Crack in the windscreen

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:57 am

Driving home on the M4 last night some rock or pebbel flew at my windscreen and left a small crack about 15mm in length. Do I need to replace the whole thing?

Post by **dstocks** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:42 am

You may be able to get it repaired. If they can repair it, itll probably set you back about $70. Get it looked into quickly though or the crack will grow due to heat and cold.

Post by **vipfto** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:55 am

+1^^ My advice is replace though surely your insurance has free windscreen replacement?

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:39 am

vipfto wrote:+1^^ My advice is replace though surely your insurance has free windscreen replacement?

Nah bud its not like nz a lot of insurance companies dont have that.

I agree with dstocks and vipfto. Get it fixed or it will get worse, Novus do repairs and come out to your car, however i have no idea on how good they are or how expensive.
But as dwayne says should be around the $70 mark

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:35 pm

Check out your local BIG W / KMART or similar .. you should be able to find a windscreen chip repair kit ..

It's got a syringe with a suction cup over the end .. you suction it over the crack & squirt in the glue .. good temp fix if you can't afford to replace your whole windscreen right now.. I'm pretty sure that it's the same stuff that the mobile repairers would use

(might be about $20 .. not sure though)

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:55 pm

i used to do it at nissan and we had a special drill, that we would drill through the centre of the crack then we would use the glue

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:27 pm

What about O'Briens? And I at uni during the day I dont have time to go to Kmart

SO I cant do the cheap fix.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:30 pm

Im pretty sure they will do it, give em a call

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:57 pm

f**king $109!!

And they wont fix it until Saturday

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:23 pm

Bugger,

If you don't have time to go to Kmart .. get it delivered to your door

I was wrong about the price ..$40 is the going rate.. but better than $100 & it claims to fill the crack well enough that you barely notice it..

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... OX:NEWLIST

here's the website of the mob that makes it ..

http://www.demsgroup.com.au/product1.html

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:08 pm

Thanks Mr-charisma! I'll try to get off my ass and go to Kmart and get some of this before saturday