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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 181 | Has anyone used the do-it-yourself windshield repair kits that you can get at the FLAPS? I had a rock jump up into the windshield the other day. The chip isn't in my line of sight, so I'm just trying to make sure that it doesn't turn into a crack, and make it a little less visible.
Bryan
1954 3104 235 "AD" L-6 3-on-the tree
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Bryan...I've not used the DIY version,but I do use a repair kit in my work.
If you can, gently heat the windshield from the inside while applying the pressure from the injector. This will help the resin flow a bit better.
Also try and do it in shade as the resin cures with UV light. this will give you more working time.
I also apply pressure to flex the damage from the inside but it's a risk as too much can make the chip/crack worse!
Let us know how it turns out.
Jock
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,383 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,383 | If you have comprehensive coverage on your truck all insurance companies I've dealt with will wave the deductible and pay to fix the chip professionally. I haven't used a do-it-yourself kit so I can't help you there.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 | I did many years ago and I wasn't impressed.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | If you have comprehensive coverage on your truck all insurance companies I've dealt with will wave the deductible and pay to fix the chip professionally. Good point Tiny, plus it keeps me in employment!  Now why didn't I think of that!
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 181 | I contacted my state farm agent, and they said that they can give a discount on having it done, but it isn't covered by my plan...
It would be $50 to have it done by safelite, and the kits at the store are about $10....so I'm not sure what I'm going to do....
the chip is tiny... about the size of a pencil eraser.
Bryan
1954 3104 235 "AD" L-6 3-on-the tree
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,383 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,383 | That means you don't have comprehensive coverage. A small chip can turn into a large crack and a repair (replacing the glass) costing far more than $50.
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 | If you're gonna try the kit, read the instructions. Tiny's setup may use pressure, but the kits use vacuum.... You pull up on the plunger and hold it until the air in the chip bubbles through the fluid, then let it go so it snaps down, pushing the fluid into the chip. Do this four or five times to get all the air out. Less air=better repair.
Good luck.
Current fleet (subject to change w/o notice) \'49 GMC 3/4-Ton , 60 Austin Healey Frog-eye Sprite (some assembly required), 2011 Dodge Avenger, 2015 Jeep Cherokee. No, they don't all run. My other ride is a (B737)no, (B767)no, A320.... Update... was Embraer E190, now Boeing B787. Knowledge is a wonderful thing, but ignorance means you don't know you can't do something.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | You should call around to the local glass guys. Peoria has a place that will fix these for $10 w/o insurance. You just drive in plop down your cash & drive away when they are done.
There has to be a discount place around you. | | |
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