Show us your crack (windshields)

[Krabby]

XPEL is being installed on all new Grenadiers by Red Noland in Colorado Springs before they are sold. They install it in their paint film shop using a heat gun. I took a test drive this weekend and noticed really thin scratches where the wipers wipe when glare hit the windshield. To be fair, I'm not sure if this was dirt on the windshield or tiny scratches, but it looked like the thin grooves on a vinyl record. They said there is a spray you have to use as a treatment, but they didn't have any information on how often to treat or how long the film lasts.

That's probably a good thing, but if they're directly passing the cost on to the consumer it best be a fair price. I got my xpel from a local detailer for HALF what the dealer wanted.

 

[Tom109]

XPEL is being installed on all new Grenadiers by Red Noland in Colorado Springs before they are sold. They install it in their paint film shop using a heat gun. I took a test drive this weekend and noticed really thin scratches where the wipers wipe when glare hit the windshield. To be fair, I'm not sure if this was dirt on the windshield or tiny scratches, but it looked like the thin grooves on a vinyl record. They said there is a spray you have to use as a treatment, but they didn't have any information on how often to treat or how long the film lasts.

This has to be totally dependent on your driving conditions and your ability to create dirt-slurry on your windscreen. Plastic is not glass.

 

[DawgDoctor]

This has to be totally dependent on your driving conditions and your ability to create dirt-slurry on your windscreen. Plastic is not glass.

Agree. Manufacturer's warranty for WPF is one year. Restoration spray treatment application every 6 months. https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/a...45c733551/WPF_Warranty_Help_Center_V3_(1).pdf

https://www.xpel.com/shop/xpel-wpf-restore-2-oz?variant=45434

 

[DawgDoctor]

That's probably a good thing, but if they're directly passing the cost on to the consumer it best be a fair price. I got my xpel from a local detailer for HALF what the dealer wanted.

Xpel windshield protection $599 on the invoice.

And and additional ~$199 added to the $689 dealer handling fee (shown on the website) for a total of $888 (invoiced dealer fees) for some sort of security stickers on various body panels for security tracking.

 

[Tom Ireland]

Had to get a new windscreen installed last week after a small crack from a stone.
Auto glass had the window in from Belgium and installed 2 days after I first contacted them. Covered by my insurance. Completely painless experience.

 

[Bayford]

Another crack in the windscreen yesterday - no sign of a stone chip and I don't recollect any stones flying up. Will be my fourth windscreen in two years. Prior to this I think I only replaced one windcreen on any primarily road going vehicle period. On a VW Passat that I stuck my head through the windscreen on 30 years ago.

Interestingly I spoke to my dealer who said get autoglass to sort it rather than us but request a Pilkington windscreen rather than OEM as they are half the price and probably better.