I am the official i-club record holder for busted windshields
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I am the official i-club record holder for busted windshields
Well... it's not a title that I happily claim, but it appears that I reign supreme in the wonderful world of windshield replacement. I think I cursed myself by replying to that thread a week or two ago where I detailed my record. The official Guiness Book of World Records number is now 10 windshields in 5 years. My last 3 cars haven't made it with their windshields intact for even 2 months... the STi lasted 6 weeks. Damn Caltrans and their ****ty patchwork roads! Sorry, had to rant and I feel justified in doing so... and slightly better also. Now I'm going to look around on the internet for one of those free glass replacement deals... and lower my comprehensive deductible on my insurance. I'm sick of shelling out cash every 6 months! That's perfectly good mod money thrown out the window... I mean windshield, I guess.
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I've got a crack too, it's been there since I bought the car. My hood and bumper are littered with dozens of freeway rock chips. For some reason subarus are magnets for flying objects.
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blame it on GM!
every GM work truck i've seen has a cracked windshield.
my wife's father-in-law had a new (99) Chevy full size, he didn't go 3 months w/o having a crack from one side to the other for the course of the 5 years he had it.
My dad's GMC Sierra fullsize...same thing. about every 6 months or so he's got a windshield wide crack in it.
and my subie has the same thing.
i blame it on suppliers...go w/ PPG glass on the replace...many times those "free replacement" places use off brands that just are not good qaulity glass.
and if you find a place in El Dorado County that does PPG glass and "no deductible" replacement, PLEASE PM me with the info...i have to get mine redone soon!
every GM work truck i've seen has a cracked windshield.
my wife's father-in-law had a new (99) Chevy full size, he didn't go 3 months w/o having a crack from one side to the other for the course of the 5 years he had it.
My dad's GMC Sierra fullsize...same thing. about every 6 months or so he's got a windshield wide crack in it.
and my subie has the same thing.
i blame it on suppliers...go w/ PPG glass on the replace...many times those "free replacement" places use off brands that just are not good qaulity glass.
and if you find a place in El Dorado County that does PPG glass and "no deductible" replacement, PLEASE PM me with the info...i have to get mine redone soon!
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Originally Posted by pozzi
blame it on GM!
every GM work truck i've seen has a cracked windshield.
MY WIFE'S FATHER-IN-LAW had a new (99) Chevy full size, he didn't go 3 months w/o having a crack from one side to the other for the course of the 5 years he had it.
My dad's GMC Sierra fullsize...same thing. about every 6 months or so he's got a windshield wide crack in it.
and my subie has the same thing.
i blame it on suppliers...go w/ PPG glass on the replace...many times those "free replacement" places use off brands that just are not good qaulity glass.
and if you find a place in El Dorado County that does PPG glass and "no deductible" replacement, PLEASE PM me with the info...i have to get mine redone soon!
every GM work truck i've seen has a cracked windshield.
MY WIFE'S FATHER-IN-LAW had a new (99) Chevy full size, he didn't go 3 months w/o having a crack from one side to the other for the course of the 5 years he had it.
My dad's GMC Sierra fullsize...same thing. about every 6 months or so he's got a windshield wide crack in it.
and my subie has the same thing.
i blame it on suppliers...go w/ PPG glass on the replace...many times those "free replacement" places use off brands that just are not good qaulity glass.
and if you find a place in El Dorado County that does PPG glass and "no deductible" replacement, PLEASE PM me with the info...i have to get mine redone soon!
...and I'll let you know if I come up with anything spectacular to fix our situations.
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Originally Posted by iceman302
Not to derail my own thread, but wouldn't your "wife's father-in-law" be your dad? I think it would've been a lot easier to say that LOL...
...and I'll let you know if I come up with anything spectacular to fix our situations.
...and I'll let you know if I come up with anything spectacular to fix our situations.
its her youth pastors that she lived with thru highschool and before we got married.
we consider them like adoptive parents.
family but not...you know the type of people.
yeah, i guess i worded it funny.
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Originally Posted by pozzi
hahahha...we'll not really.
its her youth pastors that she lived with thru highschool and before we got married.
we consider them like adoptive parents.
family but not...you know the type of people.
yeah, i guess i worded it funny.
its her youth pastors that she lived with thru highschool and before we got married.
we consider them like adoptive parents.
family but not...you know the type of people.
yeah, i guess i worded it funny.
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Origami posted by pozzi
i blame it on suppliers...go w/ PPG glass on the replace...many times those "free replacement" places use off brands that just are not good qaulity glass.
i blame it on suppliers...go w/ PPG glass on the replace...many times those "free replacement" places use off brands that just are not good qaulity glass.
I paid $30 to get the chip 'repaired' by filling it with epoxy from one of those guys that hangs out with his company van near a Costco every other week.
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