Have two spreading cracks so am looking at replacing the windsheild. Been looking at best place to order one as the local shops on Maui are way high on the part price. For my VIN #A34644 I only see 2 options available, heated or non heated. How do I tell if I have a heated windsheild?

 

Not sure on the answer to your question, but I can tell you this...be absolutely sure you have the correct rubber seal part in hand before you start the job.

There is a national back-order presently (July 2014) on the windscreen seals for our XK8s and Rs, with very little info available from Jag's vendor. Dealers all over the US are hunting them...I've been without a windshield for two months!


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If you have a heated windscreen, you should be able to see the very fine wires in the glass. You will also have a switch in the console above the radio between the demister switch and the heated rear window switch. It looks very much like the rear window switch but with an F on it rather than an R.

 

I have no fine wires in the windsheild and no extra switch marked for the front so fairly certain I have no heated windsheild.

So, other than a new gasket is there anything else I should try to source. I do plan to have a glass shop do the actual work.

RockAuto actualy lists the windsheild for $275 with another $275 for shipping. Still several hundred cheaper than local glass shops are quoting.

 

Do you guys ever get a frost? I have seen pics of snow at one of the observatories.

 

Jandreu,
Do you guys have Safelite franchises on the islands?
Last year they replaced my windshield for $250.00 installed.

 

Yes, when going up in elevation it gets cold, the Big Island Mana kea at 14K feet gets snow a lot, Maui, where I live get a little snow on Haleakala at 10K maybe one time a year, I've seen snow down to 8K feet on Maui during a bad winter storm. Temperature depends on elevation, I'm at 2K feet and mid-winter at night it might drop to the low 50 F so at my elevation no real cold weather or frost. Average temps where I live are Winter 50 to 80, Summer 65 to 90. At sea level Winter 65 to 85 and Summer 75 to 95.

 

Safelite is only on Oahu and I'm on Maui so I'm out of luck. Two very good shops on Maui but both are expensive.

 

As written by the coupe. Coupe I don;t know of any reason you are waiting for a seal. If your seal is in good shape you can use it over. If your waiting for one you can still install a windshield and put a new seal in later.

This seal it just sits on top of the windshield and under the cowl plenum. These windshields are glued in with a urethane sealant. The reveal molding has a seal on them but they are not sold separately.They are very expensive and if you don't know what your doing it's easy to destroy them. installers have a tendency to over apply the sealant. The reveal molding is held in place by plastic clips and if the sealant get on them it almost makes it impossible to remove.you'll have to give them the vin number when you order the windshield. Good Luck.

 

I've got this issue at the moment. My windshield is still in the car and it's driveable, but a local (and highly recommended) windshield company are working to replace the windshield which has cracked (insurance co is paying)

The white plastic clips are cracking as they are being removed, and need to be replaced. Luckily the windshield guy realized this, and didn't go any further, or my car would be off the road as well.

In addition, the rubber edging around the windscreen is cracking/cracked. This appears to be under a grey metallic painted strip. The windshield company tells me that the part they can't get is GJA8851ABD (shown in the attachment from JPEC). The diagram isn't very clear - is the seal included with this part (the LH finisher?). They've also told me that all the required clips are included with this part (and the equivalent RH finisher) - looking at the diagram, I don't believe this is true. I'd like to let them know this is the case, but can't tell from the picture which are the white clips they need to order.

Thanks in advance!

-Steve

 

When Safelite replaced mine, they brought new replacement clips with them. What is not replaceable is the grey moulding strip around the windshield. But replacment clips are available.

 

Thanks. Are the clips they replaced the white plastic ones? (they looked about 5" long while they had the trim piece off.

The hard grey plastic strip around the windshield is ok, but the rubber seal that is under it (and I think supplied with it) is cracking on the inside edge where lays against the glass, with pieces missing from the edge - they are having problems getting hold of this (LH side - apparently they have the RH side). They say the clips are included with this part, but I'm concerned they are looking at the wrong clips (when the guy arrived with the factory windshield he didn't have any clips).

-Steve

 

When Safelite arrived late six hours on the first day, the technician arrived without any clips, and he attempted to call another installer who supposedly had them. The second installer couldn't be reached and they rescheduled for the next day. They showed up, both the first installer and the one he had tried to reach, and as I recall they brought long white clips with them. The extraction of the old windshield was difficult as some of the adhesive had leaked through the rubber gasket and had attached the grey trim piece. They had to saw through the adhesive with a wire to separate the windshield.

After it was done, it was such a pleasure to have an unpitted windshield. But, that only lasted 2 days as a rock bounced up and chipped it right in front pf the steering wheel. I had it resin filled by Safelite, but I still see it everyday.