Windshield Protective Film

[gte105u]

Too many times I've watched some chucklehead blow down the highway 10 feet off a loaded dump truck's tailgate. Good starting point.

Then, in general, keep distance to other traffic, both front & side, specially on multi-lane highways.

When possible, avoid gravel roads or roads with loose stone, and reduce speed when necessary.

Sure, you can still get a chip or cracked windshield, but at least you can stack the deck in your favor.

So my windshield cracked a couple weeks ago. Driving from Houston to Dallas, Semi cuts me off no blinker and then takes to the shoulder to pass a slow wide load. Sprayed my car, got a crack and chip.

Two years ago, at a stop light on a surface road. Truck in front of me starts up, shoots a rock out while I'm still stopped. Huge divot and several cracks. It sounded like a gun shot when it hit.

People who drive in big cities its pretty common. You leave space, it's filled immediately. People who drive rural as well, lots of loose gravel. I don't tailgate, haven't had an accident or ticket in a decade plus. But I've had 3 replaced windshield and a current one is cracked. But thanks for the tip... Can't imagine why people want a product to protect their windshield when it's so easy to just prevent it...

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[forkspider]

Ppf isn’t cheap, one of those things you gotta pay to play. My truck eta is Dec 26-1st. I plan on doing full front end and windshield as soon as I get the truck.

 

[OrangeBlue]

You're making excuses.

So my windshield cracked a couple weeks ago. Driving from Houston to Dallas, Semi cuts me off no blinker and then takes to the shoulder to pass a slow wide load. Sprayed my car, got a crack and chip.

Two years ago, at a stop light on a surface road. Truck in front of me starts up, shoots a rock out while I'm still stopped. Huge divot and several cracks. It sounded like a gun shot when it hit.

People who drive in big cities its pretty common. You leave space, it's filled immediately. People who drive rural as well, lots of loose gravel. I don't tailgate, haven't had an accident or ticket in a decade plus. But I've had 3 replaced windshield and a current one is cracked. But thanks for the tip... Can't imagine why people want a product to protect their windshield when it's so easy to just prevent it...

 

[volksnuts]

You're making excuses.

Can’t tell if serious….

 

[inline_five]

My first Maverick got a nice size chip, it took Carmax nearly a month to get a replacement… (after I sold it to them)

On my current Maverick I did two things
Bought the windshield warranty thing from the dealer…. It was less than the cost of one replacement windshield so I figured it would be worth it long term
On top of that I had PPF installed on the windshield to help from ever having to use the windshield warranty
I figure the film will protect from little stuff and the warranty will cover me from a huge rock impact

I drive a lot and have cracked every windshield in every vehicle I’ve owned in the last 10 years
Since this one should be a keeper I figure why not add some protection (also did full frontal PPF so I won’t get paint chips)

Three months in and no rock chips on the windshield

Followup post if you are still around, how is the windshield ppf doing after being on for a year? Would you do it again?

If so, any idea what product you used?

 

[volksnuts]

Followup post if you are still around, how is the windshield ppf doing after being on for a year? Would you do it again?

If so, any idea what product you used?

The shop installed the same material they used for the front end which didn’t work well for a windshield
I ended up peeling it off after less than a year as it got scratched to hell by the windshield wipers
Saved me from a few rock chips but recently got hit with two rock chips in a week

 

[inline_five]

The shop installed the same material they used for the front end which didn’t work well for a windshield
I ended up peeling it off after less than a year as it got scratched to hell by the windshield wipers
Saved me from a few rock chips but recently got hit with two rock chips in a week

Yeah that is what I figured

I use rain-x and ceramic coatings for my windshield so rarely if ever use wipers, so it might work better for my use case.

They make windshield specific film but I can't imagine it's any better. You can buy a 30m roll for about $300 which is good for 19 installs. That's the lower end film but maybe it's like a semi-yearly thing, if install isn't too hard.

I just absolutely hate chips in my windshield.

 

[wax87]

I'll freely admit I know nothing about windshield film, but it just sounds like a bad idea, and a poor "value".

I would think a change in driving habits would help prevent windshield damage more than anything.

They use them in NASCAR

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