Oh the joys of Lotus ownership!

One day I went into garage to discover the windscreen had spontaneously cracked, no stone chips or anything, it just spontaneously went to spite me.

Brightwork trim is VERY expensive so spent ages (days) trying to get it off without damaging it. Nasty job as although originally held in with clips it was now embedded in windscreen mounting rubber compound..very tough stuff. The clips were also embedded in this stuff and pressure from one of them had formed a stress point next to the origin of the crack.

New screen fitted by National Windscreens (5 left in stock in UK) and it broke in centre just after fitting (sob!).

Another one fitted.....car left in garage for 3 weeks for rubber to cure and harden up before I even touched it with a feather. Refitting brightwork: the alloy is T shaped in cross section. I cut the stem of the "T" off with a dremel and tiny cutting disc.....horrible boring job, along whole length. No clips embedded in screen surround this time (hopefully less stress points). Brightwork glued on with silicone sealant......this was deliberate and means it will come off again much easier than before which took days of work. Foul job again to get all fitted correctly so it looks tidy.