Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!ittatc!ittvax!goldman From: goldman@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Ken Goldman) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Has anybody had a windshield repaired? Message-ID: <463@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 12:28:23 EDT Article-I.D.: ittvax.463 Posted: Thu Aug 22 12:28:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 19:00:31 EDT References: <777@dataio.UUCP> Organization: ITT-ATC, Shelton Ct. Lines: 17 > Recently a rock hit my windshield cracked it. The whole damage is > only about 1 inch in diameter. Before I spend big bucks replacing it I > would like to hear about some alternatives. I have heard about a > repair technique where they drill a hole through the window and fill it > with some sort of plastic filler. Has anyone had experience with this > type of repair? I have seen sold a filler that is injected with what looks like a big hypodermic needle. It states that it is for bulls eye type damage only (meaning that the cracks are circular, not radial). As mine is radial, I didn't try it. P.S. My damage is now 11 years old and the same size. I think that the story that it grows in the winter from expanding ice is a myth. My advice: wait and see what happens before you spend a lot of money replacing the windshield. Unless you have it done by a really good shop, the new one will probably leak. I'd rather live with the crack!