...Cracked my windscreen trying to push the cable between the A pillar and glass. Took hardly any pressure pushing the cable. Gutted 
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...Cracked my windscreen trying to push the cable between the A pillar and glass. Took hardly any pressure pushing the cable. Gutted
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Wowsers - that’s strange. Was there any kind of stone chip damage which had weakened the screen initially do you think?
No damage at all. The cable was a little thick and I pushed with a plastic tool. I didn’t want to run the cable along the rubber seal because of the air bag curtains
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Having fitted a few now using the plastic tool and running the cable along the top of windscreen and down the pillar thankfully touch wood never had this issue.
Hopefully you’ll get the new screen sorted without any issues just remember if you have cameras etc fitted in the windscreen make sure you tell them
Hopefully you’ll get the new screen sorted without any issues just remember if you have cameras etc fitted in the windscreen make sure you tell them
Having fitted a few now using the plastic tool and running the cable along the top of windscreen and down the pillar thankfully touch wood never had this issue.
Hopefully you’ll get the new screen sorted without any issues just remember if you have cameras etc fitted in the windscreen make sure you tell them
I wish I had a camera fitted to the screen
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WOW
I had to really push my cable into the Audi as the room was a bit tight, but never had this happen.
In my old golf, there was lots of room, but not in the Audi, the spaces are very tight.
At least you have a brand new Windscreen coming Ha Ha
I had to really push my cable into the Audi as the room was a bit tight, but never had this happen.
In my old golf, there was lots of room, but not in the Audi, the spaces are very tight.
At least you have a brand new Windscreen coming Ha Ha
I was using a braided usb cable so think it had some friction to overcome. It’s only a 2.5 year old car so it wasn’t massively in need of new glass
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That sucks dude.I was using a braided usb cable so think it had some friction to overcome. It’s only a 2.5 year old car so it wasn’t massively in need of new glass
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That's a first, did not think front screens did that with such low pressure.
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Windscreens are reinforced on the outside I believe so it’s actually pretty easy to crack one when working from the inside, especially if the glass is cold. This is why I remove trim as opposed to try and “tuck” cables under.
I have learnt a costly lesson then
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Pretty easy to be honest, but then so have been doing 2 to 3 of these a week for as long as I can rememberI have learnt a costly lesson then
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all the VW group stuff is more or less the same, held in place with clips and sometimes a screw / bolt.
How could you crack it?? u been using metal screwdriver right? aaah well always use plastic prying tools.....Cracked my windscreen trying to push the cable between the A pillar and glass. Took hardly any pressure pushing the cable. Gutted
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Call insurance it happened while u been driving u should have coverage... sort off
It's cracked due to using the plastic tool against the edge of the glass which is a weaker point to apply pressure, unfortunate, but as said always remove the trims to fit any cables, never this path.
Screen cover will replace, it was a rather large stone that clipped up of the road wasn't it
Screen cover will replace, it was a rather large stone that clipped up of the road wasn't it
I used plastic tools for phone repair. No metal involved
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Wow that truck must have run over that boulder at speed to cause that crack.
Unfortunately it’s by design the windscreen easily breaks outwards than inwards. It’s so if you were in an accident you can get out easier.
Remember a while back my son was getting in/out car and slipped and caught his balance on the windscreen and it cracked. my fault for letting him sit in the front. Luckily it was the wife’s car
really didn’t take much to crack it from inside considering the boulders that some lorry chuck up at the car from the outside at motorway speeds I’ve had in the past.
Remember a while back my son was getting in/out car and slipped and caught his balance on the windscreen and it cracked. my fault for letting him sit in the front. Luckily it was the wife’s car
really didn’t take much to crack it from inside considering the boulders that some lorry chuck up at the car from the outside at motorway speeds I’ve had in the past.
That's the problem with Audi, the trim parts fit too well
Agree but never heard that as a complaint before....
