Replacement windshields for older Nautiques

[timb]

Hi all. I have a 1997 Super Sport, and broke the right side windshield. Nautiqueparts has most models for $800 per side, but not for the SS. They did confirm that Correct Craft has one, but I have to buy the whole thing for $2700.

I have a message into TaylorMade on replacement availability, but I fear a custom pattern order is likely more than the CC price anyway. Does anyone have successful experience with that route? I haven't heard back from them, and their online chat never came out of "an agent is on the way."

Obviously, I'd love to hear of available units salvage if anyone has info on anything like that. I'm in the northeast, and would drive fairly far to get one if necessary.

thanks!

[bturner]

Windshields for any boat is going to be tough to find once the manufacture is out of stock. In your case finding a windshield for a 24 YO boat is going to be really tough. I've heard the Taylor route is super expensive but if you want glass that's about the only game in town. I've heard of people going to plexi with good results for a fraction of the price. Other than a place like Copart I personally don't know of many places that do anything but crush and dispose of older boats and Copart would want to sell you the entire boat. You'd think someone would be in this business but I think the market is just too niche and they'd have to charge a fortune for the part as well just to stay afloat (pardon the pun).

[timb]

Yes, I saw the older threads with the same dilemma. I guess I'm fortunate that one is available, but the price is eye watering. The boat had been laid up for a long time after I didn't winterize early enough, and the windshield is going to cost more than the remanufactured engine. (For those still running fords, I found a rebuilder on ebay that happened to be local. The net was far lower than repowering with a GM motor)

[timb]

Correct Craft had the windshield, but as I was told, I had to buy the whole thing. Shipping was another $700 freight.

Maybe I'll recover a bit of cost if someone needs the original port side or door someday.

[uncle-buck]

Just went through replacing the main windshield glass on a 1990 Ski Nautique. Found a boat windshield repair expert in my area who used plexiglass. It's fine and was cost effective ($400). If you simply need the glass, you can make a hardboard pattern and order the glass from https://www.onedayglass.com/ .

[Stroddog]

I have a 2007 220. A deer jumped between the back of the truck and the boat and went through the windshield. I’ve found a few from that year but not the 220. Does anyone know if they are interchangeable?

[NautiqueJeff]

You could order this one. Not sure if yours is a Full Throttle windshield or not, but if not, you could swap the glass into your frame.

https://nautiqueparts.com/windshield...full-throttle/

[timb]

Try your dealer, who can check if CC has one. In the end that’s what I did. It would have been less painful to buy just one side, but I had to buy the whole thing.

(and even then, it didn’t fit. I had to narrow the door, which was possible by ordering a new narrower tempered glass panel)