I have had a small crack (Maybe 4 inches long) in my screen. (Just above the mirror, heading down - >) I parked the girl in the parking yard and went into a club. As it was a pretty hot day, when I got back to her, I noticed how HOT it was inside, it also must have been a bloody good seal, because the 4 inch crack has now split into 4 and each segment is between 12 inches and 2 feet long!

Moral - if you have a crack - REPLACE SCREEN
or - at least leave a small gap to vent the car a bit, while you are away wasting cash in the slot machines!

 

cracked screens won't hold up as well in an accident either ... approx 1/3 of the strength of the A pillar area is due to the bracing the screen gives !

 

by screens do you mean windshield?

 

Yeah what's a screen mean to us North Americans?

 

Windshield, of course

 

In Florida, law requires you replace a windshield if cracked. It also requires your insurance company to pay for it.

There's a nice company that will give you a box of steaks when they replace it as well!

 

Did you say STEAK!!??? (low voice)


sorry, just saw Deuce Bigalo....

 

O man i wish they had that windshield replacing thing with the insurance company over here too... Gotta pay for our owns here in WA.

Zachstylez

 

Also... Doesn't the crack tend to enlarge after periods of driving? I had a small crack once and got it repaired because someone told me that it will get larger and then to the point where it cannot be repaired (unless you get a new windshield).

FS

 

Sorry guys - yeah, we call 'em windscreens, you call 'em windsheilds. . .

To fix crack - $130.00
To replace whole screen/sheild - $ 170.00
I guess I'll replace the whole screen/sheild!

 

Just take out the windshield and wear a helmet.....then you don't need A/C.......

 

heheheh - true!