Worst of luck

[Jeep421]

Can’t believe this happened
On my way home this morning an oncoming pickup tossed a marble sized stone that hit my windshield
My 6 day old JLUR now has an unrepairable chip that has spidered out to 2 inches right in my driving sight line
And I’d be willing to bet new replacement windshields are not available yet
It could always be worse, no one got hurt

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[$uicide$hift]

Can’t believe this happened
On my way home this morning an oncoming pickup tossed a marble sized stone that hit my windshield
My 6 day old JLUR now has an unrepairable chip that has spidered out to 2 inches right in my driving sight line
And I’d be willing to bet new replacement windshields are not available yet
It could always be worse, no one got hurt

You are not the first, more than a few other members have experienced this already. One if I recall on his way home after picking his Jeep up from the dealership.

Basically SafeLite has the replacements available from my understanding. I'll do some digging to see if I can find the threads for you to peruse.

 

[$uicide$hift]

A few threads but bottom line is Safelite seems to be the choice for replacement OEM factory windshields:

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...crack-the-acoustic-laminated-windshield.4200/

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/jl-jlu-oem-windshield.4592/

 

[That One Guy]

And I guess it's steep windshield rake that mostly results in the high rate of cracks on these?

 

[bilcol81]

We've had 4 Wranglers since '07 and had to have windshields replaced in every one due to stones. I just call my insurance co, and tell them it's time for my annual windshield replacement. Safelite is the best!

 

[PaulNY]

And I guess it's steep windshield rake that mostly results in the high rate of cracks on these?

That makes logical sense as to why the windshields are subjected to a high number of chips. I am lucky that I don't have one yet, but a buddy of mine has a JK and has replaced several in just the last couple of years.

 

[Zoot]

Just so you know you are not alone, I have replaced 3 windshields an repaired 2 times on my 2 jkus’s I have owned so far.

 

[That One Guy]

That makes logical sense as to why the windshields are subjected to a high number of chips. I am lucky that I don't have one yet, but a buddy of mine has a JK and has replaced several in just the last couple of years.

If it were me I'd just stop replacing them so frequently. If the cracks aren't in the field of vision, just live with them for a while.

 

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[BillyHW]

Where I live they put sand/dirt/gravel on the roads during winter. It isn't really possible to avoid a cracked windshield. I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll probably get a cracked windshield.

 

[ALEX-4LO]

It happens not a big deal. Just get it fixed. The rubi is fine.

 

[maguro]

That's unfortunate. There's a local member here who chipped a windshield on a test drive. I'm betting the dealer wasn't too impressed.

Out here, we sprinkle our roads with rock chips since it's too cold for salt. Sometime in the late spring, the street dusters finally come out and remove the rock chips from the streets and highways. Until then, every car that passes you has the potential of chipping your windshield. In fact, a quarter of all the vehicles in town have chipped windshields. We don't bother replacing them because it'll happen again within a year.

 

[Redwrangler]

We made it three days and 151 miles before the dreaded stone chip in the construction zone around Daytona! The chip morphed into a graph of last weeks NASDAQ within minutes! Hopefully, Safelite will be here Wednesday with a Mopar replacement.

Well, Wednesday (3/21) was optimistic. Safelite called and said it would now be at least 4/3 before they will have the windshield from MOPAR.

 

[danzy55]

Have owned 7 wranglers and guess what they are bricks on wheels and catch every little stone thrown at them...just make sure your glass deductible is set for $0

 

[Ohwillyb]

I have a TJ and have used a windshield repair it on it over 2 dozen times. The ones I can fix in the summer turn out great it's hard to tell but the ones I fix in the winter don't turn out as well.

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