I don't know. I have not seen rate change yet and I have used them to repair the glass. If change the sheet of glass, you pay the deductible and they pay the rest. If it is a repair job then they eat it. That is my experience. I do have full coverage. Not sure what you mean by cheap insurance.

 

This is a good idea. After living in Albuquerque for 5 years, I feel like I took a rock in the windshield daily. If I’m out in the boonies, at least this might prevent it from spidering. Thanks for sharing!

 

This way puts the resin on the break. The glass guys will clean it, put a vacuum on the glass and let the resin be sucked into the crack. I would let the professional people do it if you can wait instead of DIY unless you have to pay for the repair. Check your insurance company.

 

Doesn't hurt to carry one and super easy.

Here is a repair I did yesterday out at my boondock spot on my Yamaha Wolverine x4 glass windshield. Chip with about a 3/4" crack starting.


Move to shade, take thumb tack lighlty scratch any loose glass from chip, clean location with alcohol swab and put the sticky ring around center chip.


Peel the green cover off exposing the other sticky side and attach plunger holder upwards.


There is a small resin tube, cut top off and put 3/4 of resin in the plunger holder opening. Put remaining resin tube off to the side till last step. Insert plunger holding it lift it up so it sit on the the metal tab...10 minutes.


Holding plunger remove from holder alowing air in then reinsert back into holder, twist the plunger so it can be pushed down and will hold in place on the upper indent to the metal tab for 20 minutes.


Remove plunger. With the razor blade from kit remove the plunger holder/ sticky base. Clean any excess from around the chip. Take the piece of plastic from kit put a dot of the remaining resin on it and put it on the chip to fill it in. Move back to the sun so it can cure....15 minutes.


After 15 or so minutes remove the plastic, scrap any cured resin around repair. I wash the window and done.
Here is a before and after, the after is hard to tell because there is only a small dot the crack is gone.

 

My insurance company will do chips for free and I would prefer an expert do it vs my amateur skills. I’m thinking of this as a worse case I’m going camping for the weekend and take a round on I40 doing 60. With temps swings in the desert SW of 40 at night to 80 during the day, this is cheap insurance it might help prevent a spider.

 

Also, how tall are you? I can't get to the glass easily. Besides, if you scratch my truck, it's on you. On the UTV mentioned, I can easily reach it. That all said, if you put the resin in, I think you can't get someone to take it back out to do it professionally. On my SXS, I would do it since I can easily reach it and it isn't covered by insurance that way

 

Repairing the truck windshield is easily done from either door.

aklim best you let others repair the chips for you it almost like engineering a rocketship, lots of moving parts.

 

If it doesn't cost me any extra and they have the equipment, I'm not too proud to have them do it as opposed to reaching from the door and trying to get a good job done. As a local injury lawyer's slogan goes "One call, that's all.". I already paid for it via insurance payments. What reason would I have to screw around with it?

 

Now you said your peace and have nothing to possibly add to repairing a windshield with a diy kit. Thanks

 

You read minds now?

 

No...but can read your posts.

I'll do better the thread is yours.

Edited to rephrase.

 

It costs you time which to me is more valuable than money. If I have to drop my vehicle off and wait or come back and get it while I could have spent the amount of time it takes just to drive over to the place doing the repair to repair it myself. Also, if the shop scratches your truck you then have to deal with that sucking up even more of your time trying to get a paint repair which will take longer than a chip repair.

If you are fine accepting those risks, great. Now move on for the DIYers of the world.

 

I have had them, do it at home or while I or the wife is working. They can do it while she is typing at Starbucks and sipping coffee. Fair point about them scratching the vehicle though. OTOH, if you want to go there, don't forget that it's the same thing that happens if YOU scratch it other than it comes out of your wallet.

Whomever does it, there are risks. When the ROI is good enough, I will DIY. Just not to prove a point.

 

That repair kit is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

For everyone who thinks they get their windshield repaired or replaced "for free" I have some beach front property for sale in Tennessee. When you turn in a repair or replace claim it is logged into their system as a claim. If and when your policy is renewed they absolutely look at their costs and they adjust your rates accordingly. It is also logged into a database somewhere that other insurance companies can access.

I had a 2004 Lightning that received a nice hit to the windshield from a rock hauler traveling the opposite direction. I called my insurance company and they gave me a local glass repair / replace company # to call. They came to the office and replaced the windshield with zero cost to me. Interestingly enough the tech casually mentioned that I should have just contacted them directly and paid for the windshield out of pocket. I asked why and he said that the windshield was only $250 installed and my insurance company was going to raise my rates. I told him no it was part of the policy. He laughed and said good luck with that.

The following year it came time to do my annual renewal and my rate had indeed gone up. I decided to shop. The lizard folks gave me a quote over the phone. I asked why it was so high (it was higher than my renewal quote) and was told I had a comprehensive claim against me. I told him I absolutely did not make any claims or have any accidents over the past 10 years so they were mistaken. He did some clicking around and then asked if maybe I had the windshield replaced? I then remembered that I had the previous year and he shared that it was logged as a comprehensive claim - even though it was supposed to be "free" coverage for me. So the $150 windshield and the labor to install it and the labor to dispose of the old windshield was charged to the insurance company and they logged it as a claim. A side bonus of that process is when I sold the truck and a CarFax was run on it they had an accident listed as happening to the truck. The other bonus I received from this "free" replacement is a comprehensive claim follows you for three years before it is dropped off the quotation process. This was back in 2005 so maybe it isn't exactly the same today but I bet it is similar.

The windshields in these new trucks are way more expensive than the 1999 - 2004 F-150 style windshields and the tools to re-calibrate cameras, etc. are now purchased by these repair companies. That is a huge expense compared to just replacing the windshield and walking away - and I guarantee they charge the insurance companies accordingly.

Almost all insurance companies are for profit organizations and they do not give anything away for free.

 

When you replace the windshield, it goes against your comprehensive insurance. That nobody denies. Same as if I slashed your tires and you made a claim. I don't see that as surprising. If you live in a state where they are legally supposed to cover it, they will but it will go against your comprehensive insurance. Repair, I have not seen in my cases. I have had repair work before. Insurance never changes. Again, hard to say because I shop every year at renew time. I do change it if I get a better rate for the same or better coverage.