Hatchie takes a hit. :(

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:35 pm

Cruising down Roe Hwy today... and BANG....

Seams like someone hiding in the bushes with a rock wasn't a Subaru fan. Now the question is... How does one find a replacement window for an imported 24 year old Hatch.

Dave

Post by **Alex** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:39 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

who the fvck can i hit? lol

alex

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:40 pm

jesuz....that sucks balls big time....i been driving up and down roe hwy all day today as well

dave

Post by **Alex** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:42 pm

yeh same...what time?

alex

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:50 pm

This would have been around 12:45.
I was travelling at 100 at the time too.

Damage is a little worse than i first thought... i assumed the glass window was flat... and it's not.

Dave

cooloothin · Post by **cooloothin** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:50 pm

did anybody see that a fool recently severely injured a passenger by throwing a rock onto a highway.

Subarino - i have no idea but i would have assumed that wagon windows and hatchie windows were about the same size... ie for a hatch its just that the rear seats / doors are missing.

by your despair i'm guessing i'm wrong though.

Lapsed · Post by **Lapsed** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:51 pm

Lucky it was only the back window mate and nothing else. Good luck finding one. have you thought of getting a perspex one or something similar?

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:54 pm

The back half of a hatch doesn't even closely resemble the wagons unfortunately.

Yeah im thanking my lucky stars i didn't get clocked in the face. Ohh ahd i kept the rock.

Dave

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:57 pm

Ohhh... and the hatch does come with rear seats... i just removed em thats all.

Dave

mattims · Post by **mattims** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:07 pm

mikes a windscreen man isn't he. Maybe you should hassle him.

Lapsed · Post by **Lapsed** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:09 pm

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/sho ... hp?t=75643
worth a try for parts?

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:10 pm

gee.. not good news mate... that sucks mate, sorry..

Other option is to have the window or an plastic template (melted by using heat gun to make the shape, take it to wreckers and go around all cars of different makes and see if you can get very very close match on the windscreen or curved windows which you could take the glass out and get the glass cut out? get where I'm coming from?

Thats something I would do rather import something.
Cheers
AP

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:32 pm

HATCHIE...................

and i just saw him last night to
i feel for ya

wt u gonna drive now?

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:41 pm

NZ would be my first port of call. thats gonna be pricey to get

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:54 pm

mattims wrote:mikes a windscreen man isn't he. Maybe you should hassle him.

Been chating to him for about halve an hour about it ,,,:)

Mike

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:42 pm

Yeah NZ or the US. The US seem to have plenty of them there. As for shipping glass overseas - I sent a Landcruiser FJ60 rear glass to the US and it arrived safe and sound. Just make sure whoever is packing it packs it REALLY well. Real bummer dude - some ppl are complete low lifes.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:41 pm

wtf at least it was only a window n not some majour 1/4 pannel or somethin even harder to get a hold of

glad ur ok dave

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:45 am

glad your not hurt dude coulda been a lot worse good luck sourcing the glass

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:06 am

try these guys

rolin imports

31 Central Drive, Burleigh Heads,
Gold Coast, Queensland Australia.
Phone:-07 55 938 533
International: +61 7 55 938 533
Fax:-07 55 936 938

mattims · Post by **mattims** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:15 pm

sorry to joke about it... but it kinda goes well with the bullet hole stickers..