Chip in my windshield
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Chip in my windshield
So driving home last night a rock got kicked up by a car in front of me and it put the smallest of chips into my windshield, should I worry and get the chip fixed. Its so damn small I cant get a picture of it but its visible and you can feel it if you run your finger over it. Just what you want in a 3 week old car
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Thats exactly why I saw it, was washing all the nasty **** off the windshield and was wiping and was like wtf is that a chip and it just annoyed the hell out of me since I've only had the car for 3 weeks and its brand new. My old honda never got a chip in 12 years of driving it and I saw plenty of big rocks come and hit it right on, bothers me that the first rock to hit it would chip it.
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Thats exactly why I saw it, was washing all the nasty **** off the windshield and was wiping and was like wtf is that a chip and it just annoyed the hell out of me since I've only had the car for 3 weeks and its brand new. My old honda never got a chip in 12 years of driving it and I saw plenty of big rocks come and hit it right on, bothers me that the first rock to hit it would chip it.
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I have 1414 miles, so yeah makes me wonder if they are using some inferior source of glass, I'm going to talk to the dealership in the morning just to see what they say.
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After buying my ISF earlier this year, I got a rock chip on the freeway... a couple hours later when I got off of work, it spread into a crack across the windshield. Look on yelp for a local windshield company to see if they can take care of filling the chip for you. Shouldn't be more than $50 to get it done....
All said and done, I had to go through insurance and get a new windshield. Of course, insurance wouldn't cover OEM glass since its I think $1400 for a new lexus windshield. OEM aftermarket is surprisingly more durable... I've had some pretty big rocks hit this aftermarket OEM spec windshield and it hasn't even shown any signs of damage. Not as nice or smooth as OEM though
All said and done, I had to go through insurance and get a new windshield. Of course, insurance wouldn't cover OEM glass since its I think $1400 for a new lexus windshield. OEM aftermarket is surprisingly more durable... I've had some pretty big rocks hit this aftermarket OEM spec windshield and it hasn't even shown any signs of damage. Not as nice or smooth as OEM though
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i had a guy come out to replace the windshield in one of my other cars. i asked him about replacing the weatherstripping on my 65 chevy p/u. he asked if that was the origonal windshield. i said yes. (no chips). he said "they don`t make them like that anymore". i think that answers the question!!!!!!!.
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call your insurance and it should be free. They will contact safelite or whichever and get it done at $0 cost. And no your insurance premium doesn't go up.
I had a very minor rock chip on my windshield fixed through insurance for free. as long as its within its mean.
I had a very minor rock chip on my windshield fixed through insurance for free. as long as its within its mean.