Rain-X Windshield Repair Kit on a Chip + Long Crack
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2020
- July 31, 2023 Update - Crack has still not grown since original application - still looks exactly the same as in this video. Originally done in July 2020
Showed the application of the Rain-X 600001 Windshield Repair Kit on a 2019 Honda Pilot to repair a chip and a very long crack. Worked out pretty good, would recommend.
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A tip I learned from doing mine, is to have a helper apply some pressure to the good piece of glass to open up the crack on the other side, just ever so slightly. That allows the resin to really get in there and do its thing.
Ok, was wondering but also afraid to do this. I can definitely feel my line crack up to a certain point. Then it feels like the crack is entirely inside the glass itself (can't feel it with fingernail from inside the car or outside.
@@dethtrain Do a hole at the end of the crack, to make sure it won't spread. Search on CZcams how you should do it.
I did it 2 nights ago on my truck. Impact point had a foot long crack either side. I took a Q tip with resin putting pressure for a couple seconds all along the crack. Then, I ran the resin bead along it. I put about 6-8 pieces of film over it. I let it sit overnight in the garage, not just 20 min-1 hr. I removed the film, but didn’t scrape or clean. I let it sit for 8 hrs in 100 deg heat/sun. I then scraped excess off. Wiped it down. I can barely make out the crack! It worked. Amazing, and I never would’ve believed it. I’ve tried for 30 years on cracks for the 20 min-hr thing, and it never helped at all.
@@jgringo5516trying it now on my truck wish me luck glad I read your comment thanks brother
Dude did well. Even gave his windshield a massage.
A few more tips I want to add being that I did my own windshield in 2021 with a similarly long crack and it's held up since is that you can watch videos of professionals doing this with better tools but can use 2 or 3 of these cheaper plastic tools to do the same thing. Basically you'll want to use the bullseye dropper to shoot goop into the main chip then "wick" the resin along with a cue tip soaked in the same resin. Push and follow from behind and it pushes itself forward. With your spare 2 other resin injectors you'll use them to very very slightly open the crack a super little bit evenly from the other side of the windshield to help the resin flow through.
The reason you're supposed to scrape it a 90° angle is to avoid pulling the resin out of the crack like you did at the chip. If you scrape it at a 90° angle you can avoid that
Thank you for this! Really glad you showed how you pushed on the glass to get the air out. Wasn't sure how hard to push.✌
Thank you for helping me and sharing this video
Thank you for not destroying my ears while you were scraping
Same boat myself, Crack is getting longer day by day, so come tomorrow bright and early doing this. Thanks for the vid.
EXACTLY THE VIDEO I NEEDED!!!!
THANK YOU❤
Thank you for sharing the experience
Those wind chimes sound dope AF
Omg I just did my windshield it works my crack was about 18in at least 9in is now invisible and the crack looks thinner Thank you so much for video
Thats awesome! Glad to hear this was helpful!!!
Also some heat helps , either
A)light torch, quick passes,
B) or a heat gun, if you’re close to power outlets
Thanks for a video!!
Looks great - thank you!
I used this kit and I'm quite happy with the results too. I drilled a hole 1/8 inch from the end of the crack, in the top layer of glass only. I put an electric heater inside the van to heat up the glass since it was 50 in my garage. Then I let the glue flow into crack and followed the flow, just behind the flow, along the rest of the crack. I used reading glasses to help me see the flow into the crack. I followed the directions for the rest of the procedure. I parked outside to let it setup etc. The next day, after being parked outside, it seemed that the crack was even harder to see than on the first day after setting up. I don't know if the glue hardened and shrunk further but I'm even happier with the repair.
I think you got it figured out!!
OMG OMG You are a lifesaver for showing this..I called windshield companies for a 2021 Kia Sportage. I was quoted 1000.+ for repairs. I called the dealership and they wanted to put a claim in to my insurance. But after watching your video and purchasing this product, I was able to fix a crack, which was more that 30ins. Rain-x just put many windshield companies out of business. P.S. I have some little gaps because I am short BUT for the majority of the crack, it has disappeared. Thanks again..
That's awesome!!! Glad to hear this was helpful! We were in the same boat because of these new windshields and all the electronics that are attached to them nowadays. Nice work, glad it turned out good!
