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Windshield rock chip repair
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mozart626
Member
If you can have it patched at Safelite, do it. Our chip quickly spiraled into a huge crack, and it cost almost $1500 to replace it at Tesla plus a 2 week wait for a windshield to come in (though we paid only our $500 deductible).
I had Safelite repair rock chip over one month ago ... so far so good ....no spread and it is not noticeable to an observer ..... it was initially a circular crack a bit smaller than a dime ......as moxart626 says do it right away.... if you glass coverage should be good either way.... i did not want to replace a windshield on a 1 month old car
Plugsuvohio
Member
I'm going to echo the others here. Same thing happened to my MX 3 weeks ago. Boy was I upset. But I knew from what I read it was risky waiting even thinking it through. The concern that spare windshields were even readily available; and the authorized body shop over an hour away, etc., and my loving my car. I did the Safelite approach, 10 minutes away and while I waited. My insurance company pays 100% of that cost regardless of deductable (and mine is $1000). The cost was about $70 - cheap. The tiny chip is sealed mid windshield on the passenger side. It pretty much just looks like a bug is stuck there. I could try and upload a picture but it is really hard to get the contrast enough to see it.
caltrader
Member
I got a 3mm chip and 15mm crack from a rock last Spring near the center bottom of My MS windshield. I've used Safelite in the past, but used an independent this time. He drilled the chip and filled the crack with resin - $85.
You can still see some of the crack, but the chip is now perfectly smooth. He said he can replace the windshield for much less than Tesla if the crack gets bigger, around $1000.
SMSMD
Active Member
Get it a asap.in the meantime put a transparent cellotape on it to prevent dust particle accumulating and settling in the crack. Advice from two of my chip repairs.
For what it’s worth I had very good luck with this kit repairing a few chips and small cracks on my old Prius windshield. It took me a little longer than the safelite folks, but I feel like they came out better than the ones I had professionally repaired as well.
Amazon.com: Rain-X 600001 Windshield Repair Kit: Automotive
Amazon.com: Rain-X 600001 Windshield Repair Kit: Automotive
Get it fixed now! We got a chip in Dallas on Monday and pulled over immediately. While looking up Safelite's number, the chip spread into an 8 inch horizontal split as we watched. Safelite said they don't repair cracks bigger than a dollar bill, so we moved on. The crack is now 3 feet long, mostly in the black bottom area out of sight. I'm not changing a windshield on a 3 month old car, since it's not a visibility issue. Our deductible is $200 and we have accident forgiveness, so we'll just change it at our first annual service in December.
I have repaired a few windshield rock chips on the Model X. I have had no issues with the repair process. www.simplifywindshieldrepair.com
