Windscreens

Jun 15, 2005 10 Replies
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Hello all. This is my first post here so be gentle please :)



I have had a few problems recently with broken windscreens ( 3 in as many months ). I have just had my latest replacement today. I have been using a well known company to replace the glass, they have used a non Mercedes part , splintex i belive. I have been unhappy as they seem to break easily, so i got Mercedes to put in a genuine MB part. I was wondering what the infomation that is on the glass means? In perticular the ' E? '. On the non MB part it says E6, but on the genuine MB part it says E1. Any ideas?



Thanks Simon


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No idea what the 'E' means,just suggesting you steer clear of the brand SIGLA for windscreens!

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D

E1 (and E?) is some sort of safety thing to do with glass, if I am not mistaken.

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

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"Dacman" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:c10se.14127$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...

Hi Simon,

the E? is a control stamp from the ECE which is the Economic Commission for Europe and is inside a circle. The E stands for ECE and the number tells in which country the part has been approved. The 1 stands for Germany, 6 for Belgium. Many parts may only be used in Europe when they have such a stamp. It doesn´t matter in which country the approval has been made.

Manfred

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Don't Sigla make the genuine Mercedes screens?

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Yes they do,but SIGLA seems to have a problem with water entering into between laminate and causing a white haze inside of it!

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All pretty ancient cars, few of which will have their original windscreens in anyway.

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C

Yeah ancient,but REAL Mercedes,not Chryslers in Mercedes skin

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T

It's the other way around, see the Crossfire, an SLK in disguise, or the 300 an E-Class in disguise...

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