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I just had two largish rock chips completely removed from my windshield by one of those mobile windshield repair guys. I couldn't believe what a great job he did. There's no sign at all where the glass was damaged. What a great deal too. He spent maybe 1 1/2 hours weaving his magic tools and only charged mr $45. I also showed him Schatten's pic from his post on 3-12, and said he could have fixed that kind of crack too.



Apparantly, you can have a small chip out of the glass for as much as 3 years, but if you then drove to the desert, where it was either very cold or very hot, you could very likely watch a crack slowly grow on the windshield, radiating from the point of impact.

Another tip he gave me was that I should submit my bill (with the insurance policy number written on it) to the claims department, and they'll almost certainly reimburse me. Apparantly, most insurance companies will pay you for the cost of a repair, because you will have saved them the difference between your deductable (if any) and the cost of a full windshield replacement (which could be hundreds of bucks).

If anyone is thinking about replacing their windshield, I recommend you look for a repair specialist in the yellow pages first (check under "Windshield Repair"). It could save you a lot of $$$$.

Has anyone else had this kind of work done? Any comments?