Need help with 308 windshield

I'm not sure about the windshield but I do know the new trim is not cut to fit. It will need to be custom fit to your car after the glass is installed.

As for the glass I have heard some comments about them being slightly "off" but also remember that these cars were hand assembled and are not all exactly alike. If it looks like the glass fits to you ask the installer why he thought it was not the right one?

 

Hello GT4 FORE,
I can confirm from personal experience that windscreen metal trim is supplied oversize for individual car fitting and that windscreen glass is subject to inferior copies that can lead to all sorts of problems.Kent High Performance Cars have their own glass manufactured to eliminate this .
Unfortunately for you they are in the UK and I do not know if they would send to the US,might be worth contacting them as they are exceptionally helpful.
Regards, Tom

 

Good luck, Tifosi1 went thriugh about 4 windshields before taking the car to Ferrari of Houston and getting one that fit, all were genuine Ferrari windshields, at the same time I ordered one for the 308 I owned at the time and the first one fit like a glove. It's just one of those Ferrari mysteries .

 

it was 6, finally got one form locan glass

 

wind screen from my 1976 gtb
regards jesper

Finally got the car back for the paint shop last week. It was a bare metal respray. I installed all the glass. However, I decided to have a glass installer do the windshield. I ordered the windshield and windshield trim from Ferr Parts, formally Ferrari Parts Exchange and received both without incident.

The glass guy showed up this am, unpacked the windshield, test fitted it and said it was the wrong glass. Additionally, the metal trim (both pieces) are too long, if I cut them, they would fit perfectly.

So - here are my questions.

1) I did a test fit of the windshield myself this evening and it looks fine to me, the glass sits right next to the left and right trim clips - is this normal?

2) As mentioned above, the metal windshield trim pieces need to be trimmed in order to fit, both of them are too long. Is this normal? I'd hate to screw them
up as they were $1000.

3) Here is the info printed on the glass, for those of you who've had the windshield replaced with Sekurit - Saint Gobain glass, does this part number look correct?

Sekurit
Saint Gobain
M60 AS-1 DOT 60
E17 43R-00186



Thanks,

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That windscreen appears to fit just fine.

I think what may have happened is your glass guy showed up and realized what a major job this is to do right and was looking for an excuse to get out of doing it. he has to prime the edging of the glass first with that black coating, tape it all off, lay the sealant in, put the glass in straight, then add more of the sealant and the trim piece, which you already know has to also be trimmed to fit, and then use urethane to seal all around that, making a nice sharp line along the edges before it starts to harden (which, is pretty fast!)

 

Also, that car looks great! Is that Rossa Corsa? because in the longer distance shot it almost looks metallic and more of a rubino color. Stunning!

 

Nope.

 

I got a windshield from Ferr Parts as well and am having it installed this week. I'll post if any similar issues come up.

 

Jim, just to educate me, why would you think the glass is wrong? Is it the slight irregularity of the gap at the corner?

 

ANY point load or binding of the glass vertically is a crack just waiting on a physical or thermal stress, to crack......

Maybe some field grinding would alleviate this? But most glass has to be worked before tempering, the way it was explained to me....