Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #819
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   From: Michael Garozzo 
Subject: Re: Windshield Cracks
   Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 21:43:57 -0500


I too had a "chip" on my windshield (91 B).  Fortunately it was small 
enough for me to try one of those windshield repair liquids from Pep 
Boys.  The cost was about $10.00 and took an afternoon to do plus an 
overnight for drying.  The job was successful!  The unit was easy to 
handle and more time consuming than difficult to do.  The repair was 99% 
covered.  I can still see a small mark but nothing like before. 

This worked out better than my Plymouth Acclaim whose windshield had 
three big hits.  I was going to use the repair liquid until I realized 
that my insurance company would pay for the repair of a windshield if 
they did not have to replace it.  So I got a repair slip, went to their 
shop and left the car.  I had a $250 deductable and wouldn't you know it, 
when the shop checked the cracks with air pressure, they cracked the rest 
of the glass.  Surprise, surprise.  The new windshield only cost 
$220.00.  To be fair, I was suspicious of one of the cracks as it was a 
"star" and the repair liquid info showed that a "star" crack will not 
work.  The glass has to have a crack internally rather than a surface 
crack in order to work.  A "star" crack will continue to split.

Mike G.
91 Red B
Del Val Miata Club
Goin' to Rock & Roll