2020 lund rebel xl driver windshield shattered

Hello. So my neighbor decided not to secure their easy up in their front yard. A gust of wind came barreling through, picked up their easy up, and sent it down the street and right into my boat, shattering the driver windshield. I just got this boat last year.

Has anyond had experience on replacing this particular windshield? I’m pretty sure it’s going to be in the thousands due to the type of glass, who makes it and the fact that only one dealership in all of California can work on it.

I filed a claim with my insurance but my agent said I would be better off just having them pay for it out of pocket. I don’t think my agent knows how expensive this bs can be. And my neighbor said no problem they would pay for it but, once again, I don’t think they know how expensive this bs can be.

Last thing I read someone was trying to replace their windshield on a Tyee in 2013 and it was 3200 bucks

Why is there only 1 dealership in all of California that can work on it? This should be a current part, also used on the 21/22 Rebel XL, so any Lund dealer should be able to get the part and replace it.

Or, are you saying that there is only 1 Lund dealer in Cali?

HRG

Hot Runr Guy wrote:

Why is there only 1 dealership in all of California that can work on it? This should be a current part, also used on the 21/22 Rebel XL, so any Lund dealer should be able to get the part and replace it.

Or, are you saying that there is only 1 Lund dealer in Cali?

HRG

Correct, only one Lund dealership in my area. There’s actually two in California but the other one is like 12 hours away. And any kind of work takes them for.ev.errrr.

Go to your Lund dealer and get a replacement quote and give a copy to your neighbor. His home owners insurance might cover it.

They are pretty easy to replace if the dealer is backed up too much. Last I heard they were 1500-2000 but that was a few years ago.

onestout wrote:

They are pretty easy to replace if the dealer is backed up too much. Last I heard they were 1500-2000 but that was a few years ago.

Then we’d be better off going through insurance. I’d almost feel bad making him pay 2k for a freak accident like this.

Jared wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>onestout wrote:</div>
They are pretty easy to replace if the dealer is backed up too much. Last I heard they were 1500-2000 but that was a few years ago.

Then we’d be better off going through insurance. I’d almost feel bad making him pay 2k for a freak accident like this.

Before this thing goes south on you get your dealer quote and work off of that. Run your boat past a glass shop and see what they say. Boat glass isn’t easily or cheaply replaced.

The neighbor should be submitting it to their home owners insurance not yours.

Ya my insurance called me and said that’s what they should do. And if they don’t, I will have to claim it, pay the 1k deductible and then they will go after their insurance and make them pay me back the deductible. So either way, sounds like no one is paying out of pocket which is good. I’d hate to ruin relationships with neighbors over something stupid and I was gonna even offer to split it.

But you guys were right. It’s insanely expensive and complete BS. Here is the email I just got from my dealership:

Hello,
Starboard windshield #2346820 retails at $1,299 plus $100 shipping.
Does have to be made as they do not stock only one side. 10 week lead
time. As for install you are looking at an estimate of 4-5 hours for
install and we do charge $125 an hour.

So you are at $2k plus your insurance won’t go after the other guy. It will lay on your record so…………………

Dutchboy wrote:

So you are at $2k plus your insurance won’t go after the other guy. It will lay on your record so…………………

Huh? I just talked to my insurance. They said the best option is for my neighbor to file a liability claim with his homeowners insurance. That way no one pays anything out of pocket. Or, if he doesn’t want to do that, I claim it, pay the deductible and then my insurance goes to his insurance and has them pay me back for the deductible. Ya, that would be a claim on my record. But either way, no one is paying out of pocket.

Confused why you said my insurance won’t go after his when that’s exactly what my insurance said they will do if he doesn’t want to file the liability claim with his HOI

Jared wrote:

Huh? I just talked to my insurance. They said the best option is for my neighbor to file a liability claim with his homeowners insurance.

This is the best option.

Jared wrote:

Confused why you said my insurance won’t go after his when that’s exactly what my insurance said they will do if he doesn’t want to file the liability claim with his HOI

They will try and subrogate it against his insurance, and if all goes well they will recoup their 1k and your 1k deductible. If his insurance fights it or your insurance has too much trouble in the subrogation process they may decide not to continue and just eat the 1k loss, which in turn means you eat your 1k deductible. I believe this is what Dutch was referring to.

Call Taylor-made directly (they should be the ones who made it). See if you can buy from them.

KPE wrote:

Call Taylor-made directly (they should be the ones who made it). See if you can buy from them.

I did. They said because of their “exclusive deal” with Lund, they couldn’t even give me a price over the phone, let alone ship it directly to me.

I love rackets. I wonder if tracker has this same BS. Might go with them or alumacraft for my next boat.

Jared wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>KPE wrote:</div>
Call Taylor-made directly (they should be the ones who made it). See if you can buy from them.

I did. They said because of their “exclusive deal” with Lund, they couldn’t even give me a price over the phone, let alone ship it directly to me.

I love rackets. I wonder if tracker has this same BS. Might go with them or alumacraft for my next boat.

You should probably call Taylor-Made back, and ask the same question for your Alumacraft Classic 165 walk-thru. I’ll bet the answer is the same.

HRG

looks like your cover got ripped too in the process? or was that already there?

