and they might do it as a casher at your local depo bud
Wasn't aware i could with it been bonded tbh cheers
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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on a side note whats the best way to get a bonded screen out of a car in the scrappy?
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rs_traynor
i work for national windscreens.try get one out the scrappys and they might do it as a casher at your local depo bud
not really worth it..at least £20, normally £30+ places i know for 2nd hand glass even if ya break it, then i would think at least £30 for it to be fitted..bit of a fuck on when you could spend a few extra quid and not have to do any work yourself..was in dundee yestrday working..went past a couple of your vans, where you the lad that was staring like fuck at me? ha
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dangerousbrian
not really worth it..at least £20, normally £30+ places i know for 2nd hand glass even if ya break it, then i would think at least £30 for it to be fitted..bit of a fuck on when you could spend a few extra quid and not have to do any work yourself..was in dundee yestrday working..went past a couple of your vans, where you the lad that was staring like fuck at me? ha
I aint gonna go down the secondhand screen route as if i get someone to do it and they crack it or it cracks after a few days they need to do it again as i've had that happen before but had fully comp insurance before also
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