BX MOT
- mnde
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BX MOT
Well folks, my Meteor went in for pre-MOT work yesterday including:
Repair-welding the rear exhaust hanger, new handbrake cables, fixing the puny pressure of the spraybar spray, tightening leaking rear h/c unions and replacing one brake flexi.
But I've been told I need a new windscreen and a power steering rubber coupling before it can be put in for MOT. The screen has a crack in the lower o/s corner that's longer than the specified limit. Luckily I've got windscreen cover on my insurance, so it should cost me a £50 excess if I opt to use the Endsleigh Glass Service... Now I'm pretty sure it's tinted glass. Is that going to be a problem, or did most BXs have tinted glass? It doesn't look green to me... what variants are there? Anyone know what the Meteor glass spec is?
Thanks!
Mark.
Repair-welding the rear exhaust hanger, new handbrake cables, fixing the puny pressure of the spraybar spray, tightening leaking rear h/c unions and replacing one brake flexi.
But I've been told I need a new windscreen and a power steering rubber coupling before it can be put in for MOT. The screen has a crack in the lower o/s corner that's longer than the specified limit. Luckily I've got windscreen cover on my insurance, so it should cost me a £50 excess if I opt to use the Endsleigh Glass Service... Now I'm pretty sure it's tinted glass. Is that going to be a problem, or did most BXs have tinted glass? It doesn't look green to me... what variants are there? Anyone know what the Meteor glass spec is?
Thanks!
Mark.
- m_2975
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windscreen
Mark,
From memory I don't think that the front windscreens were tinted. In most countries tint on the windscreen is illegal.
From memory I don't think that the front windscreens were tinted. In most countries tint on the windscreen is illegal.
My Cars:
'93 BX 19GTi Sedan 5M
'89 BX 19TRI Estate 5M
'89 AX GT(With EFI) 2door 5M
In the Family:
'74 SM IE (Fully Restored) 5M
'90 BX 19TRI122 Sedan 4A
'02 Xantia Exclusive Sedan 4AA
'06 C5 2.2HDi Estate 6A
'93 BX 19GTi Sedan 5M
'89 BX 19TRI Estate 5M
'89 AX GT(With EFI) 2door 5M
In the Family:
'74 SM IE (Fully Restored) 5M
'90 BX 19TRI122 Sedan 4A
'02 Xantia Exclusive Sedan 4AA
'06 C5 2.2HDi Estate 6A
I think you'll find the screen is tinted. I think there were 2 on the BX - green and a sort of browny colour. If you open the door and bob your head in and out past the A pillar ( ) you should be able to tell if it's tinted. The screen in my previous Xantia was certainly tinted, and when I had to have it changed the new one was clear - the difference was very marked on bright days! Still, with a new screen, it won't act like a diffraction grating at night, and stop eating wiper blades every 3 months (my wife's ZX is due to have a windscreen 'accident' later in the year, for this very reason )
I NEED a BX TD.
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1997 Xantia CT Turbo
glass tint
RichardW,
The side and rear windows are tinted. The early cars had a browny / bronze tint and the later cars had a green tint. I've never seen a BX with a tinted front windscreen.
Xantias had a tinted front screen in the UK and in some other countries. The later Xantias (2000 model and on had a metalized windscreen)
The side and rear windows are tinted. The early cars had a browny / bronze tint and the later cars had a green tint. I've never seen a BX with a tinted front windscreen.
Xantias had a tinted front screen in the UK and in some other countries. The later Xantias (2000 model and on had a metalized windscreen)
My Cars:
'93 BX 19GTi Sedan 5M
'89 BX 19TRI Estate 5M
'89 AX GT(With EFI) 2door 5M
In the Family:
'74 SM IE (Fully Restored) 5M
'90 BX 19TRI122 Sedan 4A
'02 Xantia Exclusive Sedan 4AA
'06 C5 2.2HDi Estate 6A
'93 BX 19GTi Sedan 5M
'89 BX 19TRI Estate 5M
'89 AX GT(With EFI) 2door 5M
In the Family:
'74 SM IE (Fully Restored) 5M
'90 BX 19TRI122 Sedan 4A
'02 Xantia Exclusive Sedan 4AA
'06 C5 2.2HDi Estate 6A
- mnde
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1991 Citroen BX16 TGS Meteor - still out there somewhere!