Gitchi Gummi wrote:

looks like your cover got ripped too in the process? or was that already there?

It ripped about a 3 inch slit directly where it hit the window. At first we didn’t think anything happened and we got lucky. Then I heard the glass falling inside the boat and knew exactly what it was. So I grabbed the slit and ripped it open out of frustration. I already replaced it though.

Gonna be fun riding around with no windshield for possibly the next 4 months

Jared wrote:

Gonna be fun riding around with no windshield for possibly the next 4 months

Jared,
Do yourself a favor and pull the windshield off and remove the consoles. That’s a great rig as a tiller,,,,,

HRG

I’m confused why I was quoted 5 hours of labor at 125 an hour. It looks like a few screws is all the holds up the windshield frame. This job really takes 5 hours to do?

Jared wrote:

I’m confused why I was quoted 5 hours of labor at 125 an hour. It looks like a few screws is all the holds up the windshield frame. This job really takes 5 hours to do?

The dealer may be seeing this as an “insurance”job?

HRG

Hot Runr Guy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jared wrote:</div>
I’m confused why I was quoted 5 hours of labor at 125 an hour. It looks like a few screws is all the holds up the windshield frame. This job really takes 5 hours to do?

The dealer may be seeing this as an “insurance”job?

HRG

That’s what I was thinking. My neighbor went and immediately paid in cash, 1500 for the windshield. She says the insurance company is gonna pay her back and she didn’t want me having to wait since it’s already gonna take ten weeks. Which I totally appreciated but I’m getting the vibe that they don’t want to use insurance.

So when it comes time to get the windshield put in, I’m anxious to see how that is going to go down.

Just saw this. My 2019 Impact had its drivers side window smashed at Home Depot. Long story short police report, nothing visible on Home Depot cameras, $1,100 to fix
$500 boat insurance deductible
12-14 weeks out as of July 5 here in Minnesota

Umy wrote:

Just saw this. My 2019 Impact had its drivers side window smashed at Home Depot. Long story short police report, nothing visible on Home Depot cameras, $1,100 to fix
$500 boat insurance deductible
12-14 weeks out as of July 5 here in Minnesota

Wonder how yours was so cheap. Did you go through your dealership? My window alone from fender was 1500 after tax and shipping.

Jared wrote:

So when it comes time to get the windshield put in, I’m anxious to see how that is going to go down.

Have your neighbor pay cash for that too.

Well I contacted 4 different Lund dealerships across the country. One just got back to me and they said the price was $869 for the windshield.

I’m trying to figure out how much of a ridiculous markup my dealership is making when they just charged me 1200…

Sounds like

$1200
-869
_______
$ 331

Would there be any extra shipping charges? I’d give the dealer a call.

Netguy wrote:

Sounds like

$1200
-869
_______
$ 331

Would there be any extra shipping charges? I’d give the dealer a call.

I did and they just got back to me. He showed me the email from Lund, the dealer price is 869 and msrp is actually 1298.46 before tax and shipping. The other dealership just quoted me the dealer cost. And he said they have never replaced glass on this specific boat so they quoted me 4-5 hours but “it very likely could be around two hours”.

I can live with this. Especially since i really have no other choice since the next closest dealership is out of state 5 hours away.

Just retired – just getting back online. Originally thought the cost was to be $6-7 k because they could not just replace one side. Turns out the parts manager knows his stuff. Just got a check from the insurance company yesterday. My $500 deductible is only $350 because of no accidents and total cost is $849 according to the invoice Rapid MArine sent to the insurance guy.
12-14 weeks out from July 5th.
I will send some pics of how I cobbled it in the interim when I get on the water in the morning. Luckily mostly bass fishing so not a lot of 20+ MPH on the water. Soon as Canada opens up though it will be a different story if the weather is bad.

Umy wrote:

Just retired – just getting back online. Originally thought the cost was to be $6-7 k because they could not just replace one side. Turns out the parts manager knows his stuff. Just got a check from the insurance company yesterday. My $500 deductible is only $350 because of no accidents and total cost is $849 according to the invoice Rapid MArine sent to the insurance guy.
12-14 weeks out from July 5th.
I will send some pics of how I cobbled it in the interim when I get on the water in the morning. Luckily mostly bass fishing so not a lot of 20+ MPH on the water. Soon as Canada opens up though it will be a different story if the weather is bad.

What year/model/boat do you have?

My 2019 Lund Impact
Some pics of how I cobbled my broken windshield until the new one arrives.
3/4″ Square tube of aluminum screwed into the panel of my boat ( it is metal faced underneath the carpet) It is strong enough you could pull yourself up if you wanted to. You can see where I cut it into a curved shape at the top of the aluminum tube to fit the angle of the window frame. I put the radiator clamp on the top ( wrapped in black tape as I did not want to scratch it- that was before they said it came with a new frame…. we’ll see…) and put a little self tapping screw into the top of the clamp to keep it from sliding off. Used Lexan to make the partial windshield and fitted it into the existing frame channel. Made the little “windshield ” for the Humminbird as I thought it might be better for the unit if it did not get splashed with water continuously ( but I suppose it was built to withstand that)
Anyway, my short term solution.