03 Chaparral 263 Center Windshield Glass Broke out

[Tim the Hunter Guy]

Unfortunately, I recently broke the glass in my center windshield. I have been searching different places without much luck. I've reached out to Taylor Made, who is the manufacturer of my windshield, & they can't reference their part number to find that center windshield. So I'm trying to find either a company that can make a replacement glass or find a new or used one. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I live in So Cal just for reference.

 

[Scott Danforth]

your only choice is taylor made. and you can call your local Chap dealer who can contact the factory and get the taylor made part numbers.

 

[matt167]

Center windshield isn’t flat?

I have a good local glass shop that has been in business forever, and I know they have done boat windows out of acrylic.

 

[Lou C]

There are a few shops that do that kind of work here as well; those curved windshields can really be an expensive headache to replace once the boat has been out of production for a few years. My old boat has straight flat glass on the sides and glass with a slight bend to it for the front & center windshield pieces. I was able to get replacement pieces from Water Bonnet when they were still around but that was like 15 years ago, I think they got absorbed by Taylor Made….

 

[legalfee]

I have used these guys: https://getaboatwindshield.com/home
You can ship your broken windshield to them and they will send you an exact copy.