Windshield number 10 :) how many are you up to?

joejeeper420 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:22 pm **Posts:** 230

Figuratively; that's one per year, but in reality I had 4 installed last year and this is my first this year

its a good thing I have a glass waiver on my insurance policy. It's totally free every time... Minus the tip for the guy

Soooooo how many of these have you guys gone through? I think it's because I drive too fast with no aerodynamics... Rocks don't roll of of our windshields like in a car...

67Customs · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:24 pm

I am on #2. The first one got hit with a pebble at 60 mph on the interstate. The rock did the damage between the interior and extrior part of the glass. You couldn't feel it from the inside or outside. Because of that, I couldn't repair it. It was cold that winter and it began to crack. Insurance wouldn't replace it until it got to like 6 inches or something. One REALLY cold morning, I started it up and put the heater on and when I pulled away, it made it to the magic number.lol

$50 deductable later and I had a new one.

fratichelli · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:29 pm

Not the windshield, but the driver's side window. It took a chunk of concrete when some crackhead wanted to rummage for my 3 year old garmin. But that is what I get for parking in Brooklyn.

My windshield gets really hazy in cold rain. It is as if there is some film or etching on the outside. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a fix?

bbo · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:17 pm **Posts:** 382

strange .. still on number one.

of course they use an excess amount of salt here, just a little sand, and no rocks :lol:

when the roads get slippery.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:42 pm

back window is on #2

Tasha121 · **Joined:** Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:16 pm **Posts:** 6

WOW! # 10, that's crazy! I am still on 1 as well.

If you have have lost 10 windshields, have you ever had any experience with accident reconstruction? Seems like by doing all of that you would have!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:24 pm

I'm on #2 since a softball sized hail stone decided to go through my 1st one.I do need to get the current one replaced due to being very pitted.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:47 pm

#2 for me.... about to be #3. i have 2 bad chips in mine.. one spreading.. one just huge haha

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

1 repair, 2 windshields, both front door window regulators with windows from the dealer free of charge :roll:

audiboy86 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:25 am

About to replace mine here soon mine is so pitted if the sun hits it right you can't see through it. Which to be 8 years old i would say that is pretty dang good.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:31 am

166,000 miles and windshield number 2
maybe you follow trucks etc too close ?

infernicus · **Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:44 am

Haha, I hear you man.
~83k, I think I'm on 4 or 5.
NYC sucks. That's what I'm blaming, lol.
The truck is going on five years, I think I'm up to par for NYC standards, haha.
I had three in one year.

kjon · **Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:36 am

#2 - first one fell victim to a kayak from the inside... I've repaired at least a dozen cracks and chips in my new one though with the $10 kit you can get at any auto store. If you address the cracks right away, they don't spread. It's really unavoidable in places like North Dakota, where 75% of the roads are gravel. Haven't had to repair since moving back to Wisco!

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:39 am

kjon wrote:

#2 - first one fell victim to a kayak from the inside... I've repaired at least a dozen cracks and chips in my new one though with the $10 kit you can get at any auto store. If you address the cracks right away, they don't spread. It's really unavoidable in places like North Dakota, where 75% of the roads are gravel. Haven't had to repair since moving back to Wisco!

What was your Kayak doing on the inside!?!? Doh!

2 going on three, got a nice crack in mine. Just one thing on the list of everything!

USAFCOP · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:44 pm

On number 2. replaced #1 in may due to pitting, and #2 has only been in since May, and it is already cracked and taken nasty rock chips... I think the second is not as good quaity as factory one was.

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:49 pm

Mine cracked pillar to pillar in 09 and I never replaced it... being sold with the cracked windshield.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:58 pm

yellocoyote wrote:

183k miles, original windshield... although there are 2 chips that have been repaired/filled since I've owned it.

But now that I've said this, the windshield will shatter tonight when I get out to the parking lot after work. :roll:

Yep just jinxed yourself.
I , like I said replaced one, got a crack along the bottom 3 months later, now 3 years later the cracks still there. Doesn't bug me any , does 03CDKJ but not me :pepper:

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:03 pm

tommudd wrote:

yellocoyote wrote:

183k miles, original windshield... although there are 2 chips that have been repaired/filled since I've owned it.

But now that I've said this, the windshield will shatter tonight when I get out to the parking lot after work. :roll:

Yep just jinxed yourself.
I , like I said replaced one, got a crack along the bottom 3 months later, now 3 years later the cracks still there. Doesn't bug me any , does 03CDKJ but not me :pepper:

That's why I keep the cracks in there

MikeD0106 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:10 pm

On the KJ, I replaced about 6 or 7 windshields by 189k. On the KK, I was already on my 2nd one by 16k.

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Sir Sam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:26 pm

Colorado and Arizona are the states with the highest windshield replacement rates.

That being said, my XJ is on #4 or so and has been overdue for a replacement for about 1.5 years.

Windshield number 10 :) how many are you up to?

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