Windshield, windscreen… whatever you call it it keeps the bugs out of your teeth.
I ordered a windshield from Rovers North. First thing, don’t expect this to arrive quickly. The glass is made in Türkiye (Turkey) by Doraglass.
It is then sent to AllMakes4x4 and from there it is sent to Rovers North.
Somewhere in there Rovers North puts a ProLine label on it too.
Not sure where “Made in China (CN)” comes into play since the glass is made in Türkiye.
Anyway, the glass (spoiler alert) arrived broken.
Yeah… that’s disappointing. Now before you say, “Just install it like that.” I hired a professional installer and he said it would spider and windup being worse than what I have. Looking online supports this assertion. The corner has a lot of pressure on it. I’m wondering if since the windshield is in a rubber seal if that is slightly different.
I also asked, “Why don’t we just fill all the cracks with windshield glue stuff?” He was not confident in that solution either.
I contacted Rovers North and told them what happened. Erik was quick to ask for pictures and to provide a refund. Which I have already received. Erik was great through this whole process. My original shipping location did not workout and he was quick to get the delivery back to the depot where I picked it up.
If you don’t have a commercial site, with a forklift, and a dock that an average over the road trucker can get a 40 foot trailer in… just have them leave it at the shipping depot. Delivery to a commercial site is $185(US) cheaper to ship to. My delivery was 111 pounds (50.3488 kilograms). This is a crate and the glass. Since it is over 100 pounds, the driver will not assist with the unloading. Another pro tip, make sure you understand the shipping insurance and who pays what if the windshield arrives broken. Rovers North took care of me, I don’t know if any other vendor would be as good.
There are lots of questions.
Will JayZ’s Superbowl 60 Half-time show suck? I have no idea, I don’t think I’ve ever intentionally listened to a JayZ song.
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? African or European?
Why order from Rovers North? They had one listed. Atlantic British did not. I had two professionals look for the windshield. Scott looked in warehouses in Dallas, Kansas City, Wichita, and another city in Texas he couldn’t remember. They aren’t sitting on the shelves of any glass warehouses in my region.
Would you order another windshield? Yes, but, the other windshields I saw online started at $1200(US) plus shipping. I only spent $795(US) with Rovers North.
What are you doing next? Scott is going to come back out and polish my OEM windshield. This windshield has 280,000 miles of rocks, sand, giant grasshoppers, 300 million mosquitos, at least two birds, and who knows what else. So yeah, it looks like someone sandblasted it. I don’t have much hope for the polish, but I’m going to see if it helps.
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Did you get the movie reference on the video thumbnail?
OMG! If you haven’t noticed, it is hot outside. Here in the Southern Plains (never refer to Oklahoma as “the Midwest”, never). Oklahoma City has recorded about 15 to 16 days of 100-degree temperatures so far this summer in 2026, which is above the typical annual average of 12 to 13 days. We have at least 6 more 100-degree days coming. If your country has never landed a man on the moon that temperature is 37.7 Celsius.
With those kinds of temperatures my metal shop building with the lovely radiant heat effect temps often climb above 120°F (48°C). That’s warm. And for a man of my age that is considered “dangerous”. When you start looking at the wet bulb numbers you can easily quantify your chances of a heat related injury.
85-88
Working or exercising in direct sunlight will stress your body after 30 minutes.
Take at least 30 minutes of breaks each hour if working or exercising in direct sunlight
88-90
Working or exercising in direct sunlight will stress your body after 20 minutes.
Take at least 40 minutes of breaks each hour if working or exercising in direct sunlight
>90
Working or exercising in direct sunlight will stress your body after 15 minutes.
Take at least 45 minutes of breaks each hour if working or exercising in direct sunlight
So we have had wet bulb numbers above 85 all of August. Brutal.
So I’m looking at options to adjust the temperature of the shop down to a “reasonable” temp. That will take at least two major items to help.
Exhaust Fan
This weekend I put a 2200 CFM exhaust fan in. Shops my size should have at least a 1500 CFM fan. So I grabbed a Chinese made fan from Vevor. I ordered one with a “control module”. It was broken when it arrived. I had to repair it. Then I tested it. The temp rheostat did not seem to work as I would have expected. Set on 100°F the fan didn’t come on. So I set it to the lowest temp 32°F the fan came on about 60% speed. That is not going to be acceptable.
So I’m going to wire an old fashioned on off switch to a plug. Plug the fan in and when needed I will turn it on the day before. Simple, efficient.
The second thing in the research, planning, I need some money to buy stage is Prodex.
I’m looking at something like $1,000.00(US) to get roughly 1,410 square foot of Prodex Total 5m material and the ancillary materials to mount it to the building frames.
The testimonials and YouTube video promise I will see some significant temp reductions. And in the winter I’ll retain heat.
That’s what were up to. That’s where we are headed.
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In this video series I am installing a new radio in my Range Rover Classic Overland rig.
Part 1 – is installing the integrated cameras.
Part 2 – is a lot of wiring and some rust abatement and painting.
Part 3 – is painting… yeah, painting. When have you ever worked on your Land Rover and NOT had to address some rust when trying to wire up a camera? Oh, it’s just me? I doubt it.
Part 4 – I reveal my paint job (terrible) and fish, fiche, fishe, no, I’m certain it is FISH, fish the wires through the tailgate and back through the truck to a power source.
