Last friday when I was driving home on some backroads with nobody around me. A car was in the oncoming lane drove by doing like 60 kicked up a rock and struck my windshield. Oh the horror. As soon as I spotted the rock hitting my window I then noticed a 1" crack about 2" down from the top of the windshield. I almost booted right there I was so upset but I didn't want to mess up the interior so I just fought it off. No really, I know this is bound to happen but I've only had the car 2 months and don't drive it all too much. My question is....

Does anyone have any experience with replacing their windshield?? If you do, do you have to go through Honda to keep the extended warranty valid?? How much did it cost??

 

I cracked mine at the track. My insurance covered it 100%. Can't tell anything ever happened.

 

Better the windshield than the hood. Some windshield places will massage the deal so you don't have to pay teh deductable. Look around.

 

I had the same thing happen to me the first week I had m ITR. My insurance company had a glass company out to me the very next day to have it replaced. No deduct or anything....but the glass windshield replacement was not oem honda glass. It had that goofy blue tint in the glass at the top, the oem did't. I didnt notice till it was 100% installed or I would have bitched.

 

Ouch, stock windshield is $400 plus $60 for the grommet DOnt worry you can fill it for less than $50 if it is not in your view or make insurance cover it if you need a new one!

 

Beware, have a reputable shop replace the glass. When the window seal is cut make sure that the window installer's knife does not penetrate through to the paint or else it will rust quickly.

John

 

Got my window crack on my 3rd week - it's currently my 4th week of ownership...

Mine is right in the middle and it's about 1". I was thinking of using what they call liquid glass that I bought at Pep Boys. It's supposed to patch up cracks and such.

Anyone used this before?

Supposedly, according to CA law, the driver of the car in front of you is responsible for any rocks thrown off. SO, if you get a rock, remember the plate # and get them later ...

 

Here's a copy of my post from a few weeks ago which might help you decide what to do:

I just had two largish rock chips completely removed from my windshield by one of those mobile windshield repair guys. I couldn't believe what a great job he did. There's no sign at all where the glass was damaged. What a great deal too. He spent maybe 1 1/2 hours weaving his magic tools and only charged mr $45. I also showed him Schatten's pic from his post on 3-12, and said he could have fixed that kind of crack too.

Apparantly, you can have a small chip out of the glass for as much as 3 years, but if you then drove to the desert, where it was either very cold or very hot, you could very likely watch a crack slowly grow on the windshield, radiating from the point of impact.

Another tip he gave me was that I should submit my bill (with the insurance policy number written on it) to the claims department, and they'll almost certainly reimburse me. Apparantly, most insurance companies will pay you for the cost of a repair, because you will have saved them the difference between your deductable (if any) and the cost of a full windshield replacement (which could be hundreds of bucks).

If anyone is thinking about replacing their windshield, I recommend you look for a repair specialist in the yellow pages first (check under "Windshield Repair"). It could save you a lot of $$$$.
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I've since submitted the bill to my AAA insurance Claims department, who sent me a check for $60 the day they received my claim.

 

Thanks Everybody.

2001 Silver/Black #2211