RWC are B/S

Post by **over land 4x4** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:20 pm

im trying to get a roady on my zook
and the

picked a 10mm scratch on my windscrean
and its not in frunt of driver so can any one tell me a good place to get a cheep screan (scratch can not be fixed cos its inside the car and done by a ring)

Post by **Big D** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:24 pm

cheapest 1 i saw was $80 on trading post but im sure u can find a cheaper one at the wreckers (although there usually busted up).

Post by **PJ.zook** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:40 pm

Maybe go to somene else, as im pretty sure they have relaxed the laws a little when it comes to marks on the windscreen.

Oh yeh and the sierra windscreens are flat, so you could just take the old one to a glass place and they can make you one up.

Post by **Oscars** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:08 pm

50 bucks from onestop suzi shop
or yes get one cut

Post by **fool_injected** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:52 pm

I get mine for $75 with a tinted band but thats a special deal after breaking five windscreens in ten months
I can fit them really quickly now

Post by **Squik** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:03 pm

fool_injected wrote:I get mine for $75 with a tinted band but thats a special deal after breaking five windscreens in ten months
I can fit them really quickly now

STOP LICKING THE GLASS!

Post by **spamwell** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:22 pm

can you flip them over so the scratch is on the passenger side or are they curved ?

Post by **want33s** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:32 pm

You could just buff the scratch out with Cerium Oxide.
http://shop.ccabrasives.com/windscreen- ... -213-p.asp

Post by **Highway-Star** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:31 pm

PJ.zook wrote: Oh yeh and the sierra windscreens are flat, so you could just take the old one to a glass place and they can make you one up.

NO, NO, NO!!!
My father works for a large glass company, and has got Sierra windscreens made up before, but only certain certified branches can make them, and certify them as 'auto glass'. If the glass does not have the little AS logo in the corner for auto rated it can be defected. So yeah some glass places can do it, but not just any old local bathroom window joint.

Post by **Lil'Loki** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:02 am

over land 4x4 wrote:im trying to get a roady on my zook
and the
picked a 10mm scratch on my windscrean
and its not in frunt of driver so can any one tell me a good place to get a cheep screan (scratch can not be fixed cos its inside the car and done by a ring)

What recreational activities were you doing inside your zook for a ring to scratch the windscreen?
Were you wheelin' or squealin'!

Post by **lay80n** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:59 am

Lil'Loki wrote:
over land 4x4 wrote:im trying to get a roady on my zook
and the
picked a 10mm scratch on my windscrean
and its not in frunt of driver so can any one tell me a good place to get a cheep screan (scratch can not be fixed cos its inside the car and done by a ring)
What recreational activities were you doing inside your zook for a ring to scratch the windscreen?
Were you wheelin' or squealin'!

Or Saxamaphoning

Layto....

Post by cj » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:07 am

That shouldn't fail a RWC. Tell him to read the requirements again. Unless it is a crack that penetrates more than one layer of a laminated screen or the damage impairs the drivers vision to such an extent that a vehicle can't be driven safely it should pass. VicRoads had a lot of problems with RWC testers failing windscreens unnecessarily in the past so it even put an article in their "Testing Times" clarifying it.

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Roa ... gTimes.htm

This one refers to windscreens

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rdonl ... imes12.pdf

Post by **Big D** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:33 pm

i have a 10cent crack on my d/s windscreen which goes almost through (not completly though) and my mechanic said he wouldnt pass it for roadworthy. i think some people are more leenient then others

Post by **want33s** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:57 am

The RWC rules in QLD state you can have as many cracks in your screen as you like as long as there are none in the wiper sweep area and none of them are unending.
Lots of RWC mechanics don't pass them though as coppers can see it and might find more defects which can lead to dramas for the mechanic.

Post by **grimbo** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:46 pm

I drove around for a few years with a hole straight through the windscreen made by a bolt that bounced up from the road. I had a piece of red gaffa tape stuck on both sides of it to stop it spreading. Has nothing to do with passing a rwc but I thought it was funny.

Also been pulled over by a policeman one night because I had no headlights, only roof mounted driving lights because of an accident and I was driving home. He gave me a defect notice for that but never noticed the fact the entire windscreen was missing or that I was nearly frozen solid form that

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