"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
12/31/2016 at 12:37 • Filed to: None
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"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
12/31/2016 at 12:37 • Filed to: None | 0
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Got stuck behind a semi today and the van took a rock in the windshield and got a very small chip. I’ve gotten a chip repair done on the Focus that’s held for 8-ish years, but saw DIY kits online, specifically:
Anyone use something like this, do they work?
Urambo Tauro
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/31/2016 at 12:44 |
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I used the Permatex kit on my Thunderbird a few years back, but my chip was too big to be completely erased. Cracks never spread from that point though, even in winter with the defroster blasting away.
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comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> Urambo Tauro
12/31/2016 at 12:49 |
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Good point, should have included the location, it’s in the very bottom corner, so as long as it doesn’t spread, I’m not concerned about it being there.
someassemblyrequired
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/31/2016 at 13:02 |
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Have had good luck with the Permatex kit, didn’t with the 3M kit, which cracked my windshield right across. The Permatex one was a much better design, the 3M one had a spreader bar that pushed on the window, where the Permatex uses a suction cup design.
MonkeePuzzle
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/31/2016 at 13:14 |
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i have used similar diy kits. stopped the spreading
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/31/2016 at 15:01 |
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just leave it. My Miata windshield has probaly 4 or 5 chips (lowered car probs) and none have done anything. My truck has a crack from last winter when ice chunk from a bus hit it. Hasnt got worse so i just leave it alone
Jayvincent
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/31/2016 at 22:12 |
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Here’s your problem:
first you gotta drill some holes! Seriously, Amazon? Carbide drill bits and windshield repair kits go together? :)
I have used the suction cup type (Permatex) repair on a small chip that was annoying (right in my viewpath) and it reduced it to a faint outline. I also used one on a small crack (~0.25" long) and it hasn’t grown at all. For less than $20, it’s a decent hedge on avoiding a $250 windshield replacement. For large cracks (say 1" or more) I’d call a pro, these kits only handle small stuff.