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I shattered my starboard windshield wing on my 2003 Nautique 206 over the weekend (don't ask). I am having trouble finding a replacement. The frame is fine. The glass is decidedly not. Does anyone have any ideas? I cant find this on Nautiqueparts and Taylor Made can't help me. I am told that Jodi Seal (sp?) on this forum is the man. Getting a bit freaked that my boat is going to be "winking" at me forever.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I am fine with plastic and will follow up with the two places suggested. The window literally blew up when I hit it with the point of a sheet metal screw while attempting to install a bimini. I did not want to attach the mounting hardware to the fiberglass and thought I could sneak it onto the window frame. I misjudged the length of the screw by a millimeter, and boom. Bad moment.
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Brutal - seen people who have had their glass blow up after 20 years and found a factory screw pressing on the glass.

 

Almost always the best route for these is an insurance claim. Its reached the point where I've seen older prostars with the 2 peice window totalled over 1 bit of glass.

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The port side windshield of my 97 SN got taken out by a rock on the road earlier this summer, so I'm quite familiar with the process. I got the same story from Nautique Parts and Taylor Made, and they sent me to Ocean Dynamics for custom glass. Their quote came back at $1288 for a poly replacement and between $4900-$5700 for glass.

 

In the mean time, I also called up Liquid Edge, who added Nautique to their lineup last year, and they were able to find a replacement from Nautique. Now that they have it and the boat, it turns out it wasn't the exact same part, since it had the rounded frame edge vs. the square I had, but since my frame is fine, they are going to swap it out. It may be worth a call to a local dealer to see if they can try to contact Nautique before going the custom route.

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