Chipped Windshield
- Thread starter Tccox
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- Mazda CX-5 AWD Grand Touring
Yes get it repaired before it cracks. Peace of mind.
Word of advice. I used a rexin based rainx kit to fix scratches. Sometimes they do not penetrate deep into the scratch - scratch is fixed and rexin will hold well and won't allow it to spread but you still see a line in middle of the windshield. A blow dryer from inside the windshield might work. Its 10 bucks. Good luck.
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- Denver, CO
Yes, get it repaired. If you don't, it has the potential to start cracking.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
You can't repair a chip. Only cracks.
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
How in the world do you repair a chip? Apply material and then polish it flat? A chip won't crack. A crack will crack.
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- 23 CX-5 Premium
Most chips, particularly those that penetrate the outer laminate, have what they call "angel wings" protruding from two sides. That's what starts the crack unless it's repaired. The repair consists of drilling/cleaning out the center of the chip and filling it with some sort of an epoxy. That arrest the tendency for the wings to crack.
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
I'm following this discussion as well. After driving to work in the rain this morning, I noticed that what I thought were bug marks on the windshield did not clean off with the wipers. Ran my nail over the two tiny marks and felt two definite chips, right in my line of sight, too.
Yea I got a pit in the windshield of my GTI right in line of site like a week after I got it. So irritating. But as a pit they can’t really do anything without making it worse. And I’d feel silly replacing over something so small.
Our CX-5 has some too but none right in line of sight like that.
Our CX-5 has some too but none right in line of sight like that.
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
A crack can't crack... it's already cracked!
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
Probably. Terms.
Not sure if it’s done in the same way but Novus fixed a couple of chips in my Mitsubishi’s using a clear epoxy that they injected into the chip area. It worked very well as long as no dirt had gotten into the chip.
I used to have some clear round stickers in the glove box in case it happened again. The sticker was meant to keep dirt out until it could be repaired.
I used to have some clear round stickers in the glove box in case it happened again. The sticker was meant to keep dirt out until it could be repaired.
