Windshield damaged by rock chip

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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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Windshield damaged by rock chip

Couple days ago I drove TL-S to work with 90km/h in highway,

suddenly a huge hit sound from my front windshield and I look around,

find out there is a dent hit by rock, it is around 1 cm crack,

I am very upset, but cant do anything.

I heard my friend said the crack will be bigger and bigger, is it true?

If I wanna change windshield , how much will be factory cost?
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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Talk to you insurance?

And your friend is correct, the crack can progress from other vibrations and soon turn bigger, my buddy had a crack in his truck, which started out small, and it's now around a foot long...

So get it fixed and i'd say check with your car insurance first.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:27 AM
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My rock hit the far left side, right on the edge and the crack grew almost clear across the windshield. I live in the Los Angeles area, none of the Acura dealers around here do windshield work, they all just gave me the phone number of a mobile glass place! I have AAA insurance with a $500.00 deductible. AAA uses Safelite. They came to my house, did an excellent job in about 1 1/2 hour. The total bill was $894.00, but I only paid $500. This was for OEM glass that said Acura stamped on the bottom left corner. You can get much cheaper after market glass, but my TL is a lease, I wanted OEM so as to avoid any problems when the lease was up. If your chip doesn't grow into a crack you can repair it instead of replacing the entire windshield. Good Luck.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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Last time i got a crack in my windshield i called my insurance company and they had someone come out and fix it and i didnt have to pay a deductible. I have state farm btw.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 10:01 PM
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Since the crack is still relatively small, go to an auto parts store and get a windshield crack repair kit. The cost is roughly $12-15. It will by you some time so the crack doesn't get any bigger. It may possibly make the crack disappear so you can forgo a whole new windshield as well!
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 02:12 AM
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today I brought my car to do auto glass repair,
I think they just "dig" a hole into crack and cost me $30 CAD...
although looks like a little bit better now, but still not happy after all...
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