Windshields are back ordered...
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Wranglers are old school. Windshield in a rubber gasket hanging in a metal frame. Non-stressed, heavy. Newer vehicle designs have to comply with emissions and safety regs (worldwide, not just US - for all those already pulling their soapboxes out from under the bed) so windshields are becoming thinner (=lighter) and glued into the body which essentially makes them stressed members. Essentially sound vehicle design principles except that chips now propagate more easily. I went for nearly 30 years w/o having anything but the occasional stone chip to replacing a windshield in one of my vehicles every 2-3 years at the latest. PITA. Fact of life these days. Not a strictly LR thing.
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Jiman01 (05-23-2023)
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I"ll second @GCSchmidt on FJ windshields!
Went through a lot from c.2006 and until selling our 2014 TTUE a few months ago
Thank goodness for unlimited glass coverage is all I can say
Now - I need to get the LR110 windshield done (actually should have a few months back) due to a full height crack and a stone shot driver side dead center. In fact was off to deal w/that very issue today
Windshields - meh - a fact of life I guess, particularly here in CO and on these style vehicles in general. All I know is our $33/yr for unlimited glass coverage has been worth the $'s for a very long time.
Went through a lot from c.2006 and until selling our 2014 TTUE a few months ago
Thank goodness for unlimited glass coverage is all I can say
Now - I need to get the LR110 windshield done (actually should have a few months back) due to a full height crack and a stone shot driver side dead center. In fact was off to deal w/that very issue today
Windshields - meh - a fact of life I guess, particularly here in CO and on these style vehicles in general. All I know is our $33/yr for unlimited glass coverage has been worth the $'s for a very long time.
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Hope that makes sense. Bottom line $33/year, no limit on # of repairs or replacements. Best value to $ insurance tweak we had added to all the vehicles.
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There are eight different windshields availabe for the new Defender. It's possible one (or perhaps two) variants may be backordered but certainly not all eight.
Here are the eight windshield variants with part numbers.
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/o heads up (LR162754)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/heads up (LR154744)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/heat, w/o heads up (LR162755)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR154745)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/o heads up (LR154740)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/heads up (LR162758)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/o heads up (LR164079)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR162759)
You mentioned your windshield is heated but didn't mention having solar attenuation or heads up display. If this is the case, your windshield is part number LR162755 and it's available an in stock at dozens of dealerships. Just Google "LR154745".
Here are just a few dealers showing your windshield in-stock:
Land Rover of Huntsville AL $1,025.93
Land Rover Lake Bluff IL $1,052.23
Land Rover Raleigh NC $1,113.61
Land Rover Virginia Beach $1,139.92
Land Rover Cary NC $1,245.14
I hope this helps.
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There are eight different windshields availabe for the new Defender. It's possible one (or perhaps two) variants may be backordered but certainly not all eight.
Here are the eight windshield variants with part numbers.
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/o heads up (LR162754)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/heads up (LR154744)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/heat, w/o heads up (LR162755)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR154745)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/o heads up (LR154740)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/heads up (LR162758)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/o heads up (LR164079)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR162759)
You mentioned your windshield is heated but didn't mention having solar attenuation or heads up display. If this is the case, your windshield is part number LR162755 and it's available an in stock at dozens of dealerships. Just Google "LR154745".
Here are just a few dealers showing your windshield in-stock:
Land Rover of Huntsville AL $1,025.93
Land Rover Lake Bluff IL $1,052.23
Land Rover Raleigh NC $1,113.61
Land Rover Virginia Beach $1,139.92
Land Rover Cary NC $1,245.14
I hope this helps.
Here are the eight windshield variants with part numbers.
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/o heads up (LR162754)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/heads up (LR154744)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/heat, w/o heads up (LR162755)
windshield w/o solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR154745)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/o heads up (LR154740)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/o heat, w/heads up (LR162758)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/o heads up (LR164079)
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR162759)
You mentioned your windshield is heated but didn't mention having solar attenuation or heads up display. If this is the case, your windshield is part number LR162755 and it's available an in stock at dozens of dealerships. Just Google "LR154745".
Here are just a few dealers showing your windshield in-stock:
Land Rover of Huntsville AL $1,025.93
Land Rover Lake Bluff IL $1,052.23
Land Rover Raleigh NC $1,113.61
Land Rover Virginia Beach $1,139.92
Land Rover Cary NC $1,245.14
I hope this helps.
mine is:
windshield w/solar attenuation, w/heat, w/heads up (LR162759)
I tried ordering from Mobile, AL dealership