This is a happening to thousands of kias and kias will NOT recognize it’s a manufacturer defect. Email MCameron@kiausa.com and let anyone you know with Kia windshield issues to email her as well.
Just keep in mind… The windshield is an integral part of the safety of the car. If you have a crack that goes from one edge to the middle of the windshield that’s OKAY to fix, however… If it goes from one edge of the windshield to the other edge (any other edge) it greatly compromises the integrity of the windshield’s safety.
@@nkotb4me If it’s happening without something hitting the windshield in creating a start point for the crack, it’s a pressure issue meaning the windshield was not installed properly.
@@donoh3909 we have this issue all the time at Chrysler Jefferson assembly in Detroit ( Grand Cherokee and Durango ). Installers doing something wrong, usually either out of ignorance of the job they WERE trained for, or willfully skipping steps while still clearing each vehicle through the station like nothing is wrong.
Very hard to get competent employees at any station within the plant. After having worked here for so long, I've come to believe that many recalls are related to installers on the assembly line as opposed to true design issues, considering there are about 4000 people on each shift ( here on the night shift TONS of people like to drink while on the job as well ). It's an absolute shit show.
Big thanks from Manchester Uk, this helped a lot. The instructions supplied in the kit for repairing cracks are contradictory, because it says you just use the resin tube, but the final second step describes removing the suction-cup device, which is only for chips/bullseyes ?
Your vid totally clarified what to do 👍
Thanks Buddy!
My windsheild has a crack of about 4", i will definetly use it. Thanks and hello from Montreal.
Good luck hope it turns out well!
Thanks for the video and more important, the update that 3+years later, it's till holding. This is what I was looking for.
Yea we’re still rocking it lol. Every month I tell myself I’m gonna replace it but not yet 😬
@@fiveohmxcohas the crack become any more visible over time?
@sabirsdevv6806 nope, completely stopped growing after this. Looks the same
Thanks for making this video. I have a crack that is almost identical as yours in shape and size. I'll try this out.
How good did it work
Did it work for you?
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Thank you, I just had this happen last night....so ill head to Walmart and do the same process!
Just had a rock hit my windshield and had a crack spreading on my drive home. I didn’t have a repair kit but read about clear nail polish and clear packing tape being able to stop the crack. So far so good. I’ve got an appointment in the morning to get it repaired. I was (and still am) a little shaken because I’ve never had that happen where the glass actually cracked. Thank you for the video, and shoutout to you because I live in Louisiana too.
how’d everything go ?
Good job, thanks for sharing. 👍
Wifey just got a 3in crack yesyerday on her 4 runner bout to try this thanks
Edit: happy new year my dude
Should be a great solution - just go nice and slow and really try to squeeze the resin into the crack. Good luck and happy new year!
Great video! It was very well explained and entertaining.
Thank you! Appreciate the feedback!
Worth a try for sure. I've got a cracked window as well, still made inspection though, and i guess it has stopped growing lol. I'm afraid to touch it lol, it has curved up so if it grows more i don't think it will fail inspection. My next car, i might get better insurance: even a normal car without sensors costs about 300 bucks to fix. That's you know, that's some money right there that i just don't want to spend on a 2004 car unfortunately. Good job on your crack, always whipe it good! 👍😉
You can stop it growing by drilling a small hole at the end of the crack with a little round diamond bit in a drill or Dremel.. only through the outer layer of glass, not any deeper.
It still there but you save $1000 of windshield replacement. Thank you for you beautiful video
Great video! I'm not a glass guy but aren't these windshields laminated? Wonder if you applied juice to the inside would it be less noticeable? Would be hard for a car but motorhome glass is more vertical. You've convinced me to give it a try on mine.
Ya true but 90% of the time only the outside is cracked also if both were cracked they wouldn't fallow each other meaning all cracks inside and or out will take very different paths
Great video. Very helpful thank you
Thanks!
I like the video man I just had a crack on my winshield no bulls eye or impact that I can see. I hope this stuff does the trick
Did it ?
Thanks for the helpful video. Explained it very well :)
Appreciate the feedback!
