Octavia windscreen cost - ouch.

[Fireside]

I got mine from Preston Motors Skoda in Epping in Feb for $475 with rain sensor and only $125 installed by RACV (and i'm not a member).
Good blokes over there.

[Mysticality]

An interesting bit of info; driving down the highway, 110km/h, at 2am, I hit a rather large bird with the windscreen.
Gave an excellent thud and cracking sound, and shook the car a little. Zero windscreen damage.

I was really quite impressed.

[Fireside]

An interesting bit of info; driving down the highway, 110km/h, at 2am, I hit a rather large bird with the windscreen.
Gave an excellent thud and cracking sound, and shook the car a little. Zero windscreen damage.

I was really quite impressed.

Nice!!!!

[Mysticality]

I probably should have mentioned that, when I say rather large, I mean something around a large chook.
Not a Coles chook, one of those huge white fluffy ones. Between football and basketball size.

[woofy]

Hmm does that mean you have a different sensor if the windscreen is replaced? Some are better than others, and the one in mine has been awesome compared to those in some hire cars I have had. I've had a small chip in the windscreen wiper range since about 6mths so know one day I'll probably have to replace the screen if I sell it privately...

[wfdTamar]

No, the rain sensor screen must have a clear spot where the sensor sticks on.

[K1W1]

I've had a small chip in the windscreen wiper range since about 6mths so know one day I'll probably have to replace the screen if I sell it privately...

Get the chip repaired.

[wfdTamar]

The windscreen for rain sensor comes with a metal ring stuck on the windscreen that the rain sensor slides onto. $400.40. Getting mine installed for $275. Only took my Skoda dealer 3-4 months to get the screen!

Anyone noticed how absolutely grumpy people that work in anywhere to do with cars are? Maybe it's something I'm doing wrong, but they always have a really sh***y attitude.

[PassatB6]

Anyone wanting a new windscreen should try OBriens. They were able to replace my new Passats screen in 2006 not long after it had been released so they should keep Skoda screens.

[Ocy_RS_TDi_Kombi]

Had the windscreen in my Octavia replaced by Windscreens O'Brien a few weeks back (a free windscreen replacement deal via my car insurance). Cost was $566 installed and apparently the windscreen I had installed was the only one Windscreens O'Brien had in stock in AUS. 2-3 week wait if that one wasn't around.

[wfdTamar]

Do you know if that was a genuine Skoda screen, or a cheaper (maybe Chinese) brand? The Skoda one has the Skoda logo and some numbers in the black border at the bottom on drivers side.

[Ocy_RS_TDi_Kombi]

It's not a genuine Skoda windscreen but has the rain sensor and film thru it. They told me they put the VIN no of my car into their database and the windscreen they gave me matched my car. They had other Octavia windscreen's minus the rain sensor and film.

No probs with this windscreen though, the rain sensor wipers work fine and the new screen is as quiet as the genuine one.