Britpart Windscreeen Seal?

Station House · Mar 23, 2011

Guys

I normally give Britpart a wide berth - no persoanl experience but I've read some of the threads!

Local windscreen depot have quoted £80 to replace my perished windscreen seal if I provide the seal itself - I'm nervous of cracking the windscreen if I do it myself....

Massive price difference between Britpart and LR Original (£12 vs £85)

Anyone used the Britpart seal? Is it OK?

Any other options? - hard to tell who makes what from some of the sites

pos · Mar 23, 2011

Station House said:
Guys

I normally give Britpart a wide berth - no persoanl experience but I've read some of the threads!

Local windscreen depot have quoted £80 to replace my perished windscreen seal if I provide the seal itself - I'm nervous of cracking the windscreen if I do it myself....

Massive price difference between Britpart and LR Original (£12 vs £85)

Anyone used the Britpart seal? Is it OK?

Any other options? - hard to tell who makes what from some of the sites

I usually avoid Britpart like the plague, however; not all their parts are crap (just about 95% of them!) I ordered a rubber windscreen seal from my local specialists and it cost me Around about £15. I am fairly certain it was a Britpart windscreen seal and it's absolutely fine, it is actually rather good quality and a nice thick rubber. A local independent (mobile) windscreen bloke came and installed it for me, £30 cash and it took him about 25 minutes. He acknowledged that there were chips in my windscreen and that it could break when he popped it out but he said he would replace it for nothing if he damaged it so I was very impressed

I'd try calling local places first but avoid places like auto glass. They wanted over £100 for the windscreen seal alone!

-Tom

Dragon90 · Mar 23, 2011

I to got a new britpart seal and got the local windscreen company out charged me 30 quid, and he said it was nice to have a seal that fitted correctly for a change.

Station House · Mar 23, 2011

Many thanks guys - helpful and reassuring

Now if only I could get the local coy to fit for £30 - not a lot of choice where I am, but shopping around clearly in order!

Edit: Down to £55 so far - 2 more calls to make!

jasonslaphead · Mar 23, 2011

I have a britpart windscreeen seal its been on about a year and it not rotted away yet.

Station House · Mar 23, 2011

Cheers all - I've taken the plunge and ordered the seal (£12), and best deal I can get for fitting it for me is £50 cash.

Worth doing as whilst not leaking, existing seal well and truly gone on the corners

Woody3 · Mar 23, 2011

I'm not being daft, but why don't you accidentally smash your windscreen, phone your insurance up and tell them about your accident...get a new screen and note to them that the seal is also perished.

Total cost - your windscreen excess, usually about 60 quid and you get the job lot done!

Shifty1962 · Mar 23, 2011

Woody3 said:
I'm not being daft, but why don't you accidentally smash your windscreen, phone your insurance up and tell them about your accident...get a new screen and note to them that the seal is also perished.

Total cost - your windscreen excess, usually about 60 quid and you get the job lot done!

Because thats why everyone's insurance is as high as it is! Oh and just as an aside its fraud.

Station House · Mar 23, 2011

I'd be lying Woody if I denied that the thought hadn't crossed my mind, but if I can play a fairly straight bat and the overall cost is around the same (insurance xs compared to new part plus cash to a fitter) that just somehow feels better

No issue with those that choose another route - I'm not that whiter than white!

Karlos28 · Mar 23, 2011

im in a similar situation, my screen is cracked and the insurance are guna charge me 70quid to have it sorted, but i can get a new screen for 50 a new seal for 12 and a kno a guy who will fit for 20! so i dont kno weather to just get the insurance out to do it or not!?

lazydog · Mar 23, 2011

If you have it done by insurance you will still have to get the seal otherwise they will just reuse the old one,but you will have a guarantee

Litch · Mar 23, 2011

Britpart seals are fine, had three of them now and all of them have fitted perfectly and not leaked.
The oldest still in use is over 6-years old now and still doesn't show any signs of cracking (even genuine ones crack in time), the other one was only fitted last year but as I said, no problems fitting or sealing.

Had three new (heated) screens on my windscreen insurance now, the last one (replaced last year) was done just because several of the very fine elements had given up so I had it changed on the insurance (£50 windscreen excess). I always make sure I have a new seal in the garage as who knows when you might need one in a hurry and I would never let them re-use an old seal.
The windscreen company even let me keep the old heated screen (now sold).

Woody3 · Mar 24, 2011

lazydog said:
If you have it done by insurance you will still have to get the seal otherwise they will just reuse the old one,but you will have a guarantee

If you mention the that the seal is perished, they will supply one...they did with mine.

Shifty1962 said:
Because thats why everyone's insurance is as high as it is!

The reason insurance is so high, is because we have to pay for the morons who don't insure their cars.

Shifty1962 · Mar 24, 2011

Woody3 said:
If you mention the that the seal is perished, they will supply one...they did with mine.

The reason insurance is so high, is because we have to pay for the morons who don't insure their cars.

And the ones that make fraudulent claims.

jamesmartin · Mar 24, 2011

and the accident lawyers ,and the fact that every industry seems to be not just making a fair profit but to bleed us dry

Woody3 · Mar 24, 2011

Shifty1962 said:
And the ones that make fraudulent claims.

I don't dispute that.

It's just an option if you are that way inclined

bluesticky1 · Mar 24, 2011

I'm with Shifty on this one.

I'd rather do it the legit way, just because.

Shifty1962 · Mar 25, 2011

I'm no angel and I dont really care what others do so long as it dont directly affect me.
However fraudulent insurance claims affect everyone be it house, motor, or personal injury, insurance.

Deliberately smashing a perfectly good windscreen just to get a new seal fitted at everybody else's expense is not only stupid its greedy and selfish which just about sums up the society we live in today.

MrJC · Mar 25, 2011

Karlos28 said:
im in a similar situation, my screen is cracked and the insurance are guna charge me 70quid to have it sorted, but i can get a new screen for 50 a new seal for 12 and a kno a guy who will fit for 20! so i dont kno weather to just get the insurance out to do it or not!?

I think its classed as a claim? So if you change insurance next time you may have to mention it... may not have any effect on your quote but if you can do it yourself for the same price... I would.

I agree 100% wif Mr Shifty... anyway, Britpart rubbers are fine and if you live within striking distance of Bolton in the North West this may save a few bob.. prices are 18 months old in the attached... http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/windscreens-side-windows-79598.html

Station House · Mar 25, 2011

Shifty1962 said:
Deliberately smashing a perfectly good windscreen just to get a new seal fitted at everybody else's expense is not only stupid its greedy and selfish which just about sums up the society we live in today.

Absolutely agree Shifty - that's why I ordered the part and found a local windscreen place (not a National) to swap it over as a cash job.

To be honest, I'd rather do that, than have to clear up the broken glass! When I've had side windows smashed in the past, I've found bits of glass for months afterwards!

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