Our Windscreen Replacement Blog

car windscreen replacement vehicle

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Remove and Refits

 

remove and refits

 

We removed all the glass on this Nissan 200SX so they re-spray the whole vehicle.

We Sell Windscreen wipers

Here at Mr Chip Windscreens, we sell Trico Windscreen wipers. Keep your view ahead clear. 

Flex windscreen wipers

 

Our One man lifting tool

Here At Mr Chip windscreens we use the Aegis Solo 2 lifting tool

Car Crime Beware

car windscreen picture Blackpool

Another tactic for car robbers is to walk up and down the streets testing your car door handles. Always remember to lock your vehicles fully. Click the image above for a full description from the police on how to prevent car break-ins

Remove all your belongings

A picture of a car glass being broke into.

Car break-ins are happening all day, every day in our towns and cities. The best way to minimize the risk of having your car glass smashed and then your car was broken into being to take everything out of the car so nothing is on display. Stay safe everybody. Click the image above for a full description about how to prevent a car break-in.

We replace windscreens for Wyre

council windscreen

This is a picture of a front windscreen replacement on a road sweeper for Wyre Borough Council. Here at Mr Chip Windscreens, we fit all the windscreens for Wyre Borough.

A windscreen replacement on a ML

mercedes window screen

This was a windscreen replacement in Blackpool on a Mercedes ML. These vehicles are not the best windscreen replacements to do because of a big thick Black plastic windscreen trim which is part of the windscreen. But with my A-wire windscreen removal tool, it made the windscreen replacement in Blackpool 10 times easier and 10 times quicker.

Our one man lifting tool

van windscreen

This is a picture of a van window screen replacement in Manchester using the tool below. 

Never use boiling water 

cracked windscreen

Don`t be tempted to put kettle water on your windscreen, if you have any stone chip on the windscreen there is a good chance the screen could crack from the hot water then you will need a full windscreen replacement.

Always keep your screen wash full

clean windscreen

It`s that time of the year people. WINTER. All that salt spreading, ice and snow can make it very difficult for you to see out of your windscreen. So make sure your windscreen wash is topped up.

A van window screen replacement

cheaper windscreen replacement Blackpool.. 90 Sandgate, Blackpool, FY4 2LP

This is a van windscreen replacement on a VW Transporter T5. If you look at the windscreen there is an Aegis Solo 2 one man lifting tool. Normally this type of windscreen replacement needs two people, but not with my Aegis tool I can lift the windscreen alone saving me the expense of another person which means I can keep my prices cheaper for you the customer. This windscreen was replaced in South Shore Blackpool.

Rubber fitment windscreenclassic van windscreen

This is a van windscreen replacement on a 1963 VW Bay Window Campervan. This type of windscreen fitment is called indirect glazed fitment we fit the windscreen by pulling a cord which is fed around the rubber then the pulling of the cord lips the rubber over the aperture. Sounds easy put, sometimes it is but with these old girls they are a bit tight. This windscreen was replaced in Preston.

A-Wire windscreen removal toolcut out tool

 Things are getting kind of tight around the windscreens nowadays, that’s why I use the tool for removing some windscreens. It’s called the A wire we feed razor wire all the way around the windscreen and feed it into the car, then with the A wire we just turn the handle and it pulls the wire through the windscreen glue very easily thus causing no damage to the aperture, A brilliant windscreen replacement tool. This picture was taken in Blackpool Lancashire.

Some windscreens have antenna`s on themwindscreen

This is a windscreen replacement on a nice old Porsche. Its windscreen replacement method is called indirectly glazed just like the old VW above but not as tight. Some of these Porsche has an aerial in the windscreen which feeds through the windscreen rubber and into the dash, we remove the clock on the dash and that is where the aerial plugs in. This windscreen was replaced in Blackpool.

Audi TT replacement windscreen

audi tt windscreen

 This is a windscreen replacement on an Audi TT Convertible, easy to do can be a little bit tight around the aperture. This windscreen was replaced in Lytham St Annes