Servicing your car is something that you should be ready and able to do. This knowledge will come in handy if you are, lets say, stuck on an open road with no cell phone connection and thus are not able to contact towing service. Most common situations in which you’ll have to service your car on your own are a flat tire, oil change, dead battery or if you need a windscreen replacement. Windscreen repairs Melbourne auto shops can surprise with high prices for services like these. Moreover, dealing with this kind of problems does not require advanced auto repairing skills or tools you don’t have in your trunk. All you need is a little practice and an owner’s manual.

When it comes to windscreen repair or replacement in particular, it is advisable that you take the car to a skilled mechanic. But like we said, sometimes you’ll find yourself in a situation where you can’t do that, so you’ll end up fixing it yourself. Besides, the windscreen replacement cost will be a lot lower if you do it yourself. Here, we’ll try to point out the things you need to know about windscreen replacement.

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• Find the same model

First thing that you want do in the windscreen replacement procedure is finding the exact same model of windshield. You can buy a new one in any auto parts shop or obtain a reclaimed one from a wrecker’s yard. Just remember, when buying used windscreen you might want to double check it for cracks and/or possible defects.

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• Remove the windshield

Removing the windshield is not easy as it seems. The plastic pins should be carefully removed because they are specific for every car. After you’ve completed this step, next you’ll need to cut urethane, which is little tricky. The urethane is what holds the windscreen and prevents it from cracking on impacts because of its flexibility.

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• Prepare the new windshield

This part of the windscreen replacement process is quite easy. Here you need to clean the frit band surrounding the sides of the windscreen with a primer specially made to match the urethane adhesive. This is done to get maximum efficiency of the adhesive.

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• Place the windscreen

The last step does not need much explanation. It is very important that you have the patience and precision to align the sides of the windscreen.

Hopefully these four steps can help you see that windscreen replacement is not that hard. However, windscreen repair is a harder and trickier procedure since it requires skills of a glass maker.