SYCO GT
01-05-2011, 09:49 AM
Got a rock chip in my wife's SUV, and State Farm wouldn't cover the repair (they used to just pay for the repair)
Last time I had a windshield repair, I remember thinking to myself, "I could do that."
So, decided to drop by Kragen and find out. Picked up a $9.99 kit, the only one they had.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6124.jpg
Used the included push pin to clean out the fragments, cleaned it up.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6123.jpg
Then attached the base with included adhesive, injected the resin, cured it in the sunlight, and voila!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6127copy.jpg
Magic?
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6129.jpg
Not quite magic. It doesn't vanish, but the size was noticeably reduced, and the darkness and veins were just about gone. Plus, the crack shouldn't spread, so I think it met my expectations.
Last time I had a windshield repair, I remember thinking to myself, "I could do that."
So, decided to drop by Kragen and find out. Picked up a $9.99 kit, the only one they had.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6124.jpg
Used the included push pin to clean out the fragments, cleaned it up.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6123.jpg
Then attached the base with included adhesive, injected the resin, cured it in the sunlight, and voila!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6127copy.jpg
Magic?
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/SYCOHEMI/IMG_6129.jpg
Not quite magic. It doesn't vanish, but the size was noticeably reduced, and the darkness and veins were just about gone. Plus, the crack shouldn't spread, so I think it met my expectations.