Thread: D4 Windscreen

My recently sold D2 had the original screen after many hits by stones.My work van is on it's 4th screen in 3 years,and it now has 3 large cracks in it again

Last time it was replaced,about 6 months ago,the windscreen guy told me most,if not all modern vehicles have very thin screens.He said the D2 screen actually is so heavy it needs two people to lift it on.It would be twice the thickness of the hi ace screen.

Didn't ask about the D4,so dunno if it is thinner than the previous models.

Oh,my D4 has no cracks on the screen,but it has only 4k on the clock.

I travel a 90k round trip on a major highway to and from work each Mon to Fri and have had my D4 windscreen broken once! There are a lot of trucks carting lump iron ore and spillage from these trucks is not unusual even though they cover their loads. It seems to me that when I am passing or going the opposite way they elect to drop a few stones just to make life a little exciting. I also have a D2 (SWMBO truck) and it has suffered the same fate. I hope I dont put the mocker on myself but have been able to get away with one windscreen per insurance year on each vehicle. From the size of the stone (rock) that hit my D4 I concluded that the windscreen was as strong if not stronger than that of my D2! The rock seemed bloody large when it was coming my way! Glad I was not paying directly for the replacement windscreen as Novus in Geraldton told me the screen alone was $1200.00 (LR Part) and there were no after market screens were avaiable for D4's with rain sensors. From where I sit you have just been plain unlucky!

I have had a couple of screens replaced in the D3 by the local windscreen place, $440 a pop. The rain sensor does successfully transfer between screens which saves some dollars.

Regards,
Tote

I have also had a crack appear on the drivers side just above the wiper arm in the clear section of the glass.

I then went to LR dealer as a I thought it was a defect but found it was a stone chip which started in the black area between the wiper blade arm and the trim at the rear of the bonnett in the black section of the screen.

There would be no more than 5 ml gap between bonnett edge and wiper arm.
I have not had a quote to fix as yet as I also have one a year on insurance and not due until November 1 so waiting a little before I rush in - still safe and the crack has not cracked into driving vision yet !!!

Will be interested to see the price and if can I demand a LR screen or do I have to take a non genuine replacement screen. ??

I have rain sensing so it would have to have a replacement windscreen the same and I have only travelled 8 000 Kilometres.

I have to admit that I was keen to tick the annual "free" windscreen replacement option when arranging the insurance. I have a heated windscreen (thousands of tiny wires embedded in the glass). I wonder what that these cost to replace and who is qualified to do it.

Originally Posted by Fred Nerk

I have to admit that I was keen to tick the annual "free" windscreen replacement option when arranging the insurance. I have a heated windscreen (thousands of tiny wires embedded in the glass). I wonder what that these cost to replace and who is qualified to do it.

Good luck!

Any O'brien Glass outlet or O'brien authorized repairer should have the qualifications and skills.

I have had 3 star cracks in the windscreen of my D4, all in north Qld. When I had the first one I got a quote from a well known national windscreen repairer, $139.00, as my son-in-law was having a windscreen on his leased vehicle replaced there the following day. I then got a quote from a local independent repairer, $55.00 or two for $77.00.

I had it fixed locally but unfortunately got another crack the next day. The following day I went back to the local bloke who only charged me $22.00 as he said it was close enough to having two repaired at the same time. There are some decent small business people out there!

Traveling regularly on northern and central Qld roads my son-in-law averages two windscreen replacements per year in Pajero .

I have since bought a Ufixit kit (and one for my son-in-law) which works a treat.

Elsey...