Windshield Chips!! Dang!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Hagerstown MD
St. Jude Donor '15-'16,'18
Windshield Chips!! Dang!
Just realized I picked up 2 small chips in my windshield while on my road trip to VIR. They are not cracks or stars just chips. Can they be made less conspicuous? Will insurance cover it? I have full comprehensive, $0 deductible with USAA.
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This was just an ongoing topic last week.
Safelite, comes to the home, under insurance.
Very professionally done. Did this with 2 of my C6s, knock on wood the C7 hasn't needed it (yet).
Or your dealership's body shop, should also be no charge.
I went the Safelite way both times at home.
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Safelite, comes to the home, under insurance.
Very professionally done. Did this with 2 of my C6s, knock on wood the C7 hasn't needed it (yet).
Or your dealership's body shop, should also be no charge.
I went the Safelite way both times at home.
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Safelite does a good job. They repaired a few chips on my daily driver and although the chips were repaired, the clear resin they use to fill it looked like a small clear bug splat. Hopefully you will have better results.
My Corvette had a worse hit that bounced off of the hood. I had to have the hood sanded down and repainted and I had the windshield replaced, also by Safelite. I made sure that it was an OEM GM HUD windshield and that they correctly sealed it afterwards. Two years later, no problems.
To me it seems as though windshields on modern cars are softer than the windshields on the cars I owned earlier in my life. I never remember ever having to deal with a windshield chip. Maybe it's due to the new material that prevents the windshields from shattering and cutting up your face in the event of an accident. Whatever the reason, I've had chips on most of our cars the last 20 years and we really don't drive on bad roads.
I've read that they have an X-pel like film just for windshields, however I've never really checked into the options.
My Corvette had a worse hit that bounced off of the hood. I had to have the hood sanded down and repainted and I had the windshield replaced, also by Safelite. I made sure that it was an OEM GM HUD windshield and that they correctly sealed it afterwards. Two years later, no problems.
To me it seems as though windshields on modern cars are softer than the windshields on the cars I owned earlier in my life. I never remember ever having to deal with a windshield chip. Maybe it's due to the new material that prevents the windshields from shattering and cutting up your face in the event of an accident. Whatever the reason, I've had chips on most of our cars the last 20 years and we really don't drive on bad roads.
I've read that they have an X-pel like film just for windshields, however I've never really checked into the options.
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I have worked hundreds of crashes. When the passenger air bag deploys, it almost always busts out the windshield.
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