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View Poll Results: Have you replaced your winshield?
I HAVE replaced the windshield
40.27%
I HAVE NOT replaced the windshield
59.73%
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Replaced Windshield yet?

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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 05:43 AM
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Default Replaced Windshield yet?

Just curious on how many people had to replace their windshields already due to chicks and cracks. I know a few have, but wanted to see how many.

Is it just me or is the JK windshield more prone to chips/cracks than previous Wranglers?
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 06:25 AM
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No, but I had a dream last night that i got my first winshield star chip
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 06:26 AM
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I voted have replaced, only because there isnt a have repaired vote...
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 07:29 AM
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Had to replace it the first week i owned it! driving back down to SC from the dealer in MI, caught a rock from a semi that put a pit in the glass so big i got sprayed with glass shards.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 07:37 AM
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I had it repaired once... then about a week ago I got hit by another rock, even bigger this time, I need to have that once repiared ASAP!
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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I have a crack in mine that seems to have stopped moving across the windshield. I'm waiting to replace it until I have to....
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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Mine gets replaced this week. They break pretty easy when the rock hits on the exposed corner of the glass. There is no rubber seal on the outside to protect the corner. Only vehicle I've seen with the windshield mounted this way. You can barely feel the chip where the rock hit, but the crack has been traveling across the windshield ever since...
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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We had our windshield replaced two days ago and got a new chip in it this morning. :(
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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Yep,
Now that the weather is changing, I have some spider lines starting from a small rock hit i didn't even know I had. I'll be replacing it soon.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by simon
Just curious on how many people had to replace their windshields already due to chicks and cracks. I know a few have, but wanted to see how many.

Is it just me or is the JK windshield more prone to chips/cracks than previous Wranglers?
Havn't had any chicks yet but quite a few chips... and have had it replace once already..
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