Hey dude, ive seen this get done 100% cleared with same equipment, you have to use the suction device and grease the sides both sides 5-10 cm from crack and slowly drip resin and move suction as you go along, what will happen is the resin will fill the bullseye and line crack 100% with that pressure on it... you can also tap the glass inside to help resin flow inside....after few hours scrap and clear glass. hope this helps .
Nice! I didn't think about using the suction syringe for the crack. definitely more time intensive but I can see how it would work
What grease? vaseline?
Thank you for showing us it can be done, mines a bit longer than yours spreading 3 ways from the middle. It’s been chillin for about 2 months and still hasn’t spread.
Nice. Yea ours still hasn’t grown more than when we did the fix over 2 years ago. There’s a new crack at the top now that appears to grow a little every couple weeks. We really need to replace our windshield 😂
Nice. Thanks for sharing 👍
Just cracked the windshield on my 2020 civic. Definitely gonna try this out. Thanks man. 🙏🏽
Good luck! Worth a shot for $10!
@@fiveohmxco where can I get the kit bro ? Thanks
@@fiveohmxco Amazon 😂 I thought you said store in the video
@@Michael-iu1gv haha my wife says i need to pronunciate better all the time lol. There's a link in the video description of the kit I used on amazon
@@fiveohmxco thanks
Very very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Thx for the sub!
Many MANY THANKS for this video. It is one of the better ones I have seen.
I am learning little tricks from different videos and will try combining some of the ideas. One of the main things is finding a product that is easily available and that works. Rain-ex products products are usually pretty reliable and are generally easy to find.
I have a long crack as well. I figure, what do i have to lose. The car is old and I dont want to have to replace a windshield.
Thanks again
Youre very welcome! Hope it turns out well, let us know!
Great video. 👌🏽
Love your video not many out there on a long bad crack ... I myself have a decent spider web about 40 inches total and about 15 small fractures and intent on at least trying with that product..
Worth a shot! That’s a lotta cracks! Should be fun haha
thanks for the video, it helped
Glad to hear, thanks for the feedback!
Thank you 🙏
When the instructions said scrape at a 90 degree angle it meant to the crack not the windshield. It means that you shouldn't scrape back and forth across the crack only along the length.
I literally just said out loud, “has this guy ever used a razor blade before?” 😂😂
These mfers 😒😒😂
Kip, you obviously didn't read the instructions that come with the Rain-X kit. They say: "Hold the razor blade at a 90 degree angle to the windshield when scraping for best result." Please don't pontificate based on your speculation.
J suis intéressé
Thanks for the video. I would like to find out how to drill the ends of the crack to keep it from spreading.
Use a Dremel or a small drill, and get needle size bit with diamonds encrusted on this bit.
Just like a wet saw for cutting tile, stone, granite, and glass.
I've heard not to drill all of the way through the windshield. So I'm going to try to go halfway through, but if it cracks again,
I'll drill though it all of the way.
And just put tape on the inside until it dries. Good luck.
Gonna try it out today. Thanks for the detailed walkthrough and sharing all the quirks, it is super helpful. Wish me luck haha🤞
Hope it turns out well!!
Thanks for the video
Thanks and greetings from Algeria :-)
Greetings! Thanks for watching!
السلام عليكم. قلي أخي هل هذا المنتوج فعال وناجح وهل جربته أنت؟ وشكرا جزيلا. من فضلك أرشدني.
Great video. I also have a fairly long crack and was wondering if I should even bother or not. But after seeing this I’m absolutely trying it. Thanks again for sharing.
The unintentional crack commentary was priceless😂. Thanks for that as well.
😂😂☺️
Thanks for sharing this. The instructions in the kit I just bought are incomplete for cracks and therefore useless.
Thanks for the video, bro! I have a crack about 6 in long going down from the top. Mine started from a half moon type of crack. At this point, all I care about is stopping the crack from growing. Seems like yours has from the comments. Will be trying very soon! 🤙
Did it work for you?
@@alifmahesania so, it didn't fill it in to where it disappeared, but it did stop the crack from growing. 4 months later and it's still good.
@@bbna7xcrazy what about another 4 months? Is it still stopping it?
@@ak2161409 yep! It's still good!
@@bbna7xcrazy 💩 I'm gonna try this on my 23yr old z28 those old catfish windshields are expensive, a damn avocado spider cracked the poor ole girl 😭 lol.. Fu ckin avocado what kinda goofy random 💩 is that 😂
Hi fron NZ. great video .. instructive and entertaining. You seem like such a nice honest no bullshit guy. We will give it a go !
