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Ghost of Akina 02-18-2017 09:43 PM

Less than 100 kms and I already need a new windshield...
 
So I picked up my Yellow BRZ today and some ass hat decided to go speeding by me at least 30 over the limit kicked up a rock and wham! Right on my windshield.
I heard it and couldn't see a chip but then when I got home it was a good hit just below the roof line.

Okay I was upset but I will get it filled, so I park in the garage get in my SUV with the fam and head to do some errands and pick up a chip repair kit. Well by the time we got back the chip had already started cracking down the windshield a good 8 inches or so...anyways I'm pissed... it sucks. Time for a new windshield already....:(

2017-BRZ 02-18-2017 09:58 PM

Sorry to hear that.. I've noticed also because the engines revving high every fan boi in his twenties sports cars always thinks you want to drag race....

Good Luck with the repair.

pfaffendorn 02-22-2017 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 2017-BRZ (Post 2855793)
I've noticed also because the engines revving high every fan boi in his twenties sports cars always thinks you want to drag race....

Just so . . . but in my neighborhood it's more like grown men in pickups or bread vans . . . WTF?

Weep not, you're getting a shiny new windshield out of it. Just get a reputable installer, not like the one I had who couldn't figure out how to undo the rearview mirror, so he broke it off, then slathered that black sealing goop on it and remounted it to the new windshield. Every hot day I would find the rearview dangling by its wire like a pendulum.

:paddle:

funwheeldrive 02-22-2017 04:09 PM

That really sucks. At least it wasn't your roof though.

jasonojordan 02-22-2017 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive (Post 2858159)
That really sucks. At least it wasn't your roof though.

This ^

I have a chip in my window with a small crack i've just been waiting for it to crack enough to get it replaced. Its low enough that unless your looking for it you would not even see it.

unhappymeal 02-22-2017 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost of Akina (Post 2855786)
So I picked up my Yellow BRZ today and some ass hat decided to go speeding by me at least 30 over the limit kicked up a rock and wham! Right on my windshield.
I heard it and couldn't see a chip but then when I got home it was a good hit just below the roof line.

Okay I was upset but I will get it filled, so I park in the garage get in my SUV with the fam and head to do some errands and pick up a chip repair kit. Well by the time we got back the chip had already started cracking down the windshield a good 8 inches or so...anyways I'm pissed... it sucks. Time for a new windshield already....:(

Sucks, but I am in the same camp. I got a chip on my window within the first 1,000 km. What can I say, the car has some fragile components to save weight :iono:.

Tcoat 02-22-2017 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by unhappymeal (Post 2858207)
Sucks, but I am in the same camp. I got a chip on my window within the first 1,000 km. What can I say, the car has some fragile components to save weight :iono:.

I have taken 100s of hits from small pebbles to nuts bolts and rocks that looked like the Deathstar while headed for me at high velocity and not a chip in sight. Now my bumper, hood, front fenders, rear quarters and somehow my trunk lid have not fared as well as my windshield.

extrashaky 02-22-2017 07:50 PM

I'm on my third windshield. I now back waaaaay off tractor trailers and dump trucks, and screw 'em if it pisses off the people behind me. I also take immediate evasive action if the vehicle in front of me hits gravel on the road. The rake of this windshield puts it right where the rocks from trucks like to fly.

7 skulls 02-22-2017 09:22 PM

Had the car for less than 2 weeks, when a heavy duty gmc truck sprayed a rock at me from the passing lane. Did not see it hit but heard it and thought it hit the body, kept going. 30km later, while passing some twisty, bumpy road, another bang and a crack ran 3 feet across the windshield. Insurance covered it with a 100 deductible and had it replaced at the nearest auto glass place. Two older guys did it, each had spent 20 years doing glass at a Ford dealer. They really liked the car and did a nice professional job.

LeeMarkus 11-04-2017 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by extrashaky (Post 2858333)
I'm on my third windshield. I now back waaaaay off tractor trailers and dump trucks, and screw 'em if it pisses off the people behind me. I also take immediate evasive action if the vehicle in front of me hits gravel on the road. The rake of this windshield puts it right where the rocks from trucks like to fly.

I am going to have my windshield replacement for the first time and i am little bit confused from where i can get the right glass for my car. Any suggestions on it please share ??

extrashaky 11-04-2017 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by LeeMarkus (Post 3000325)
I am going to have my windshield replacement for the first time and i am little bit confused from where i can get the right glass for my car.

Don't get it at that place you linked. Those guys suck ass. Biggest pieces of shit in the glass industry.

nikitopo 11-04-2017 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by unhappymeal (Post 2858207)
Sucks, but I am in the same camp. I got a chip on my window within the first 1,000 km. What can I say, the car has some fragile components to save weight :iono:.

Yes, that's true. It is quite fragile. I have also a chip and the car has not driven a lot. Well you cannot have everything ... right?

Tcoat 11-04-2017 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3000356)
Yes, that's true. It is quite fragile. I have also a chip and the car has not driven a lot. Well you cannot have everything ... right?

Windshields are one of the most regulated parts of a car. It can not be lighter or more "fragile" then any other car. It is however lower and larger than many which exposes it to more hazards and may slightly increase the risk of damage. Glass chips, and if it happened after 100 miles or a 100,000,000 it is more the shape, velocity and angle of impact of the object that causes it than the windshield itself.

new2subaru 11-04-2017 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 3000358)
Windshields are one of the most regulated parts of a car. It can not be lighter or more "fragile" then any other car. It is however lower and larger than many which exposes it to more hazards and may slightly increase the risk of damage. Glass chips, and if it happened after 100 miles or a 100,000,000 it is more the shape, velocity and angle of impact of the object that causes it than the windshield itself.

Soft paint and fragile glass. Piece of crap... :bellyroll:


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