Yesterday, when I was going home from work, the car in front of me picked up a rock and threw it into my windshield. It cracked instantly and the crack is now about a foot long. I am getting it replaced for free as my insurance covers it without a deductible. My question is - how long can keep driving with the cracked windshield? Is it safe?

 

watch that sucka grow on you! mine cracked a lil while ago and i also get a free one (thanks florida!) but watch out....i've heard that you can get a ticket for cracked windshield if you get pulled over for something else! anyway, mines been cracked for about a month now....i put some windshield crack glue in it tho......and it stopped spreading...but be careful...that crack will spread if it rains or cools down, or humidity or sunlight or anything!

 

I would replace it right alway if it's a crack (like a line). If it's like a star kinda crack it will be okay. But with a hair line crack change it out. I had one, it was about a inch long, and the next day it was about a feet long cause of the weather. It's unsafe.

 

This is freaking unbelievable! I just went to the parking lot and it is almost 2 feet long now! It's double the size it was last night! I am getting it replaced tomorrow afternoon; I hope it won't crap out on me by then.

 

i cracked mine about 5 months ago and im still driving it, its growing slowly though...i just cant afford a new one...got mad at my g/f, never doing that again

 

THATS RETARDED acurality..........i never understand people that break shit when theyre pissed off................youre the same typa people that beat their wives......you gotta find another way to let out agression..........

 

whoa now i have had a small crack in mine since i bought it over a year ago, just watch it, and by the way guys it may seem free the change a windshield and they dont charge a deductible but it is still a comp plaim so you will pay for it with ur raised insurance premium, trust me i work for an insurance agency

 

I asked about it when I called my insurance. The claim assistant said that the underwriters would not raise premiums in cases like this since this is a comprehensive claim, not collision. A comprehensive claim does not affect your driving ability or skills.

 

it only takes like 2 hours to replace, and they come to ur house. call glass doctor. thier the shiznit.

oh yea pimps rule

 

Wilp99, does the windshild they use have the tinted strip on the top?

 

i've been meaning to get a new one for a long time now. Mine is in HORRIBLE shape.

what are you guys paying for replacements?

 

watch out for potholes!

 

Does anyone know if the widshields these companies install have the tinted strip?

 

i'm pretty sure they don't

 

well, i regret doing it...and i would never be a wife beater, i think its just wrong to hit her.... but come on, seriously there must have been one time or another where youve punched a wall or somethin

 

I beat my girlfriend in hope one day i'll be able to hit her harder once we get married

 

They just replaced it and it looks exactly like the original; with the tint and all... Clean job too.
The company is Safelite AutoGlass in case anyone needs it.

 

Awesome, what did you pay?

 

ah, you are in FL, probably didn't pay a thing huh

 

When i replaced mine it was like 150 bucks...just like stock...not sure if it was a OG one or not but looks damn good.

 

Ya but your still using THEIR money which quite honestly is all they really care about. I know that comp claims do raise your premium, maybe not immedeatly but trust me it happens then if u switch companies or in two or three half years it may be affected.

 

Is that how it is in CA too? cracked winshield and your insurance pays for it?

 

nope

 

is the molding and everything in good? I had my rear replaced and the molding looks like shit.

 

I didn't pay a dime. The insurance rep said I wouldn't because FL law requires that there is no deductible on the windshield replacement.
The windshield looks good. The guy that came out to replace it said he had been doing it for 15 years. It took him no more than 15-20 minutes to replace.
As far as raising the insurance premium, this will most likely not happen, but even if it does, it will not be more than $50 a year. The cheapest windshield replacement is about $240. So I would be paying for the replacement about 5 years, 50 bux a year. By then my insurance may go down because of the good driving record, or it may go up because of the bad one. It's all relative.
MYcarmensita, I have been working for an insurance agency for 2 and 1/2 years... I should know

 

in FL by law they have to replace it w/o it affecting your premium