Thanks! I think I’m gonna steal that for my future bio!
Just got a new car and already there's a chip in the windshield and I just noticed there is a crack line starting too. I am gonna try and do this until I can get it fixed TYSM!!!
Def do it quick to stop it spreading!
To stop the crack, you need to drill a small hole (with a diamond bit) through the outer layer of glass at the end, or within a few mm of the crack. Either drill until you get to the plastic layer and stop, or drill nearly through the outer glass (im not sure exactly how thick it is) and just give the bottom of the hole a tap to break through to the plastic. Then you can apply the resin along the crack and in the new hole.
The round hole kinda dissipates the cracking action because it's a void. The resin reduces the visibility of the crack and stops more dirt getting stuck.
It won't break the glasss ?
@@rayonwilliamssportsandfun2106 a laminated windscreen is two layers of glass with a plastic layer in the middle.
If you have a crack on just the outer layer of glass you need to drill a hole at the end of, or just slightly ahead of the crack. The hole needs to be either all the way through - until the drill suddenly starts drilling deeper into the soft plastic layer, or you need to drill through most of the cracked outer layer (judge the depth in comparison to the thickness of the glass crack), then give it just enough of a hit in the bottom of the hole to do the final breakthrough. If the hole doesn't go all the way through, the crack may continue once the weather becomes changeable or cold. The hole is a stress release.
You can drill the glass with a diamond bit for something like a Dremel.
Btw, the cheap crack repair glue may work, or may not.. it needs to be applied in shade, and the glass pushed a bit from inside as you apply glue a bit at a time, making sure not to get ahead of the crack filling. It also needs to be done before the crack gets too old.. like within a week or two.. it can make the difference between being an obvious crack, or pretty much disappearing.
I've got two bits of the same crack.. an old bit which I didn't drill deep enough or glue in time, and then the continued winter bit which was fresh and drilled deep enough.. the old didn't glue well and continued after a while, and the fresh bit glued invisibly, and stopped the crack.
Damn bro you should be doing the video son
@lobito6998 HEY! 😡😂
Round hole removes a sharp stress point.
Well you did the video during the summer, now that we're using heat in the car's has it continued to spread?
The crack has still not grown, but I will admit that we live in Louisiana, so we only see a handful of days in winter where the weather drops below 32°F. The crack was regularly growing though before I applied this repair, even during the summer time.
Thanks. I'm in Metairie. Bought a 2008 Smart Fortwo Passion that has a long u shaped crack I wanna fix. So far, none of the videos on DIY repair I have seen will get rid of the crack completely. Youd windshield may not be too expensive. Just to buy the glass windshield for my car would cost 81.00 dollars but I can't install it. To have someone else install it including the price of the windshield is 230.00 dollars. Not too bad.
Yea my whole idea of getting it to stop before it spread in front of the driver in order to pass EBR inspection did not pan out lol... EBR only allows like 8" long cracks max, so gonna need to shell out the cash soon for it unfortunately
@@fiveohmxco I can't fault you for saving money. My car did not have a brake tag. I took it in for an inspection today and the windshield passed because the crack was not in the way of my view. I did however find out the horn did not work so I have to fix that this week but the inspector let it slide and I got my inspection sticker anyway.
It's also fun to go down to skid row and play "catch the crack" a couple of times.
what if you can't feel the crack on the outside or inside?
awesome post, thank
you!
Thanks for the feedback!
HI, the windshield of my car has exactly the same damage. Yesterday I lost the scare to touch it and bought 2 windshield repair kits. the rainx is I want to use for the long cracks. Even I'm scared of taking the car to the professionals and they don't want to repair it, they just request to change it, but at this time, my budget is too weak for that expense... so I keep in mind change it in a few months, but right now I'll have to stop de crack keeps growing. Thanks for your video. I drive a Corolla LE 2021 and the new windshield is so much more expensive.
It’s crazy how expensive the new windshields are! I hope it works well for you. Ours still hasn’t grown since July 2021
@@fiveohmxco Wow amazing, that means that the kit really works if someone knows how to use it. Thank you so much again.