I've just popped out from my office to check - and the windows are definitely NOT tinted in any way.
Maybe it's my other, later, Meteor that has tints...
BTW I can't use the windscreen from that one as it's covered in little pits and eats wiper blades. And when the sun catches the screen at a certain angle... I'm pretty sure this happened as a result of encountering a freak hailstorm while driving at 70mph on the motorway near Scotland
Anyway, I'm booked for a replacement fitting on Tuesday. Good job I have the Windscreen Cover - as my garage repair bill for the rest of the work carried out is going to be £250 plus the MOT...
Mark.
Maybe it's my other, later, Meteor that has tints...
BTW I can't use the windscreen from that one as it's covered in little pits and eats wiper blades. And when the sun catches the screen at a certain angle... I'm pretty sure this happened as a result of encountering a freak hailstorm while driving at 70mph on the motorway near Scotland
Anyway, I'm booked for a replacement fitting on Tuesday. Good job I have the Windscreen Cover - as my garage repair bill for the rest of the work carried out is going to be £250 plus the MOT...
Mark.
Both mine have green tinted screens - the browny colour is I think known as bronze.
If you do lots of night driving I think you will be very fortunate to have an untinted one. However I'm sure the tint does protect the interior from fading and rotting in sunlight.
I see no reason why you shouldn't have a tinted screen and the rest plain. When I bought a new one a few years ago after some yob lobbed a brick at it it cost me £111 fitted.
jeremy
If you do lots of night driving I think you will be very fortunate to have an untinted one. However I'm sure the tint does protect the interior from fading and rotting in sunlight.
I see no reason why you shouldn't have a tinted screen and the rest plain. When I bought a new one a few years ago after some yob lobbed a brick at it it cost me £111 fitted.
jeremy
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The rarest windscreen of all must be the one with the sunvisa strip along the top of the screen.
My Mk1 had one of these when I got it, but cracked I priced up the new ones at the time and plain glass was £65. Tinted was £85 but the sunstrip one was £160.
No prizes for guessing which one it has in now
My Mk1 had one of these when I got it, but cracked I priced up the new ones at the time and plain glass was £65. Tinted was £85 but the sunstrip one was £160.
No prizes for guessing which one it has in now
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Was it only MK1's that had the top-shaded windscreen fitted? My MK1 Digit has one (but is damaged ). The DTR screen seems to be clear, and my sisters TZD has a very slight green tint.
I spoke to a local windscreen fit place down here, and they told me that top-shade screens are still available for the BX, at £arm & £leg. But if you're doing it through insurance, then it'll still be the standard £50 excess.
One thing's for sure though. The difference that having a new screen makes in an older car, especially at night and in the rain is amazing.
I spoke to a local windscreen fit place down here, and they told me that top-shade screens are still available for the BX, at £arm & £leg. But if you're doing it through insurance, then it'll still be the standard £50 excess.
One thing's for sure though. The difference that having a new screen makes in an older car, especially at night and in the rain is amazing.
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- mnde
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1982 Citroen GSA Spécial Estate - gone to a new home
1991 Citroen BX16 TGS Meteor - still out there somewhere!
My Meteor now has a shiny virgin windscreen, fitted by the nice bloke from RAC Auto Windscreens in my office carpark Can't wait to test it out - make sure I scrupulously clean the bloody wiperblade though before I use it!
So it's back in tomorrow morning to have the steering coupling done and the MOT test. Fingers crossed!!
Mark.
So it's back in tomorrow morning to have the steering coupling done and the MOT test. Fingers crossed!!
Mark.