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Old 04-11-18, 07:23 AM
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I'm starting to notice a bunch of these little nicks in my windshield and they dont seem to come off with my nail or with regular cleaning. Anyone else experience these?


Old 04-11-18, 05:23 PM
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Those look like rock chips to me. I’d say get used to it. Didn’t take long for my ‘17 to get a few. And my previous ‘10 got them too. I think its been said the glass is a tad soft in these cars. I had to change the windshield twice when I had the ‘10 due to rock hits. But that was not just a chip.
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Ugh if that is the case that is so disappointing. Especially when you purposely try to not drive behind trucks and stuff and take good care of your car. Nothing I can do about this huh?
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Normal wear and tear unfortunately.

There are clear-bra like products you could apply to the windshield to protect against this if you wanted to.
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Not used to this
I upgraded from a 2000 Camry and that windshield was in pristine shape lol. I guess they just made things better back then
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I think you just like your ES a little more and are a little more attuned to this kind of stuff. Every car I have ever had has gotten these sorts of windshield pits, and I had a 98 LS400, an 03 ES300, an 04 LS430, built back in the "glory days". All had this sort of pitting in the windshields.

Hurl a stone at ANY piece of glass at 70-80MPH and it will leave a mark.
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I guess your right, I'll deal with it for now and just hope i dont get too many more. Thanks again for the input everyone
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