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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / September 2006The Windshield & Rearview Mirror Saga
My son through a baseball in the car knocking the rearview mirror off the windshield. Now get this... The adhesive between the baseplate and the windshield did not fail; the glass did. To be accurate, 2/3 of the adhesive between the baseplate and the windshield did fail, but 1/3 did not resulting in a dime-size piece of windshield still attached to the baseplate. I assume the best adhesive to re-attach the baseplate-to- windshield surface is still rearview mirror adhesive, but what is the best adhesive to re-attach the glass-to-glass surface? Thanks! Joe Colella firstname.lastname@yahoo.com New glass may be called for if there are cracks around the break. Or take the car to a glass shop and see if the vacuum applied clear glass filler can be used. > My son through a baseball in the car knocking the rearview > mirror off the windshield. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Joe Colella > firstname.lastname@yahoo.com A small 1-inch crack did form on the interior side of the windshield that does not penetrate to the exterior side of the windshield and runs horizontally in the sunscreen portion of the windshield. Do you strongly recommend getting the windshield replaced? The vacuum-applied clear glass filler sounds like a great idea! Thanks, Joe > New glass may be called for if there are cracks around the break. Or > take the car to a glass shop and see if the vacuum applied clear glass [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> Joe Colella >> firstname.lastname@yahoo.com Take it to the glass shop asap. Chances are they can fill it and stop the crack from spreading. Your insurance company may pick up such costs under the comprehensive part of your policy without applying the deductible because it is much cheaper than replacing the entire window. > A small 1-inch crack did form on the interior side of the windshield that > does not penetrate to the exterior side of the windshield and runs [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >> Joe Colella > >> firstname.lastname@yahoo.com Thanks! > Take it to the glass shop asap. Chances are they can fill it and stop > the crack from spreading. Your insurance company may pick up such [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> >> Joe Colella >> >> firstname.lastname@yahoo.com > A small 1-inch crack did form on the interior side of the windshield that > does not penetrate to the exterior side of the windshield and runs [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Joe Depends on the laws in your area. In some states you may be OK but in others any crack at all is a "fix-it" ticket. nate  Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel >> A small 1-inch crack did form on the interior side of the windshield that >> does not penetrate to the exterior side of the windshield and runs [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > nate Thanks for the heads up! agree with John, try a filler from a glass shop, just trying to glue in a glass piece back onto a windshield isn't more than a very temporary fix. Not recommended. SignatureKnifeblade_03 http://www.automotiveforums.com Thanks! > agree with John, try a filler from a glass shop, just trying to glue in > a glass piece back onto a windshield isn't more than a very temporary > fix. Not recommended. |
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