1:28 thanks for the warning. I'm picking this up tomorrow 😂😂
I'm thinking the recommendations are because of how much resin and strips are in a kit so 2 kits may be necessary for bigger jobs.
I'm going to try the diamond bit on the Dremel and this kind of kit from my local Napa. And my crack is almost the same. But I'm going to use my squeegee to get rid of the bubbles. I did tile and stone all of my body life. And anything ridged that has a crack in it needs the pressure released. So we always drilled a hole right in front of it. And most of the time it works. Great video, just try a squeegee next time. After drilling a needle size hole right in front of the crack. Usually Anything that your waiting for to dry or cure, from concrete to fiberglass, the slower it cures the stronger it will be when it finally drys. So don't rush the process, hot things expand/grow, and Cold things contract/shrink. Kerry Grant luvs mother earth and not plutocrats fracking narcissistic autocrats.
specifically where did you drill and what does this do for the end result- less noticeable repair, stronger, etc?
Thanks a lot you saved me $150 I had a 6” crack on one side of the glass I was pretty skeptical but what’s $10 so I tried I needed do apply the kit twice and it’s almost as new
hell yea!!! that's awesome to hear! nice work
Has it spread at all since the repair? All the professional repairs have them drill a small hole at the end of the crack to create a bull’s-eye for the crack to go into so it stops the spread, I’m considering doing that, but it seems a little iffy having no experience “Purposely putting a bull’s-eye in my windshield”
It does look better. I have my own business doing windshield repair. Drilling the end of the crack, would of made such a huge difference, but definitely not bad for a store bought kit.
Yea it was definitely a bandaid and not a great cosmetic solution
Little MacJ, how would drilling the end of the crack have made a huge difference? Isn't that done to stop the crack from spreading? And the OP said in comments that, 18 months after he did the repair, the crack hadn't grown.
@@yrniceguy it would of filled in better. Not saying it's going to prevent it from spreading, not all cracks are created equal. I meant it would of made a huge difference in appearance.
@@littlemacjtv1179 what do you mean by drilling a hole in the crack
@@22ERICSHELLY when you do repairs on windshields, you drill a hole to open up the crack and allow more resin to pass through it.
Is it possible to fix and Low E window glass crack with this product?
Hey I just checked out this video nice work! I have a question. Would the car in this video happens to be a Chevy Malibu? If so, I have the car and the shield just crack.
Hi, this is actually on a 2019 Honda Pilot, but it should work just as well on your car!
Funny. Cuz I have a malibu too and my windshield just crack! About to go and get this kit right now.
I have a 2017 Malibu and my windshield just cracked 🤦🏽♀️ it’s at 13 inches in length.
Good video! But I dipped as soon as you scraped the window😂 I couldn’t with that sound!
😂😂😂 I’ve heard that a lot. #lessonlearned
Very helpful. Thank you.
Hai wher can I buy this?
Amazon, there’s a link in the video description for everything I used
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“Alright I went rogue” just cracked me up idk why
😂😂😁
@@fiveohmxco thanks for the video! I got a crack just like this on my windshield and I’m going to do the same thing
I think we all have those moments. Going rogue. 😂
Thanks for this
Hope it was informative!
Cool video brotha. I learned a lot.
Appreciate the feedback!
Please report back on how it looks now almost 3 years later! id love to hear that. I have a very similar crack. Thanks for sharing!
Still has not spread! Looks exactly the same as when we did the repair. Hopefully soon we’ll replace the windshield though bc we still haven’t gotten the car inspected lol
Great video!
Thanks!
sorry if this is a dumb question i got my first car yesterday and it has a pretty big crack on the windshield i’m not sure whether to replace the whole thing or just buy this the crack is almost like yours if i wash my car will water seep in? is it a must to cover the crack??? and is that thing (adhesive) water proof like if i wash the car will it prevent water from entering??
