Reply With QuoteOliver
All the glass in the S2B is exactly the same as the regular series Land Rovers.
Diana
Fossicker
Hi all,
Looking for a replacement windscreen passenger side for 68 S2b?
Also chasing 2 axle caps
All help aprreciated
Super Moderator
Oliver
All the glass in the S2B is exactly the same as the regular series Land Rovers.
Diana
You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.
RoverLord
As Diana says - windscreens are the same on all Series 2/2a/2b/3 Landrovers, and right and left are the same. I expect it to be available from any windscreen supplier, although they may not be keen to fit it, but probably the cheapest would be from any organisation wrecking Series 2, 2a, 2b or 3 Landrovers (but you might want to make sure you are getting laminated not toughened, as some of the early ones will be), or any of the specialist Landrover suppliers, and possibly even from a dealer.
If you let us know where you are, some specific suggestions could be made.
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Fossicker
John, I am in the ACT and am the new owner of Vic Jaegers Campervan. Getting it back to roadworthy to put it to good use
Fossicker
John,
Why go for the laminated over the toughened?
Super Moderator
Oliver
Great to see that someone has got a forward control with such a great history in LR circles. Was very interested in the coil front suspension and how it rides. Was interested in that one as well but it was not the right time financially for me to negotiate a sale.
You'll have to give us a run down on it when back on rego.
Do they have "motorhome" rego in ACT? I've heard that it is cheaper than regular rego for the weight.
Back to the glass. If you are looking for the front windscreen and can't get laminated series screens, then Windscreen O'Brien in Minto in SW Sydney are authorised to cut flat laminated glass for automotive use.
Diana
You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.
RoverLord
There are advantages to both, but for more than thirty years laminated has been obligatory - of course if the vehicle is older, you can use either.Originally Posted by oliver1981
Advantages:-
Laminated - when damaged by a rock, the damage is local, unlike toughened, which will shatter all over and become opaque. This is its only advantage.
Toughened - much more difficult to damage. Harder and hence more difficult to scratch. Generally speaking more durable, but when damaged is a total loss.
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
LordRover
SupporterThe glass place in Kembla St in Fyshwick can get automotive tempered glass and laminated glass made with the appropriate automotive standards etching on it - just need to give them the size - takes a couple of days.
I had side glass for my 101 made there.
Cheers
Garry
REMLR 243
2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
1977 FC 101
1976 Jaguar XJ12C
1973 Haflinger AP700
1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
1957 Series 1 88"
1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon
Super Moderator
John
You forgot to mention the whole safety thing of the laminated screen. When a rock hits a toughened screen and it shatters the rock or other projectile continues on its path and hits whatever is behind like your head. With a laminated screen although the screen cracks and chips earlier, the resultant force of the projectile has to be significantly greater for it to penetrate the interior of the vehicle. Although there are a number of recent crashes where large rocks have been hurled at moving cars from overpasses with devastating results to the driver.
Personally, I would be getting laminated over toughened every time.
Diana
You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.
RoverLord
I think I would too, but not for that reason. I am not sure that you are right about the rock being more likely to go through a toughened glass screen than a laminated one - I have had quite a number of toughened screens broken in front of me, and with one exception the screen remained in place (that one was in a brand new Landcruiser FJ45V, and I had fragments of glass from one end to the other - fortunately I was wearing sunglasses).
When I was working in Roma in the late sixties, we had a very high breakage rate, and laminated screens were virtually unheard of. On one occasion, a truck heading for Brisbane broke four screens before getting more than thirty miles from Roma - on his fifth attempt he got nearly a hundred miles from Roma before it broke (the Condamine Highway was also known as the Crystal Highway from the shoulders paved with broken windscreens, thanks to Queensland's propensity for a single lane of bitumen). I cannot recall a single case of anyone being hit by a rock coming through the windscreen.
The safety reason for using laminated glass is that a toughened screen becomes pretty near opaque when shattered, and usually stays in place, so that a serious accident after breaking the screen is quite likely. That is why I would have laminated every time.
The change to laminated windscreens is a symptom of the increasing affluence of society over the last fifty years - laminated glass has been available for windscreens for about 100 years, but has always been a lot dearer than toughened glass, and it is only in the last thirty-forty years that it has been feasible to mandate it (along with a lot of other safety features, some of which are a lot less justifiable).
But despite its advantages, it still needs to be pointed out that it is more easily damaged than toughened glass.
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
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