Joined the windshield club

Garemlin

Dec 14, 2022

Took a hard hit this morning. Pretty sure it was a rock that flew off of a dump truck going the opposite direction. Unfortunately it was dark. As hard as it hit and as loud as it was I think any windshield would have ended up the same way. An inch higher and the wiper would have taken the hit.

Jakob1972, Pegasus65

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Dec 14, 2022

Normally I would say “welcome!!” but I’m pretty sure no one likes being in this club.

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Jakob1972, EvlNvrDys

Dec 14, 2022

Garemlin
Took a hard hit this morning. Pretty sure it was a rock that flew off of a dump truck going the opposite direction. Unfortunately it was dark. As hard as it hit and as loud as it was I think any windshield would have ended up the same way. An inch higher and the wiper would have taken the hit.

Prolly woulda scared the crap outta me.

Dec 14, 2022

Garemlin
Took a hard hit this morning. Pretty sure it was a rock that flew off of a dump truck going the opposite direction. Unfortunately it was dark. As hard as it hit and as loud as it was I think any windshield would have ended up the same way. An inch higher and the wiper would have taken the hit.

Garemlin

Garemlin
Man that sucks not a good club to be in lol good luck

Dec 14, 2022

Ouch, that sucks!!

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Dec 14, 2022

Yikes! Sorry, man. For a moment, I thought by "club" you meant you got your windshield protected with film or had the ceramic treatment applied.

Bummer. The silver lining is that the damage and crack appear to be low on the shield, not compromising your view from the driver's seat. I hope your insurance facilitates your windshield replacement quickly and to your satisfaction.

Deano Bronc

Dec 14, 2022

radar3d
Prolly woulda scared the crap outta me.

Oh it did. I actually flinched it was so loud.

radar3d

Dec 14, 2022

Wow that was a boulder strike....

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Dec 14, 2022

Wow, that was a bad one. It looks like it might be done spreading. If so, I'd ignore it as long as possible rather than replace right away, since it looks like its out of your view. I broke mine pretty much a month after delivery, so I decided to put windshield film onto mine, I didn't want to deal with that again. Maybe windshields are quicker to get now, though, but it took me over a month to get a new windshield since they were having supply issues.

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Dec 14, 2022

Ouch!

Dec 14, 2022

#10

Duct tape is your friend

Dec 14, 2022

#11

pzaring
Wow that was a boulder strike....

Yup. Chips of glass in the cowl.

Dec 14, 2022

#12

PhillyCat
Wow, that was a bad one. It looks like it might be done spreading. If so, I'd ignore it as long as possible rather than replace right away, since it looks like its out of your view. I broke mine pretty much a month after delivery, so I decided to put windshield film onto mine, I didn't want to deal with that again. Maybe windshields are quicker to get now, though, but it took me over a month to get a new windshield since they were having supply issues.

I'm thinking with the cold weather and using the defrost it's going to spread. I'm going to keep an eye on it.

Deano Bronc

Dec 14, 2022

#13

No fun. Sorry that happened. Try installing this film on your next windshield. Might help and/or go full mad max (see pic)

https://www.grab-gard.com/products/ford-bronco-windshield-protection-kit

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Dec 14, 2022

#14

That's the same spot where I took the hit.

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Dec 14, 2022

#15

Garemlin
Took a hard hit this morning. Pretty sure it was a rock that flew off of a dump truck going the opposite direction. Unfortunately it was dark. As hard as it hit and as loud as it was I think any windshield would have ended up the same way. An inch higher and the wiper would have taken the hit.

Been there, done that.... 3 times so far.

Run out and get the Rain X windshield repair and slap it on there. Just needs sunlight to activate it... I'm guessing (and hoping) a rv light will work as well.

It won't hide it, but the (2) cracks I currently have in my windshield haven't moved any further since I put the repair on them and we've had plenty of nights with temps dropping into the 20's.

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SlashRacer, Garemlin

Dec 14, 2022

#16

I had almost the exact same strike passenger side just below the wiper

Dec 14, 2022

#17

Dang. That rock got some bragging rights on that hit.

Dec 14, 2022

#18

Wow what a hit. With all of the members reporting this windshield cracks, I installed Exoshield last month. Hoping not to join the club!

SlashRacer

Dec 17, 2022

#19

Well it started to spread upwards already. No waiting on this. Contacted my insurance company. Covered with no deductible under comprehensive.

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