Hey it really should not affect waterproofing. The biggest reason to repair or replace in my opinion is if it’s affecting your view or if you can’t get a inspection tag because of it. The ‘right’ thing to do is replace, but this can get you by any in the meantime. We can’t pass inspection in our city with this crack tho
Thanks for the great video. May Jesus continue to bless you and your family
I’m impressed
🙏🙏🙏
I don't think you're going to deform the glass by screwing the pressure screw more, that's the key thing to how these work, you expand the glass by cooling it, then you pressure feed the resin in the larger crack, then as it warms up, it comes together and cures. I've got a 50 year old car that is very hard to get glass for, I'm going to try this out. My concern is that once you get an amount of resin in the crack, you'll be blocking future resin from getting all the way in. As far as expansion goes, you need to drill a tiny hole at the end of the crack, then fill that hole, that's how they do engine head repair, it stops the travel.
I have a one inch crack. Do thing I need to drill?
@@bmack2938 I would do it without drilling. Be sure to contract the glass with ice before you force the fluid into the crack.
@@bmack2938 You want to get through the first glass layer. If you search a few vids you'll see folks using a sharpened punch or nail which they then hammer lightly/carefully to create a mini bullseye.
plz post back when you tried to save your windshield. I got a 1971 cutlass S I just bought and same thing,hard to get a windshield for.Watched this video to see if I could repair it enough to pass inspection and not annoy me looking at it :)
@@bertvisser6423 I should be able to get back onto that project this month. So many projects going on at once, I nearly forgot about that one.
Love it as this exactly what I was searching for and so-called (Hehhh) "Pro s" such as Scotty Kimble says you can't repair this...
All I can't understand is those 11 idiots who have thumbs this priceless clip down!!!! Or maybe one of them is Scotty or likewise other competitors who don't have it and don't want to admit it....
Big thumbs up and you have a new subscriber.
Great video... until the scraping!😖😖😖😖😖 Thank you for speeding that up 🤣
😂😂 i just went back and watched that section and yea, that was pretty bad haha 😬
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Scraping was the best part for me..
Worked good for me had about a half foot crack and chip...the trick I used was my wifes toy...as I put the resin in she was in the inside of the car and her her egg in a sock against the crack of the windshield. The vibrations from the sock egg vibrated the windshield enough so the resin would go into the crack. Then let it dry in the garage for two hours...then pulled it out in direct sun to let it bake for an hour..back in the garage let it cool down then scraped it you hardly can see it now...
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Could you feel the long part of the crack from the outside or was it smooth to the touch.
I honestly don't remember.. I imagine I would've been able to feel it with a fingernail but not sure. I just went outside and I can feel it on all but the last couple inches, but i'm probably feeling the resin now.
Also a reminder that when you're done, scrape horizontal to the crack, don't scape vertically into the crack.
So basically this don't apply to when I am towelling off 😂😂😂
Just being helpful, I think you meant 'perpendicular and parallel', not "horizontal and vertical"
As I tightened the suction cups, the crack became bigger. It cracked inside and I cannot even fill it. Even after resin dried, I don't see improvement. Is it a bad news?
Sorry to hear! I know the instructions say to lightly apply pressure with the suction screw. Maybe you had a really bad crack? Unfortunately, once the resin cures in sunlight, I don't think you can do further repairs
@@fiveohmxco Thank you. Would it at least stop it from cracking more? It's tricky because it is smooth on surface and it cracked inside layer...
Great video.
Thanks!
I died when I seen the clear sheets were full of dirt because as soon as I opened my kit I dropped them on the floor as well 😂
😂😂 I was hoping that wouldn’t happen to anyone else Lolol
Saw the video it seem like it works.i have question where can i get the whole kit that you used in this video.i been checking around stores & eBay,the kit comes w/ the repair session ,bulleyes but that thing that look like a spider with 4legs sponger doesn't come with it.i would like to get the same kit that you bought and used in the video.thanks
Hey, thanks for the comment. Check in the video description, I should have a link to amazon for the kit I used
Good stuff bubba!
Your insurance covers your windshield
@@hrcia6123 no it doesn’t thanks
@@hrcia6123 My insurance wants me to paid a $500 deductible for another windshield. I went to Safelite for a crack, and the technician did a terrible job. I now have a long crack in my windshield.
He said he had a couple things going against him, longer then recommended crack & didnt fully push the air out, probably how 90% of us would end up being satisfied with rather then deal with the monotony of the process. Maybe a 50mm(2 inch) paint roller lightly run along the length to help expel the air may be a more uniform process, im a layman, just a thought.
