rock meets glass - cracked windshield

[fuelgeddes]

Well I was cruisen back from Blue Ridge Ga. Aska area today and Bamm out of no where a rock slaps my windshield. It chiped and crack it. Right now it is tiny but I know it will grow over time. Has anyone used that chip or crack seal and it worked. Can anyone give me the name of the product .

Thanks -

 

[PDoyle]

Bag it, and get a new windshield. you guys don't have glass coverage?

I got one better. Backed out of the garage this morning and rubbed up against the garage entrance wall. Good to see the fender flairs do their job.

 

[offroadkid]

We've already had one windshield replaced for a rock chip. Now we have another, and this time it is working its way across the windshield. I talked to the mobil glass guy that comes to my work about the fact the we are always getting rocks thrown at our windshield. He told me that he thinks its the angle that Toytota windshields are at. Apparrently he replaces alot of Toy windshields. Maybe it's not the angle, but the height our rig is at? IOW, maybe the rocks that would normally fly over a lower height vehicle are hititng my 3" lifted one? Anyway, it sucks!!

 

[DTAYLOR]

oh, the humanity...

 

[Sully]

On a different vehicle, I had an autoglass guy come to the house and drill out the chip and inject it with some kind of filler. The chip was still visible, but it never spread out and cracked. That was years ago. Much cheaper than a new windshield.

 

[photogod]

You can drill out and repair a chip but once it starts to spider or crack you need new glass. PPG, Pelkington or Toyotas glass only! They are the three OEM.The rest is cheap aftermarket. You might need to order a new gasket as well if the old one was installed properly with adheasive as it will stretch, deform and be full of old adheasive that can't be removed when it is taken off the vehicle. If you try to reuse the old gasket you are asking for leaks.

 

[Mickldo]

Had my screen replaced and hasn't stopped leaking since. The autoglass guys have tryed to seal it up with no luck. Am waiting for a decent chip in the windscreen to justify paying for a new screen and a new rubber. Have a number of really small chips but not enough to replace yet.

 

[mitchhonore]

Some local oil changing shops fill them for free (maybe Jiffy Lube), I heard it works pretty good. Also can't you, if the crack spreads some how cut the glass with a razor to stop the crack from spreading, not sure but I have heard of it before.

 

[XXXR]

Seems like the FJ80's are really suseptable to this. My 80 has about 4 cracks now, since purchased. All my other vehicles run the same route, and have claimed only a couple. Wonder if it's just luck, or if there is something about the angle of the glass. Seems real verticle.

Anyway, call your insurance agent. I've had him set me up about six times with a FREE fix. It's cheaper for them to shell out on a fix, than have you pay the deductible for a replacement.

 

[fuelgeddes]

Thanks for the feed back guys. I am going to check on the replacement with new seal.
again mud rules.

 

[lt403]

had my w/s replaced but they used the same gasket. IT LEAKED. tomorrow they will be doing it all over again w/a new gasket.

 

[Darwood]

had my w/s replaced but they used the same gasket. IT LEAKED. tomorrow they will be doing it all over again w/a new gasket.

Also make sure they put urethane between the glass and gasket and body and gasket or it will still leak.

I'm still trying to figure out how you can reuse an old gasket if it's full of urethane like it should be.

 

[RavenTai]

print out the FSM pages on installing the windshield and bring them to the guy, I did this for the guy that did mine, turns out he has done a lot of these and new to use a lot of sealant, and already knew it, we have heard from several here whos installers tried to cut corners and use no sealant thinkign the seal alone would so, these always leak.

my new windshild has a small chip in it already but it does not leak, when I get another larger crack in it I will get Toyota glass and a Toyota seal and do it myself.