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Steve
05-28-2007, 03:14 PM
Am I going to have to get the whole thing replaced, or is there anything else I can do about this?

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MarauderTJA
05-28-2007, 03:31 PM
Looks like you will have to get it replaced. Do you have glass coverage with your car insurance?
larryo340
05-28-2007, 03:35 PM
no repair for that crack
jgc61sr2002
05-28-2007, 03:49 PM
Get the original windshield. ( carlite ).
cyclopsram
05-28-2007, 05:15 PM
Be sure to get the right windshield as there was a difference between early and late 2003 regarding the shading area...be sure it is original Ford equipment...most insurance is zero deductible for glass...
max454
05-31-2007, 04:21 PM
mine just did the same thing on passenger side , is it common on our cars ?
KillJoy
05-31-2007, 04:29 PM
mine just did the same thing on passenger side , is it common on our cars ?


Only if something smacks your Windshield.

OEM Glass FTW!!!!

:up:

KillJoy
1stMerc
05-31-2007, 05:02 PM
New windshield. Careful washing the car till you do, cause that baby will grow.
sailsmen
05-31-2007, 07:30 PM
Try putting cellophane tape over the crack. Use 3M tape. Do Not Use The tape cutter.

Prep the surface w/ alcohol, not the kind you drink.

Do it in the shade w/ a fresh razor. The hardest part is the tape over lapp. Feather in the overlapp and cut off the corners. Put the 3M Cellophane tape on the outside and then the inside.

Good luck.
larryo340
05-31-2007, 07:55 PM
Try putting cellophane tape over the crack. Use 3M tape. Do Not Use The tape cutter.

Prep the surface w/ alcohol, not the kind you drink.

Do it in the shade w/ a fresh razor. The hardest part is the tape over lapp. Feather in the overlapp and cut off the corners. Put the 3M Cellophane tape on the outside and then the inside.

Good luck.

your kidding right?
Raudermaster
05-31-2007, 07:58 PM
lol, I don't think a cracked windshield is common in our cars. :flamer::lol:
sailsmen
05-31-2007, 08:57 PM
your kidding right?

Yes, No offense to Steve. Sometimes you just have to laugh these things off. Mine got a stone crack last week.:lol:

It can be saved for a while. I have had good luck with the Pennzoil crack repair sold at Walmart. The key being to line it up directly over the hole.

Will try to repair it tommorrow.
CRUZTAKER
05-31-2007, 09:30 PM
I just had Statefarm replace my windshield with Carlite OEM.
Very inexpensive for the size. I cannot remember the figure, but it was under $300.

And no, that crack is NOT repairable.
larryo340
06-01-2007, 06:00 AM
I just had Statefarm replace my windshield with Carlite OEM.
Very inexpensive for the size. I cannot remember the figure, but it was under $300.

And no, that crack is NOT repairable.

It's good to know people in the glass business, I paid $150 for a Carlite windshield installed. Stupid me did not want to put a claim in.
Hotrauder
06-01-2007, 06:08 AM
mine just did the same thing on passenger side , is it common on our cars ?

Yes., but not a fault with the car or the windshield but with the way we drive. We are always on someone's butt looking for a faster way to where ever. That leads to more windshield impacts from road debris. or is just me?:rolleyes:. Good luck. Dennis
burt ragio
06-01-2007, 12:28 PM
MY windshield cracked just the other day. I have no idea why, nothing hit the windshield I wasn't driveing it and I had the rear window slightly cracked open to prevent heat buid up.