The windscreen glass and finisher assembly is catalogued in two specifications. Standard tinted is the default clear-with-light-tint glass fitted as original equipment to most MGFs and MG TFs. Graduated top tint (the "V805" specification on the live page, labelled as graduated green tint) adds a green graduated band to the top of the windscreen, reducing sun glare in strong overhead sunlight, a popular comfort upgrade for cars driven in summer conditions or in southern European climates. Both variants include the surrounding black finisher and the self-adhesive mirror fixing slug as part of the assembly.
The windscreen is sold for shop collection only, glass of this size and fragility cannot be safely shipped, so customers collect from MGOC Spares' Swavesey premises. The windscreen aperture is unchanged between MGF and MG TF, so the same glass fits both models.
Windscreen Supports and Production Change at AD000349
The windscreen sits on two support items at its lower edge to maintain correct positioning during bonding. The fitting arrangement changed at MGF VIN AD000349/AD000350: pre-AD000349 MGFs used two windscreen spacers (CMF100140), post-AD000350 MGFs and all MG TF use two supports with dedicated screws (CMC10007 + CYP10010). The catalogue contains a useful backward-compatibility note, the later supports and screws can be used to replace the earlier spacers on pre-AD000349 MGFs, providing a service improvement whenever a windscreen is replaced on an early car.
Bonded Fitment, Structural and Weather-Sealing
The MGF and MG TF windscreen is bonded directly to the body aperture using structural adhesive, not fitted via a rubber gasket as on older MGs. The bonded windscreen contributes to the bodyshell's torsional stiffness, particularly important on an open-topped car where the roof is not structural. A correctly-bonded windscreen seals against water ingress AND supports the bodyshell under cornering loads. The BHM705 fitting and bonding kit is catalogued for professional fitment, containing the primer, structural adhesive, and associated materials.
Windscreen replacement should always be entrusted to a specialist fitter using the correct bonding system, a poorly-bonded screen can leak, produce wind noise, and compromise bodyshell integrity in accident conditions.
Finisher and Mirror Fixing Slug
The black windscreen finisher covers the bonded edge of the glass and provides a neat visible boundary between the screen and the surrounding bodywork. It can be ordered separately from the glass assembly for cases where the finisher has deteriorated but the screen itself is sound. The self-adhesive interior mirror fixing slug bonds to the inside face of the windscreen to provide the attachment point for the rear-view mirror. Fixing slug bond failure is a common hot-weather fault, the adhesive softens in high cabin temperatures and the mirror detaches from the glass, often with a small strip of adhesive still attached.
A replacement slug is catalogued as a separate part for this common failure; re-bonding requires thorough cleaning of the old adhesive from the glass and careful application of the new slug to the correct position.