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Post by Chris_D » Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:50 pm

Sh!tting buggery b*llocks!!
It had to happen eventually I suppose.
Repair? Fill? Hints, tips?
Live with it?
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Post by Smartbear » Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:54 pm

Can’t you claim of your insurance for that without affecting no claims?
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Post by Chris_D » Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:57 pm

Smartbear wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:54 pm Can’t you claim of your insurance for that without affecting no claims?
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Been quoted €377 for replacement glass so I'll get stung with NCB. Carglass reckon it aint repairable. But I'm sure I've seen 'magic' filler kits. I'm doing a reccy on the internets....
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Post by Buckz » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:04 pm

Smartbear wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:54 pm Can’t you claim of your insurance for that without affecting no claims?
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not for hardtop glass for sure..

windscreen yes but that's where it stops.
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Post by Marlon » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:16 pm

:( oh dear, worst nightmare
How about covering it with a subtle black sticky plastic shape (sounds awful but I will mock up a pic and post)
Edit: mock up actually looks awful, forget my idea
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Post by patriot66 » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:19 pm

Oh ffs ! How did you manage that ? I'd be incandescent if I did that to mine. :x
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Post by sticky » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:29 pm

Sell top as a "project", buy another, maybe ??

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Post by Chris_D » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:39 pm

Thx for suggestions all. Yep, as a perfectionist i'm a bit livid. But it's tempered by the fact that I snapped it up last year for only 600 sponds. Swings n roundabouts i suppose.
Going to try painting some glass resin up by layers then scraping polishing. Have a knackered old fruitbowl that i can practice on...
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Post by Chris_D » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:56 pm

Marlon wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:16 pm :( oh dear, worst nightmare
How about covering it with a subtle black sticky plastic shape (sounds awful but I will mock up a pic and post)
Edit: mock up actually looks awful, forget my idea
Lolz. Where would we be without a mock-up or two!
Thx anyway fella :thumbsup:

Going to chip off that top layer around the top edge of the chip. Should lessen the effect a bit perhaps...
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Post by Hagasan » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:00 pm

That's a bugger! Is that a bootlid opening on to the glass? I thought as all UK cars had "hardtop preparation" there were limit stops fitted to the bootlid to stop it opening far enough to hit the roof?

Hope you can find a solution..

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Post by wingnut » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:07 pm

I recon Marlons idea of tape or wrap would be worth a try. Or even a strip colour coded to hardtop.

Good luck

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Post by 85genius » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:08 pm

How about something like this on the edge

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Post by john-e89 » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:09 pm

Chris mucker....
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Post by Chris_D » Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:18 pm

john-e89 wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:09 pm Chris mucker....
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Post by Chris_D » Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:21 pm

Hagasan wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:00 pm That's a bugger! Is that a bootlid opening on to the glass? I thought as all UK cars had "hardtop preparation" there were limit stops fitted to the bootlid to stop it opening far enough to hit the roof?

Hope you can find a solution..
No it clears the bootlid by about 1mm. :?
It was me being a cack-handed dick and not preparing for the eventuality that one of us might drop it on its' glass edge. drrr :(
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