Show us your crack (windshields)

[Chadd7]

Does it still bother you from an appearance perspective?

I am thinking if I do it, I would ensure the strip extends beyond the glass and then trim it to match the curvature in the corner.. make it look a bit more “stock” looking?

I don't even notice the appearance. You can definitely try to trim it differently, but I couldn't find a better way without compromising the sticky contact with the windshield. The rubber flexes, but not in that direction.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

I don't even notice the appearance. You can definitely try to trim it differently, but I couldn't find a better way without compromising the sticky contact with the windshield. The rubber flexes, but not in that direction.

So you have exercised your windshield in various scenarios of temperature extremes and no cracking huh?

The trimming I was thinking of is illustrated below.. blue is the rubber trim and black is windshield. Trim via the dashed line, to fit the curve of the windshield. This won’t work you say?

 

[nuclearbeef]

Nice. Would be great to share some pics of where you applied this. Thx

I tried to make it go around the corner on the right without cuts and kinda made a dog's breakfast of it. Put relief cuts in the left corner and it might be a little better. Been on there a year now and I don't notice at all.
Other than the corners, it looks great.
Terminated at the top corners.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

I tried to make it go around the corner on the right without cuts and kinda made a dog's breakfast of it. Put relief cuts in the left corner and it might be a little better. Been on there a year now and I don't notice at all.
Other than the corners, it looks great.
Terminated at the top corners.

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So you have hit the windshield with defrost hot air on cold days, no issues huh?

 

[nuclearbeef]

So you have hit the windshield with defrost hot air on cold days, no issues huh?

Yes.
I don't baby it or treat it any differently than any other car.
Not a great lot of days that call for defrost here in Memphis, though.
Plenty of days this past summer that I had condensation on the bottom of the windshield from A/C...

 

[Chadd7]

So you have exercised your windshield in various scenarios of temperature extremes and no cracking huh?

The trimming I was thinking of is illustrated below.. blue is the rubber trim and black is windshield. Trim via the dashed line, to fit the curve of the windshield. This won’t work you say?

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That looks like a good way to do it. I keep my defroster in the blue. 70 degrees. No problems yet.

 

[nuclearbeef]

I wonder if a piece of gravel or some other stone could get wedged between the bottom of the windshield and the body.
Then, as heat is applied and the glass expands, the crack starts where the stone is pinched.

 

[SQF1]

How long from your seeking repair from RDS to installation?

I already had an appointment set up for me 12mo service set for February. They are scheduling glass replacement when I go in for that. Until then I am watching my crack slowly work its way across the screen. Since the crack it's only spread about an inch farther, it has gone from vertical to walking more horizontally now.

 

[Gaffer]

I already had an appointment set up for me 12mo service set for February. They are scheduling glass replacement when I go in for that. Until then I am watching my crack slowly work its way across the screen. Since the crack it's only spread about an inch farther, it has gone from vertical to walking more horizontally now.

Thanks. I was trying to figure out whether to install a film over the windshield. They have drawbacks but would make sense if you had to wait for months to replace the windshield.

 

[taniakoles]

Sigh!! I have this exact thing. There doesn’t seem to be any impact. Irritating. Insurance sill
Cover it, but I have pretty high deductible. My whole life this is the first cracked windshield. I was driving 30-40 mph and there was nobody in front of me. I heard a crack. My son heard it too. I didn’t immediately see the crack, but sure enough if h a minute or two later there it was. Grrrrrr!

 

[taniakoles]

I already had an appointment set up for me 12mo service set for February. They are scheduling glass replacement when I go in for that. Until then I am watching my crack slowly work its way across the screen. Since the crack it's only spread about an inch farther, it has gone from vertical to walking more horizontally now.

That is what mine is doing.

 

[taniakoles]

Thanks. I was trying to figure out whether to install a film over the windshield. They have drawbacks but would make sense if you had to wait for months to replace the windshield.

The dealer in Maryland is trying out different films. They haven’t found a good one yet.

 

[SQF1]

I liked the look and thickness of the Racing Optics windshield defense. It installed easy. I did run clear tape along the top edge, the film ended 3/8" or so below the top edge, car wash jets kept blasting about 1/4' of film up off the window. Added the tape and it held just fine. I'll add Windshield Defense again with the new window. I'm adamant it was not a rock strike, I fully believe it's the defrost heat. Even when I'm not on defrost it still blows lightly, when the crack showed up it was very cold and my defrost was set on high while the car idled for about 4 hours. I have since held my hand on the defrost when set full speed full heat and it is VERY hot. I've stopped using the defrost unless I actually need to warm the windshield. I'm also 3d printing a deflector to keep defrost from hitting the first few inches on the bottom of the windshield.

 

[Zimm]

Second crack in the windshield. It looks like a minor nick in the lower black seal area centered above the idiot lights of the dash. I mean, pinhead sized pit. tiny.

These windshields are recall level garbage.

Yea, I know its flat, but I have 350k on a 96 G, 2 fj 40's, multiple 60's farm pickups, 2 fj60's, an fj55, and isuzu troopers. I have been driving insane amounts of miles in my life in bricks, and some of it at retardo speeds in third world countries, and outside of an f350 that fell victim to a hate crime in '17, I have never replaced a windshield. The G looks like I drive thru sandstorms in the late winter evenings. In 3k miles, two cracks with a Gren. As one person, it's anecdotal... with 7 figure miles under my belt, I'm a breathing test case. These windshields are low bid garbage bull SHIT.

I do have glass protection.

Back to your evening programming.

 

[desertfox73]

Yep - that’s the spot.

 

[Shopkeep]

I tried to make it go around the corner on the right without cuts and kinda made a dog's breakfast of it. Put relief cuts in the left corner and it might be a little better. Been on there a year now and I don't notice at all.
Other than the corners, it looks great.
Terminated at the top corners.

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I did a similar thing using a Z shaped trim from Amazon, I cut off the bottom edge of the Z to make it more of an L which made it easier to go around the corners. Its not a super hard rubber so will probably have to be redone in a year or two, but cheap and easy to do.