Re: 09 Honda Fit windshield crack
 

Dano58 wrote:

> On Jan 14, 7:42 am, "Michael Pardee" <n...@null.org> wrote:
>
>>Durned global warming! ;-) Although I hear the global warming model - and
>>Madame Zindar on the outskirts of town - predicted that.
>
>
> It's not called 'global warming' any more - now they call it 'climate
> change' so they can include events like the deep freeze that we're
> experiencing now and not change their charts and still blame 'man'
> exclusively....
>
> Dan D
> '07 Ody EX
> Central NJ USA


Yep, a form of the "dance 'n twist!"

Despite virtually all of the current raw climate data pointing toward a
continued cooling, (a cyclical norm), they still pout, cry and whimper
chicken little tunz.

Ya gotta luv 'em!

JT

Re: 09 Honda Fit windshield crack
 

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:58 -0800, c wrote:

> On Jan 9, 4:29 pm, Tegger <inva...@invalid.inv> wrote:
>> c <barney...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:0c76ba76-7ca1-4490-acf7-a37cd7b469d4
>> @p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>> > thanks for info. Dealer said because we slapped wiper on windshiled
>> > it's not covered.
>>
>> This is impossible to believe, frankly.
>>
>> Was the rubber blade attached, or did the steel arm itself slap the
>> glass?
>>
>>
>>
>> > Amazingly, Elite glass in Denver wants $700 for a new windshield!
>> > Holy crap. Still doing research though, obviously not gonna pay that.
>>
>> Problem is, you get what you pay for. Want rust around the pinchweld?
>> Then go cheap.
>>
>> Plus, the car so new that the available glass is all OEM. Aftermarket
>> hasn't got around to making glass for this car yet. $200 windshield
>> jobs are thus unobtainable at this point.
>>
>> --
>> Tegger
>>
>> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/
>
> I think it's a combination of a LONG windshield, and a slap on a frigid
> morning. Anyone who lives in a cold area knows you slap your blades on
> the windshield to get off the ice. My wife did that but she picked an
> area too high on the windshiled, IMHO. She should have done it at the
> base, not about 1 ft. from the base as she did.
>
> I can't say it's defective, but can say it's a fragile design probably.
> Very long windshield and I bet the thickness of that glass is minimal.
> Add to it a cold morning and some ice on the wiper and you're asking for
> trouble.

much more likely there was a pre-existing stone chip or other surface
defect.

in the lab, glass can be incredibly strong. just amazingly so. but in
the real world, the slightest flaw leads to fracture. that's why
toughened glass is strong, not because it's not flawed, but because the
flaws it has are kept under compression so the un-flawed part of the
glass, the center not exposed to atmosphere, retains strength.

as for your windshield, you may be able to use one of those acrylic repair
kits. than can achieve very good results when done right.


>
> The good news is that I found a glass dealer who can replace for $250.
>
> c

Re: 09 Honda Fit windshield crack
 

Thus spake Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> :

>
>
>Tegger wrote:
>
>> c <barneytoe@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:1745f8e8-e1da-4bc3-9f27-65464fc22480@35g2000pry.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>>>On Jan 9, 4:29 pm, Tegger <inva...@invalid.inv> wrote:
>>>>
>>
>>
>>>>>Plus, the car so new that the available glass is all OEM.
>>>>>Aftermarket hasn't got around to making glass for this car yet.
>>>>>$200 windshield jobs are thus unobtainable at this point.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Update, there is no after market windshield for the 09 Fit yet (as of
>>>Jan 13, 09).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Like I said above...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>So everyone has to buy from Honda and I can't find it for
>>>cheper than $750!!!!
>>>
>>>We're going to live with the crack and wait for after market to become
>>>available.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> You'll be waiting at least a year, I'm sure.
>>
>>
>
>
>Heh... Here in Texas, folks drive for years with cracked windshields
>where inspection requirements are lax. OTOH, they' fail you if there is
>so much as a chip in a sealed beam.

Yeah, but I once watched a chip turn into a huge crack in front of my
eyes when I turned the defroster on on a cold, bitter Dallas winter
morning.

But yeah, I've seen some pretty badly beaten up windshields. I've
also heard of some cops pulling people over and giving them tickets
for "unsafe vehicle". Judge requires proof of repair and new
inspection to dismiss.

>
>Of course, some states don't allow such so they will fail inspection.
>
>Howz da weathah up thar?
>
>JT
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