You forgot to kinda softly pull so u can gap it a little more where resin could’ve got In better but not bad
Softly pull how? Should you push from inside the car before applying resin?
@@impendingrapture I think with the suction cup tool. Softly pull up before applying the plunger to release the air before curing.
Sucks it didnt erase the crack, i wonder if the resin got all the way in? Probably best to have a buddy apply pressure from the other side as you apply
Yea, I was hoping for a little more hiding, but oh well. I did try to push the inside of the windshield at the crack, to open it up a little and try to get the resin to flow deeper, but didn't do much. I remember the instructions saying to push some, but not too much because you could make the crack worse, so that kind've scared me away from messing with it too much lol. The crack has still no progressed though, still the same length it was when we did the repair about 7 months ago
Tjank you. Just bought the repair kit and going out NOW to try EVERYTHING YOU SUGGESTED!! lol at least i will have someone to blam if it dies not work.. "just kidding" will coment when done. WISCONSIN 65° WEATHER
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My question is.. how long did your repair last? Did it get any worse afterwards and if so how long afterwards? I had a crack show up on the side of my windshield and before I had a chance to do anything about it I guess because of drastic temp changes outside or something it went from just a few inches on the passenger side to all the way across in front of driver side .. just wondering if it’s even worth my time doing this but I really would like to keep it from getting worse.. at least for a while because I can’t afford anything else..
Hi, this has been this way since June 2020 I believe and still has not grown since
now it's Halloween, 2023 how is it going?
Still the same! I’m hoping to finally replace it by the end of the year tho. Have another crack and a large bullseye elsewhere now. But this crack has still not grown!
I know you posted this a while ago and you mentioned getting an inspection done. Have you gotten an inspection to see if it passed or not? My windshield failed for a 5 inch crack and my windshield costs 500$ to have it replaced so I'm just trying to see what will pass me for now so then later I can get a new one. Thanks for the tutorial!
Hey! We actually have not taken it to get inspected yet, expired in May 2020 😬. Originally i was worried about failing due to the crack extending to the area in front of the driver, but im now worried we’ll fail just due to overall length. Haven’t checked yet though. I think laws vary by state/county (or Parish if you live in Louisiana like us) also
@@fiveohmxco Wait, the crack spread even with the resin in it???
@@MrCarzo no, it has not spread or grown since we did the repair. Still have the same windshield, but still have not gotten an inspection
@@fiveohmxco did you get an inspection yet? i failed my wof on a crack about 2mm. yes. 2mm. because it was almost directly in front of my line of sight. funnily it has been there since i bought the car and passed all previous wofs. i repaired it and it is now almost invisible, but i went for a retest and they would not pass me because i needed 'certification' by a professional that the windscreen was safe.
so before i went to a different place to get a new wof (new wof, not retest so dont need sertification) i had another small chip i had repaired badly years earlier, so i decided better safe than sorry i might as well try it again with the left over resin. big mistake. i put too much pressure on it and made the crack bigger. it is now about 4cm. it is not in drivers sight though so im unsure of the laws on it. i finally drilled it and cleaned out all the old resin ready to do a proper repair attempt this time. pretty sure it will work, but if not i would buy a new windscreen, unfortunately i got out my spare unopened bottle of trusty resin, but it had been sitting in my car for a few weeks and despite being unopened has set. so its useless. it took 2 months for that resin to get here last time. i dont have two months. jeeze this is frustrating. im pretty sure the repair would work this time so i want to try before i give up and replace the windscreen. but i cannot wait that long, and if i buy a kit locally it will cost 10 times just getting some replacement resin... if im spending that much i might as well just get a new windscreen.
this sucks, all other things i have ever failed a wof on have been easily fixable. you buy a part and swap it out. sometimes its a difficult job but you just do it. this one has been a pita. i just cant make up my mind.
tbh i am 99% sure i shouldnt have failed the wof in the first place so on principle i dont want to spend too much money on this. i am still mad at the guy, clearly didnt know what he was doing. he failed me on a tyre that was still legal, but thats fine. whatever i can replace a tyre a year early, also on my lights being angle too low. which i did to pass my last wof when they said they were angled too high. bloody nonsense.
anyway, sorry about the ramble. just venting a bit.
