AA couldn't fit windscreen

[beef]

9 days after phoning Adrian Flux, the AA turn up to fit a new windscreen. I'd bought the seal, I think I got it from status VW. After an hour the guy calls me out to tell me he can't fit it, and will have to make another appointment for a two man team to come out, bringing their own seal. At first he told me this would be next Tuesday (another 8 days), but after I told him that there was no way I could wait that long he put me on an emergency list. I got a call half an hour later telling me they would come on Wednesday (48 hours later). What could be the problem? Would they have brought the wrong screen? Is a brazilian screen different? Could it be the wrong seal?
Any advice would help, I don't want them to fail again tomorrow.

 

[pow]

Has your front clip had work / a new one been fitted?

Wen I had my screen fitted the guy struggled but managed to get it in on his own with a JK seal... He mentioned that if the front clips have been cut off and not put backin place properly the screen hole is normally all wrong!

 

[radish]

I had a screen fited a while ago. Two guys came one did most the work but they said you need the best quality seal and they only used pilkington glass, they have tried others but said they are crap even when they have bought them from local vw specialist.

 

[Lee C]

I was told by a windscreen fella I got out to change Mike202's screen rubber that the pilkington screens are too big& a cheaper version are a better fit!!!

 

[betsy70]

i used a c&c seal and did it on my own , no probs . bad front clip replacement or maybe he wasn t confident enough
was the original glass that i used on mine too

 

[beef]

I've just had a little bit of welding done around the screen, but nothing major.

 

[KateLovesPurple]

I had same problem, I cracked mine putting it back in after the respray so sorted one on the insurance, it was a pilkington one and was too tall to fit! No work had been done around the front window aperture at all either. The glass man said no problem, went away and got it cut down and came back next day and fitted it. Fits perfectly and doesn't leak.

 

[neilswheels]

I recently fitted the screen in my 71. never been welded, vw screen, schofieild rubber. it was a bitch, two of us had two goes, got it second time. A month or so later I put a vw screen int a 77, never welded, old vw rubber, went in a breeze, so i recon its down to screen rubber.

 

[AxlFoley]

when I had my new screen, the guy came with a pilking ton seal, He couldn't fit it so reused my old, but still good seal, it fitted fine then.

 

[dazza1975]

i did welding on my bulge panel, used VW heritage screen rubber and old screen and took about 20mins to get screen in! there was 3 of us which to be honest was over kill but the wife wanted to help

We had never done one before either so well chuffed!!