Part 5
Let’s wire the front camera and drain the battery!!!! OH!!! Let’s catch our Go Pro Camera on fire too!!!!
Part 6
Let’s splice this new radio into the OEM wiring harness and kill our Heat Gun in the Heat!!!
In this video I reinstall the carpet on my Range Rover Classic Overland rig. I also finish up some additional wiring for the Weboost and a set of lights.
This is a collective post of all the posts for my Auxiliary Light Project.
Part 1
In this post I put the lights on the roof rack. The weather played along and it was the only day this week I could get out there. Last weekend was spent getting Erica and Brian’s house moved. Erica remembered I drove M54 5 ton trucks in the Marine Corps Reserve.
So I got to drive the U-Haul home. The first two hours was driving with the wind on the front right corner with a wicked wind blowing me all over the road with the incredibly vague steering. I also enjoyed a crosswind with that vibrated the left mirror and creating a loud noise. It was brutal.
We got them all load and unloaded in two days. That took a toll on this old man, but I was happy we got it all done.
So on to the lights…
I started with a template so I could get the holes drilled correctly that needed a slight adjustment for the power wire. Once I got them on the roof rack, I realized the power wires were going to need to be secured and out of the way.
I found some metal clips that were designed to hold a tablecloth on to a picnic table. After I broke 4 drill bits trying to drill hole in them, I gave up and went to the hardware store to buy some. On the way I realized the steel was probably spring steel. So, drilling a hole was probably a folly in itself.
The bracket got installed and then I went on to wiring. Nothing special here. I watched a Simon Fordman YouTube video where he soldered his wiring. I decided that would be how I did it. What I learned is I need a wider variety of heat shrink. I had several of the right diameters but not in the length I needed.
What’s next? I’m glad you asked. I need to wire in the switches and relays. This means I need to determine what the box is going to look like. I also need to decide what I’m going to make the inside out of, MDF? plywood? paper mâché? the choices are endless!!!
Part 2
I finished up the soldering on the lights. I didn’t finish one last weekend. I should have filmed it because it was the best connection of the three. Its sad how you lose skills when you don’t use them. Add soldering to the list of perishable skills…
Dancing
Running
Bending over at the waist
Patience
Firearms accuracy
Drinking all day and waking up the next day like nothing happened
(New) Soldering
That’s most of my list… I’m sure “cognitive skills” and “remembering why I walked into a room” will be added soon but for now let’s go with these.
I got the wires routed along the roof rack. I bought some ridiculously over designed zip ties. I used those along the rack. I’m not worried about the wires moving.
I was able to run the wires around the rain gutter and into one of the holes in the D pillar that would have been used to hold the beauty panel on. I’m not worried about it going anywhere because the wires are right up against it.
I got the D pillar beauty panel secured and installed the interior trim piece as well. I now have to get connectors and wire and make jumpers for the relays and plan my wiring panel. At this point I’m thinking a piece of wood mounted to the interior back. It would be covered by the box that will be the location of the light switches and the sub woofer.
There will be additional power needs back there. I have a ridiculous list of needs for the rear.
Interior lights, charging batteries for a drone and cameras and flash lights…. Its a ridiculous list and I should probably print it and stick up somewhere so I am always thinking about it when I’m planning.
That’s all for this week. Like and subscribe if you watch the video. Thanks for reading and Happy Rovering.
Part 3
In this video I talk about my terrible planning skills. I also mount the relays on my board for the auxiliary lights on the roof rack for my Range Rover Classic Overland rig.
Part 4
In this video I talk about my terrible planning skills. I also mount the relays on my board for the auxiliary lights on the roof rack for my Range Rover Classic Overland rig.
Part 5
In this video I discuss my windshield issue, deal with a missing Amazon order, and finish soldering the diodes for the auxiliary lights on the roof rack for my Range Rover Classic Overland rig.
Details About “Kit and Kaboodle”
Origin: The phrase dates back to around 1870, with earlier iterations including “kit and boodle” or “kit and cargo” in the 1840s/50s. It is believed to have originated from “kit” (a collection of tools/items) and “boodle” (a, Dutch-derived, word for a group or property).
In this video I start the cabinets to house the switching board for my lights on my Range Rover Classic Overland rig. I also managed to cut through the handle on my table. Thankfully, I was able to repair it with a little welding.
There were some other issues but I dealt with them off camera. Speaking of cameras, this camera is REALLY pissing me off. I think I’ll be looking for a new camera in the coming year. One that doesn’t overheat and is easy to turn on and off.
I made the hard decisions to skip the subwoofer for now. The size of the one I chose would have taken up the entire space behind the cabinet. It was the Kenwood Excelon P-XW804B.
The search is on….
Part 7
Finishing up the carpentry. No one called me out for spelling it wrong in Part 6.
Part 8
In this part I test my circuit to make sure it does what I planned. Spoiler alert it does. I also fix the bracket by welding a nut on to the brackets. I screwed up getting the fabric to cover the box. I’ll have to make a daytime run to get it so I can wrap this project up.
Part 9
In this video I move yet another step closer to wrapping up the switching board for my lights on my Range Rover Classic Overland rig. All I need is to cover it with fabric and finish out the wiring and mounting of the switch.
Part 10
In this video I wrap up the switching board for my lights on my Range Rover Classic Overland rig. I only burned both index fingers and started a small fire. About normal, and I’ll probably recover.
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