Cracked windshield
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Clifford33
Caught the Bug
Yes it is. I only drove mine on trails mostly. Iv has a crack in the windshield for about 2 years and now I’m just like why replace I’ll wait tell it’s worse.
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webejeepin
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87,000km and my original was replaced. Out of pocket just under $400.
Wow what a difference no longer looking through a screen door. Haha.
Wow what a difference no longer looking through a screen door. Haha.
JeepinLife
Caught the Bug
Has anyone replaced windshields themselves? Looked into it a while back but found it cheaper to have someone else do it.. but need it done again on the wk.. any input?
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BaddestCross
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It's just over $200 to have someone come to my location and install one. Not worth my time to try and learn a new trade for that price.
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fiend
Caught the Bug
Is that all it costs? Mine’s cracked after Moab. [emoji19]
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Stotch
Caught the Bug
Yeah I wanna say mine was $160 to drop it off.
BaddestCross
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Yeah, I went with a local guy for like $200, I think but Safelite was around $230 I think.
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fiend
Caught the Bug
Around $200 is not too bad. Right now the crack is on the passenger side. So maybe I’ll wait and see what happens with it. [emoji38]
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BaddestCross
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Lol. Mine cracked again on my way out to KOH this year. I waited to see how it would go, and it ended up looping from the bottom center to about the middle of the driver's side.
I'll see how long I can put up with it, but I'm thinking I'll wait until there's some real-world testing of the new Gorilla Glass replacement and might go for that if it looks like it's worth the money.
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USMC Wrangler
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I can’t get this driver’s side crack to grow any bigger than a dime! I even put a new WAL banner on to speed it up. [emoji6]
On my way to work yesterday, the vehicle in front of me threw a rock at 65 MPH. It was one of those slow motion lobs and I watched it hit the windshield right next to the crack! [emoji44] No progress! I have a feeling when this one goes, it could be catastrophic. [emoji23]
The worst part is actually all of the tiny chips/sand blasting. I’m sure if I complained to State Farm I could get it swapped. I just know the next one will break soon after replacement. That’s been the theme so far.
On my way to work yesterday, the vehicle in front of me threw a rock at 65 MPH. It was one of those slow motion lobs and I watched it hit the windshield right next to the crack! [emoji44] No progress! I have a feeling when this one goes, it could be catastrophic. [emoji23]
The worst part is actually all of the tiny chips/sand blasting. I’m sure if I complained to State Farm I could get it swapped. I just know the next one will break soon after replacement. That’s been the theme so far.
jdofmemi
Active Member
I hate those!
I remember one time I was driving and seen about a 2" tock on the road, in the other lane. There was a truck coming, I said to myself "That truck is going to hit that rock, and it's going to break my windshield"
What do you know, it happened just like that, and I watched it the whole way. Nothing I could have done was going to change the outcome.
My truck was only a few months old at the time.
I remember one time I was driving and seen about a 2" tock on the road, in the other lane. There was a truck coming, I said to myself "That truck is going to hit that rock, and it's going to break my windshield"
What do you know, it happened just like that, and I watched it the whole way. Nothing I could have done was going to change the outcome.
My truck was only a few months old at the time.
Stotch
Caught the Bug
I had a very similar experience. Except I was in a BMW 328i and instead of a rock it was a shredded truck tire... $3600 of damage.
jdofmemi
Active Member
There's your problem, it was a Beemer.
If it was a Jeep, it would have been just a cracked windshield, $200
Stotch
Caught the Bug
Never owned a BMW since LOL, but I've owned four Jeeps!
james2003w
New member
Think my first jeep had 8 new windshields in the 4 years I owned it.
My current jeep, I believe is on the 3rd or 4th windshield. I did install the 'bug deflector' thing, and it seems to help (not just with bugs). I do about 90miles a day on the freeway 5 days a week.
My current jeep, I believe is on the 3rd or 4th windshield. I did install the 'bug deflector' thing, and it seems to help (not just with bugs). I do about 90miles a day on the freeway 5 days a week.