cracked windscreen

[mc]

just a bit of a rant really

 

got my first stone chip on the windscreen on the way to work yesterday, its right at the bottom on the driver's side so I thought a repair job would be fine....

 

came out of work and theres a huge crack appeared from the chip! so thats my windscreen excess gone, and to make matters worse I'm off to Oz for about a month on Monday so it'll prob have to wait til then to sort it... grrr

[UNABASHED]

my windscreen cracked at exactly the same time as yours it seems - spooky!

[MacW]

If you have to leave it that long I'd recommend covering the crack with insulation tape (inside and out) to save water getting in and making it worse while you're away.

 

A mate of mine actually came back to his merc to find the crack had gone from top to bottom and popped out so it overlayed on the edge.

[mc]

If you have to leave it that long I'd recommend covering the crack with insulation tape (inside and out) to save water getting in and making it worse while you're away.

 

A mate of mine actually came back to his merc to find the crack had gone from top to bottom and popped out so it overlayed on the edge.

 

I would do something like that if it wasn't going to be tucked up in the garage

[AlexZ]

Most modern windscreens including our Z's are laminated so no water would get in the car mate...Theres a think film of some material in between the two sections of glass.

 

Alex

[Ian]

Most modern windscreens including our Z's are laminated so no water would get in the car mate...Theres a think film of some material in between the two sections of glass.

 

Alex

 

+1

 

I cracked the screen on my Vectra & it took Autoglass 5 weeks to get me a replacement screen. They said it was fine to drive though as it wasnt in my line of sight & it wouldn't crack because it was laminated