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4 Tips To Help Prevent A Windshield Crack Out In Cold Conditions

With winter becoming colder and colder, you want to pay attention to any stone chips you may have not repaired. I get a lot of calls in the winter of people telling me their windshield just cracked out. If you are waiting on a rainy day to get your windshield repaired. Your waiting on a $300+ ticking time bomb. Instead of spending 50-60 bucks and keeping your manufactures original windshield. People wake up one morning. Get in there car. Turn on the defrost, and watch as an amazing POPPING sound acurres . As soon as the frost clears. There is a 3 foot long crack from one side of the windshield to the other... Here are 4 Tips To Help Prevent A Windshield Crack Out In Cold Conditions : Never turn the defrost on your windshield when the windshield is very cold. Warm the body of the car in advance first. This way the windshield will warm up slowly. Park your vehicle under some kind of shade. This will keep the sun from heating the windshield to fast. Avoid driving on bumpy roads. Gravel r...