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Author:  Glend [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:16 am ]
Post subject:  Windscreen cracked! - Options?
After all the thousands of Ks in the bush I had a rock hit my windscreen on Silverwater Road Sydney yesterday. Not worried at the time as it was just a little ding below the wiper arm on the drivers side (in the little black strip area). By the time I looked again last night it had developed into a five armed star with each little arm about 10mm long. Today I got in the KJ and the thing had grown! One arm is now 100mm long and curved (See photo below). Having not had to change a windsrceen in many years (lots of dings on my old Forester but it never spread on me like this). So what do I do? Will it stop or continue to grow? Can it be 'repaired' by one of those O'Brien guys, or do I need to replace it (ouch what does that cost?).

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Author:  Diggerfreek [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:43 am ]
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either drive with it like that, or replace it :x some places in the states claim they can fix a crack the size of a US dollar, but it never looks right
Author:  Team J.a.G [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:07 am ]
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You could have O'Brien's stop it from going any further, but I do believe that constitutes a new screen. :( Check your insurance policy for replacement screen/s :wink:
Author:  Smerf [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:20 am ]
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TJM sell a product called UFIXIT Windscreen DO-IT-Yourself repair kit. Bloody brilliant. I had a crack about the same size as yours, (maybe I didn't word that correctly) and you now need to really look for it to see it.Most people looking at your screen would not pick it up.
Cheers Greg
Author:  ATXKJ [ Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:25 am ]
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Once the cracks that long it's hard to stop, you need to drill a spot at the very tip to dissipate the stress.

I'd replace it.

and check prices -
Austin has a shop (1 man shop) that will get a OEM windshield and come to your house or job and replace it on site
and he was cheaper than the big shops - he gets the 'jobber' discount because he does a lot of them
but his overhead is a truck and a phone.

It was ~ $120 US in 2007 for a new factory windshield installed.
Author:  pipeliner [ Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:58 pm ]
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Replace it - it's too far gone to be left. I'll have to check the cost but I think I remember paying around $400 for one last Christmas. Don't you have glass cover (no excess) on your insurance?
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