FJ WINDSHIELDS and ROCKS don't mix

[nando1511]

Alaska resident;
I baught my FJC Dec 2007 love it, currently have 17k on it.
I've been collecting rocks on my windshield all winter, here we get our windshield changed once sometimes twice a year. That's what insurance is for. Most residents here have $0.00 dollars deductable for conprehensive. I have $50.00 it's not that much of a difference. For the price my insurance company is paying for my new windshield, ($1000 +) It's worth it... I only pay $114.00 EVERY 6 MONTHS FOR A $50.00 COMPREHENSIVE DEDUCTABLE.

[svedspx]

Originally Posted by xjeepguy

Well, I have been in the xB scene for a while now, and they have the same problem. After some of our members did some extensive research on this issue, they found that it is not that the glass is weaker or thinner as we all thought. It is simply the slope of the windshield. I have owned 7 jeeps, and replaced windshields on every single one of them (some multiple times). Instead of a rock deflecting, the windshield takes the whole impact.

Agreed, I've got the same problem with my XB. I've got 3 starburst and one 4 inch crack. I used super glue on the starburst cracks and they haven't spread. Worst yet, a small pebble about the size of a pea made it through the honey comb grill and took out my air conditioning compressor. The dealer talked to the regional rep about it and picked up the cost of the compressor but I had to pay the $200 labor cost. I installed a billet grill to protect the compressor but haven't found billet for the windshield yet.

[justfoo]

Hey you know the stuff some put on their vehicles, 3M paint protection film.
Would there be a law against putting it on your windshield? would it help? The stuff I'm referring to is what I put on my headlights and fog lights to protect them from scratchs and hopefully rock chips. It's clear, so I wonder if it would do the same for a windshield, I actually drive an 06 Tundra and I have the same "tick terror" of chips when meeting other vehicles....
I fully expect some serious flaming for this crazy idea. .

[jusfj]

Picked up my FJ yesterday...less than 18 hours later on the way to the airport, pebble deflected from a semi---more than a small crack, but in the middle...maybe some hope to repair but I'm not counting on it.

[FU_FJ]

Owned mine since Nov and i have two places where i had to repair rock hits... i have 18,000 miles on the FJ now

[voodoobrew]

I have a new 08, didn't have it a week before I got a ding in the windshield and the passenger side window completely shattered and blew out. Picking it up from dealer tomorrow and going straight to have Clearplex installed on front windshield. I live in Corpus Christi, Tx. and Z-Tech does it for $199.00, much cheaper than a new windshield!

[Hondarider]

I had 3 stone marks in the windshield of my FJ in the first 5000 miles...it sucks but it's about on par with Wranglers I've owned in the past...I had to change the windshield in my Jeeps about once a year...fortunately, Massachusetts has mandatory $0.00 deductible insurance so it's a painless process...the glass guys even come out and do the replacement in the parking lot while you're at work