@@socks2441 ha! I hear you man. I hate that its hard to get an inspection sticker for small stuff like that but i see cars on the road all the time that are WAY worse. We never got this one inspected, still rocking the sticker that expired in 2020 😅
Expansion of the joint by pressure before application. Pulling a vaccuum if possible. The air must be evacuated and replaced with resin. It is the air that you "see" in the crack.
can u explain how to do that
Hw do we do that
virtually impossible without covering the entire area and using a vacuum, this guy is just over complicating this.
If I had a long crack like that i'd have to get it fixed. In my state I believe it can't be longer than 3 inches or it fails safety inspection. For a regular 4 banger, you can get a glass dude to replace the windshield for like 150 bucks. For a larger car, or one of those fancy sensored one, it may cost more.
Those cheaper installations will show over time. If see a windshield that looks like it was sandblasted it is probably one of the aftermarket installed. It is hard to keep to original standards, while dollars matter.
@@johnyaceyko9775 One time I was at the Honda dealership and the guy in front of me was picking up OEM Honda glass. And I was like you paid for Honda glass? So he asked the Parts counter guy if it made a difference. And the Parts guy actually said "glass is glass" for what it's worth. It wasn't a windshield though, it was door glass.
@@aznnp77 “glass is glass”? Definitely not. There’s multiple layers with laminate in between. You get what you pay for and $150 for a full windshield sounds very cheap. There’s a reason the dealer windshield is way more expensive. Just my 2 cents. And 2 cents ain’t much.
@@poopandfartjokes I don't have much experience with it so I couldn't tell you. I know my father had his windshield glass replaced for about $140 maybe 10 years ago. The transmission died I maybe 4-5 years later and it was still fine I think. I just fixed my crack with the permatex kit. Worked really well. I can kinda see it stil from the inside but I don't think it's gonna spread. Worth the $18 or whatever I paid for it.
@@aznnp77 nice 👍
Hey,
Unfortunately it happened to me as well. A small rock hit my car and made small bolt and small crack. I am worried because I need to pass inspection. So, just wondering, you mentioned about inspection thing in video. Do you passed with this ?
I didn’t unfortunately because we have a law that you can’t have a crack longer than like 12” in our state :/
Excellent video clearly with the 1M views. Can anyone answer pls, how many kits were used in this video? 2 or 1?
Just one kit!
And thank you 😊
@@fiveohmxco that's amazing! One kit had enough plastic flaps to cover 30 inches? Yesterday I discovered on my '91 w124 300e on top of my rear windshield (heated + laminated + tinted from factory) a long crack out of nowhere about the same size as yours, so was going to try this out. Thanks a lot!
@shaazy no prob! And yes, had plenty of strips. I was surprised as well lol. I used the kit linked in the description. Hope it turns out well!
The directions say to also use the razor blade to remove any glass fragments from the hole so the resin can fill it in fully.
The reason the give you extra sheets is to reuse it later multiple times. I've had a bottle for 10 years and the resin is still good. I use a small nail to puncture the bottle opening for the resin to use it again and keep it all in a plastic bag in my tool chest.
In one case, I had to do a second coat after the first to get areas where I didn't apply enough resin after pushing it down with the plunger.
Great info here, thanks for the detailed lil extras. I'm going to give it a go and will be sure to pay extra attention to how I use the razorblade to remove the fragments! Thanks again!
We're u able to feel the crack in the glass before you fixed it... or did you run the resin along the crack and that fixed it.
Maybe super lightly. Just barely. Definitely depended on sight for the resin application
Sup man, wanting to do this to a 10 inch crack i have, was wondering how the crack is holding up, is it still good after a whole year?
Yea its holding up good, it hasnt grown at all since we did it june 2020. We live in louisiana tho so we get very mild cold weather, not sure if that affects it or not
@@fiveohmxco thanks for the reply. Im down here in south Tx lets see how this weather holds up the crack im abouta fix.
@@santiagogrimaldo91 did you end up doing it? If so , how’s it doing?
Should I do another packet if my cracks don’t fill?
If you're cracks don't fill, I would try to squeeze more resin into the crack, or press on the inside of the windshield some more. Just make sure to do these things before you put it in the sunlight to cure - once it cures, I do not think you can add more resin to fill the cracks
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i will definitely fill all your cracks up bb
@@lordjaashin ha ! Simp