Windshield Cracked

HappyZmoke · 12-13-2012, 10:57 AM

should i replaced the whole thing or just get a repair?

Haboob · 12-13-2012, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by HappyZmoke

should i replaced the whole thing or just get a repair?

I don't think they'll "repair" cracks, will they? I always thought they'd only fill chips to prevent cracks.

A crack deems the windshield structurally unsafe I would think.

But I have been wrong before. Once.

SouthArk370Z · 12-13-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

But I have been wrong before. Once.

I too was wrong once. Thought I had made a mistake, but turns out I didn't.

scottIN · 12-13-2012, 11:54 AM

Chances are you already had a crack (or chip) you hadn't noticed. Then the temperature differential between the inside lamination and the outside lamination caused it to expand.

Saw this recently with a neighbor's truck that caught fire. Outside lamination was shattered all to hell - thousands of cracks. The inside lamination just had a single crack.

SouthArk370Z · 12-13-2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by HappyZmoke

should i replaced the whole thing or just get a repair?

Cracks seldom stay the same size. Thermal cycling causes the crack to grow. High temperature differentials (eg, defroster in Winter, parked in sun on cool day, &c), also accelerates the process. I recommend replacement.

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scottIN Track Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Castle, Indiana Posts: 764 Drives: '12 370Z Rep Power: 55	Chances are you already had a crack (or chip) you hadn't noticed. Then the temperature differential between the inside lamination and the outside lamination caused it to expand. Saw this recently with a neighbor's truck that caught fire. Outside lamination was shattered all to hell - thousands of cracks. The inside lamination just had a single crack. SouthArk370Z likes this.

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