rocks on the windshield....
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rocks on the windshield....
Anyone with an xb experience an extensive amount of rocks hitting the windshield? I drive on I-5 a lot and at least once every trip I get hit with a rock. One actually cracked my windshield pretty significantly and I haven't replaced it yet because I always get hit with em and I know its just gonna break again! Anyone else have this problem???
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xB is horrible about rocks cracking the windshield...i have a small chip in mine from another xB (thanks Kim) lol...so its just something you have to deal with...sucks but thats the truth...wow a boosted box...nice you get cool points for that
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Re: rocks on the windshield....
Originally Posted by boostedbox06
Anyone with an xb experience an extensive amount of rocks hitting the windshield? I drive on I-5 a lot and at least once every trip I get hit with a rock. One actually cracked my windshield pretty significantly and I haven't replaced it yet because I always get hit with em and I know its just gonna break again! Anyone else have this problem???
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Exactly right. Driving an xB is completely different than my other vehicles because of the rock hazzard.
650 for a windshield???? Safelite installs them at your house for around 300 bucks
650 for a windshield???? Safelite installs them at your house for around 300 bucks
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I don't tailgate nor do I intend to if I miss a brake check my intercooler and radiator are gonna be as flat as our cars, it doesn't matter how much space you leave on the freeway tires are spinning with so much velocity that those rocks could probably go a hundred feet at least, and its not just truckers tho the major crack above my mirror is from one, i get em from all kinds of vehicles kinda thought it was something do with the steep angle of our windshields as previously state lol
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Originally Posted by bB2NER
Exactly right. Driving an xB is completely different than my other vehicles because of the rock hazzard.
650 for a windshield???? Safelite installs them at your house for around 300 bucks
650 for a windshield???? Safelite installs them at your house for around 300 bucks
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That's just a decorative trim painted onto the inside of the windshiels, not an antenna - diversity antennas are in the two rearmost side windows.
As to windshield chips and such, the xB has a very vertical very tall, very broad windshield mounted fairly close to the road and behind a very short hood that offers very little "rock shadow" for the windshield to hide behind.
Chipped, cracked windshields just come with the box.
Tom
As to windshield chips and such, the xB has a very vertical very tall, very broad windshield mounted fairly close to the road and behind a very short hood that offers very little "rock shadow" for the windshield to hide behind.
Chipped, cracked windshields just come with the box.
Tom
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I've got mine replaced about 4 months ago with Fuyao Windshield. Tomas was right, it's not a perfect fit, but close enough. Funny how you said I-5, I drive there all the time and i get the same rock problem especially these past few days with the the wind and stuff. I noticed that when a rock hits my windshield now it's not as loud or should I say "crispy". Before when I rock hits my windshield I have to pull over just to check if it made a crack, now I am more comfortable knowing that I have a thicker windshield. But, there's always a but, since our windshield is in a steep angle, rocks will definitely hit it, and as the guy that replaced me said: "I've been in the business for 30 years, rocks always wins against windshield." hahaha
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I got it fixed at a local shop. 290 + 80 bucks labor.. Had to wait a couple of days to be ordered. I guess it's hard to find here in California, but he found it for me!! Friend told me I overpayed, but hey no problem so far... *knocks on wood
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Originally Posted by Tomas
That's just a decorative trim painted onto the inside of the windshiels, not an antenna - diversity antennas are in the two rearmost side windows.
As to windshield chips and such, the xB has a very vertical very tall, very broad windshield mounted fairly close to the road and behind a very short hood that offers very little "rock shadow" for the windshield to hide behind.
Chipped, cracked windshields just come with the box.
Tom
As to windshield chips and such, the xB has a very vertical very tall, very broad windshield mounted fairly close to the road and behind a very short hood that offers very little "rock shadow" for the windshield to hide behind.
Chipped, cracked windshields just come with the box.
Tom
The only thing I found out that has help to try and prevent rock damage and chips is installing a Bug Deflector since replacing my windshield. I find it more effective than the factory bra I got rid of. I don't have to remove it going through car washes or worry about discoloration of the paint on the hood. It kinda of neat seeing a lot less bugs getting on that steep windshield. Hope it helps with rocks.
'Knock on Glass'
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I hope that bug deflector deflects rocks for you.
I have the 3M protection film on the front of my box to protect the paint (works VERY well!), but I'm not really convinced that anything can protect the windshield other than having one cut out of diamond... :D
Good luck!
tom
I have the 3M protection film on the front of my box to protect the paint (works VERY well!), but I'm not really convinced that anything can protect the windshield other than having one cut out of diamond... :D
Good luck!
tom
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Originally Posted by Tomas
I hope that bug deflector deflects rocks for you.
I have the 3M protection film on the front of my box to protect the paint (works VERY well!), but I'm not really convinced that anything can protect the windshield other than having one cut out of diamond... :D
Good luck!
tom
I have the 3M protection film on the front of my box to protect the paint (works VERY well!), but I'm not really convinced that anything can protect the windshield other than having one cut out of diamond... :D
Good luck!
tom
I am thinking about picking up the homeless on corners that have signs:
Will Work for Food or illegals and drive them around with catcher's mitts on my hood
and catch the rocks before they hit my windshield.
Hey, it cheaper than another windshield at $650 a pop
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Picked up a rock chip two months ago heading down the Oregon coast. By the time we went through the mountains and back up I-5, it was growing about 3 inches a day. Called State Farm and had Speedy AutoGlass install a Toyota windshield. I told them I wanted original equipment from the dealer. Cost $650 total I think. No out of pocket for me plus I got coupons for 10 free dinners at Sharis. Antacid not included.
The windshield does have an odd angle. We had a bad windstorm two weeks ago and coming down from Portland I had a headwind that was downright LOUD. Sounded like hydroplaning, but the road wasn't wet. Just a lot of wind right at the top.
The windshield does have an odd angle. We had a bad windstorm two weeks ago and coming down from Portland I had a headwind that was downright LOUD. Sounded like hydroplaning, but the road wasn't wet. Just a lot of wind right at the top.
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Since I got my box, I'm currently on my 4th windshield. My commute in NY sucks in the wintertime, especially with the salt trucks blasting debris all over. I got my last windshield replaced in Feb. or March of this year. 2 weeks after it got done it got dinged by a rock. Didn't crack, but it's got a pock mark on it. I'm not replacing it until it cracks completely.
I'm sick and tired of peeling and reapplying my inspection and registration stickers.
I've had no luck with windshields. My prior car being a Jeep Wrangler that had an almost vertical windshield, I'm more than used to getting my windshield pelted with debris.
I'm sick and tired of peeling and reapplying my inspection and registration stickers.
I've had no luck with windshields. My prior car being a Jeep Wrangler that had an almost vertical windshield, I'm more than used to getting my windshield pelted with debris.