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From: OzOne on 7 Aug 2010 03:35 On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 17:20:59 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote: > Obwiens buy their glass from the same suppliers as >the local cheapie. Proof required. OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
From: Scotty on 7 Aug 2010 05:21 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4c5d0b2d$0$34570$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... : : " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message : news:4c5ccb56$0$24370$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... : : > Pilkington glass used to be the ducks guts of screens but they too now do : > shody work as well as the : > rest of the world. : : As far as I'm aware Pilkingtons either went out of business, or went out of : the local auto glass manufacturing business. : : None of the locally built cars use Australian sourced glass. Ford has theirs : made in China, and while Toyota and Holden also use imported glass I'm not : sure where they get theirs from (although I assume it'd be from Asia : somewhere). Most after-market glass is sourced from Asia, and usually from : whoever is the cheapest. Obwiens buy their glass from the same suppliers as : the local cheapie. : : -- : Regards, : Noddy. : : : Pilkingtons are made in NZ to Spec. They had thier premium range but mostly made to price screen.
From: Clocky on 7 Aug 2010 07:37 OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: > On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 17:20:59 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote: > >> Obwiens buy their glass from the same suppliers as >> the local cheapie. > > Proof required. > AFAIK they use Xingi glass, a major supplier to the industry.
From: Noddy on 7 Aug 2010 08:23 "Clocky" <notgonn(a)happen.com> wrote in message news:4c5d4562$0$11125$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > AFAIK they use Xingi glass, a major supplier to the industry. I don't know who makes it, but it's the same stuff that any local "non Obwien" windscreen fitter uses. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Kev on 7 Aug 2010 08:40
OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: > On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:16:26 +1000, Kev<kevcat(a)optunet.com.au> wrote: > >> D Walford wrote: >> >>>> >>>> After experiences with cheap screen suppliers who fit inferior glass >>>> badly and often leaking, I have gone back to Obriens for better >>>> quality glass fitted correctly. >>> >> >> >> You know OBrians probably use the same glass and charge $200 more just >> to fit it to cover their franchise payments > > OK so this is a "probably" > >> their "Quality" glass is made in the same factory as the glass other >> auto glass fitters use, they don't have it specially made or have their >> own factory > > And this purports to be a fact. > > What is it Kev because I've been told by a number of people in the > trade that there are many different suppliers of auto glass of much > varying quality. >> >> >> Kev Of course there are. But Obrians are no different to any other fitter, they'll still be looking for the cheapest Protector windscreens at Stapylton(when they were there) were the importer and supplier to OBrians down Beenleigh way, They also supplied and fitted screens themselves Though when we had the Prado's rear window replaced the guy from OBrians had a geniwhine Toyota glass to fit. probably because the car was a new model only a few months old and it was quicker to source a Toyota glass than an aftermarket and the Toyota glass was a surprising $360 Kev |