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Or should that be crack on windshield?  It was not until I went to price a windshield for my tour ($215.00 Cdn Installed) that I learned that cracks can be repaired too.  Picture this, I let a crack go from the top right to the bottom left of the windshield in an "L" shape. Now the top right crack is going straight accross the top of the windshield to the left side!  The first dammage spread before I had time to fix the ding. So, for all you contiques out there on crack (with cracks), know that they can be fixed if less than 3' long.
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just call the insurance company and say a rock hit the windshield on teh highway, get a brand spankin new one.
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Too bad I only have liabilty as I have 3 cracks on mine all from the highway. They have been there for quite a while and haven't spread at all.
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3" long cannot be repaired as far as I know.
I think if it fits inside the diameter of a dime they can fix it.
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Fitting inside a dime is probably a rock chip maximum, but they can fix cracks now too. My Jeep just got a crack in the window yesterday, so I took it into the glass shop to get an idea for replacement. The glass place has a before&after crack repair hanging on the wall. Although the crack was repaired and probably wouldn't spread any more, I could still see the imperfection and opted for a new windshield.
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Originally posted by GIT-R-DONE:
just call the insurance company and say a rock hit the windshield on teh highway, get a brand spankin new one.
Does that really help when your deductable is more that the price of the windshield?
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Glass damage doesn't require a 500 deductable like other damage to the car. Usually the glass damage deductable is 50 or 100, so claiming on your insurance isn't such a dumb idea.
We had a lot of winshields replaced for 50 in Michigan through our insurance, the insurance deductable sure as hell beats out 800 for an Expedition winshield.
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Originally posted by red99sesport:
Glass damage doesn't require a 500 deductable like other damage to the car. Usually the glass damage deductable is 50 or 100, so claiming on your insurance isn't such a dumb idea.
Here in Florida I've had two windshields replaced for $0.
If you have full coverage in FL, you get free replacement glass if an object is kicked up by a truck. Not sure why, but that's the way it is.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Only 215!!!
My deductible is 200. A new one one has got to be more than 215 here. Well I don't know if you are including installation.
My claim is covering mine. Good thing too. My trip to Edmonton achieved 2 new cracks that have spread over 12 inches now. I'm waiting till the snow is gone.
Wait a sec. It's 18 degrees C outside  
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Stephen,
Where in Edmonton did you get a price of $215 because that�s almost half of what I was priced few years back.
I tried fixing the rock chip on my windshield before it started cracking, but I would have paid the $215 for a new windshield rather than take the chance on a $50 fix that didn't work.
Please let me know where you got that price from because they would definitely see my business soon, maybe try to bargain a better deal on 2 windshields if you need to replace yours too.
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