Show us your crack (windshields)

[AWo]

It’s time for an exocage and Blues Brothers chicken wire.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'...

AWo

 

[DoubleDoom]

Wow, I was driving down the road one day and my windshield just cracked... not another car in site. I thought it so strange at the time. I bet now it was a stress crack! It made no noise. I just chalked it up to Louisiana roads. I hate to replace it though... I had 95% ceramic tint applied and it works fantastic. So much less heat through the windshield.

Check the outer edge for an impact. As mentioned earlier in the thread, frameless windows are prone to suffering ricochets from hits under the window being fired upwards.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

Check the outer edge for an impact. As mentioned earlier in the thread, frameless windows are prone to suffering ricochets from hits under the window being fired upwards.

doubtful. These "investigate the edge" indirections do not help.

It's just more likely for impact to occur against non-edge surfaces.

This unprovable "must be edge damage" argument is trying to paper over the issue with the windshield glass design.

 

[C Ole]

Not an invitation for our antipodean friends to photograph their arses but rather our windscreens.

I saw a thread on one of the Facebook groups where it seems a common occurrence for a mystery crack to appear in the middle of the bottom edge of the screen. 5 or 6 people reported the exact same thing.

I wasn’t aware of a stone chip but I jumped in one day and saw immediately a 3-4” curving crack that actually follows the shape of the wiper pattern. It’s grown and grown but screen is being replaced tomorrow.

Anyone on here had this?

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[Coastalguy]

I have a similar crack that seemed to come out of nowhere. Figured I’d wait out the winter before replacing.

 

[parb]

I just filled in a crack in my windshield today. Big rock from a semi hit me. I had film on the windshield, without it I'm sure I would have lost the entire windshield.

 

[ORSO]

when you replaced the glass were you able to order the top gasket too? It doesn't seem to exist as a spare part.

 

[Shopkeep]

when you replaced the glass were you able to order the top gasket too? It doesn't seem to exist as a spare part.

They exist:
Drain Gutter IE-GRA-7E21-005990

 

[Coastalguy]

Here’s my picture.

 

[Lollo050968]

Second stone in one year, is not to be repaired, because in the “sight field”, new windscreen is available, ordered, but stocked until offroad tour in June Paid by insurance, excess 300€. (full cost>2000€)

 

[HereinDaRockies]

Someone on the IG group on Facebook posted a video that captured a distortion in the windshield reflection, implying uneven pressure across the glass, leading to cracking. The distortion happens to be in the center of the glass, where many people experience the same pattern of cracks