Cracked cup windscreen!

[IOWcup]

Hi all
The windscreen on my 172 cup has an eight inch crack after a lorry fired a stone into it on the way home last night
I have windscreen cover but as the cup has the lightweight glass will your average glass replacement companies be able to supply it?
Thanks in advance
Ben

 

[Rob669]

Make it clear to them that you want them to fit the lightweight version.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Cling film ftw

 

[Fred@BTM]

good luck!

they're are 2 listed for 172 cup

pale green 7701066906
pale blue 7701066907

exactly the same part numbers as a 1.2 16V (without auto wipers/lights) the "lightweight windscreen" is a myth

 

[IOWcup]

!!! Can anyone else confirm this?

 

[iimushroomzii]

Whats a lightweight windscreen? I thought they were all the same.

 

[mark123]

I thought it was just the door glass that was lighter?

 

[Russ_16v]

nope the windcreen isnt heat replective like the 172/182, i always though its not a lightweight screen,just one from a base model

 

[Fletcher]

^^^yep, lighter then the 172 and 182 ff models.

 

[Fred@BTM]

the ff cars have the heat reflective one with the clear patch and the auto lights/wipers bit

a cup windscreen is just off a base model

the side windows are thinner

 

[Timmay]

!!! Can anyone else confirm this?

tbh id take Fred's word as gospel = hes the man in the know

 

[VancouverJoe]

Had mine replaced by Autoglass about a month ago. The lightweight glass is a myth. Its just a standard windscreen.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'm just relaying what the parts database is saying! yoz had a few replacment screens on his cup, he just told them what car it was and they turned up and fitted a ff screen the next time round he told them it was a 1.2 16v (using my reg) and ta dar, normal screen

 

[Peperami]

Aye, is non reflective screen off a base model clio.

 

[IOWcup]

Thanks everyone, will get the nornal screen not the FF as was orignally intended

 

[Si]

hello fellow isle of wighter

 

[Ads_172]

To be honest, for the different it makes I'd probably try and get them to fit the normal 1*2 glass.

 

[Mells]

Aye, is non reflective screen off a base model clio.

Cup and poverty seem to go together....

Interesting to see how much a new one will be.

 

[Jonny_Paul]

I can't imagine being that much weight difference between the two!

 

[IOWcup]

I'm covered so money isn't the issue, saving weight and keeping the car original is

Hi Si, not sure If I've seen you about the little island of ours yet. I live in Ryde and have a Iceburg 172 cup...with a cracked windscreen!

 

[Si]

i think i've seen you up near tescos a few times I'm in nettlestone and drive through ryde every day.

 

[IOWcup]

Thats right, live near Tesco's. Give us a toot next time you see me
Was on the ferry on Friday and another Cliosport member pulled up right next to me
Presidentnixon is his user id on here, we should have an IOW meet up one of these days...

 

[Si]

there are 2 other Clios near you then. the other H&R'd cup i've seen on that new estate where trucast used to be, the red 172 was also up there.

I keep seeing clios recently!

 

[taki100]

there are 2 other Clios near you then. the other H&R'd cup i've seen on that new estate where trucast used to be, the red 172 was also up there.

I keep seeing clios recently!

Haha! Thats me! NNot living by trucast anymore though. And the lightweight glass is all rubbish.
I got my windscreen replaced up by the college at some glass place. It was a standard windscreen. And i doubtthe weight would make any difference anyhow

 

[MarkCup]

It is lighter as it doesn't have the heat film on it, and that's not exactly lightweight.

 

[realnumber 1]

It is lighter as it doesn't have the heat film on it, and that's not exactly lightweight.

It can't be more than 1/2kg or something? Might as well get the normal 1*2 screen and go for a good s**t before you set off

 

[Munson]

Vanilla screens FTW if you have sat nav and want it to work

 

[realnumber 1]

Vanilla screens FTW if you have sat nav and want it to work

Or get a better sat nav, mine works fine

 

[Brett]

tbh id take Fred's word as gospel = hes the man in the know

+1 I'd say the only varification needed is fred. The guy knows his stuff.

 

[Ian_182]

I always thought it was the door glass and rear quater glass that was lighter.Not the front screen.

Must be all of 1lb in it tbh

 

[Fred@BTM]

^correct

as i said, the part number for a cup front screen is identical to the part number for the screen on my 1.2 16V

 

[Munson]

Or get a better sat nav, mine works fine

That's what my mate in his FF182 said, I got bored of holding it out the window pretty quickly though

 

[Ads_172]

So how much lighter is a base windscreen over a 1*2 screen?

 

[Revels]

Its a very thin covering of film.

100g?

 

[Nafeun]

it the side windows that are lighter, a fair bit too!

 

[Ads_172]

Its a very thin covering of film.

100g?

Crackerjack, I'm so glad I got the Cup for these kind of weight-savings! :dapprove:

I'll be selling mine before next winter - this one's been a hard slog with no electrics half the time...

 

[MarkCup]

Err, I was only joking.

 

[Ads_172]

I knew it wasn't much, just wonder why they didn't bother fitting the normal windscreen...

 

[realnumber 1]

Err, I was only joking.

Couldn't tell with the extremes you've gone to in aid of saving weight lol