chedlund

Has anyone experienced excessive stone chips on their windshields? I mean to the point that in direct sun the windshield is hazed with hundreds of small chips per square inch even when perfectly clean. My Z has 23,000 miles. My 2000 Maxima has the same mileage and is clear as a bell when in the same direct light. Do we have soft windshields to go with the soft Paint?

Moroccan_Mole

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my windshield was like that after 1 year and about 24k miles. i recently got a huge crack and got it replaced. some of my s2k friends have some kind of winshield reimbursement on thier insurance as they go through windshields about once a year. - im thinking about picking this up in the future as well.

zillinois

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Not happened to my Z yet, but my Pathfinder is the same way.

jesseenglish

not so much as a single chip in mine. I generally only drive on city streets though, not much highway driving and never behind a dump truck full of gravel.

DrCold

Yeah, i've got a few chips and one massive crack across the bottome of the windsheild. I'll replace it this spring, as i want to wait till all the crap is off the road from this winter.

Moroccan_Mole

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i picked up most of my chips from driving back roads with friends and having tons of rocks thrown at me at very high speeds. you should see my stock bumper; there is no clear coat left on it at all and if you run your hand across it, it feels like sandpaper.

OC_350Z

I replaced mine at about 5k miles. My new one has tons of little pits you can see in the sun light. I never ride people either, just soft glass I guess.

ricka

I think I have the same 'ol windshield...too soft. I had some older cars that had perfect winshields and all my new cars have tons of chips?!?!?!?

MY350Z.COM

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FairladyZ

Mine does. I got two small ones.

s9am_me

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yeah i got a bunch of small chips already... only 6K miles. I think its cuz our windshield is not angled as much as other cars. therefore small stuff has a better chance of smacking into us rather than glide over

MrGraphics

I shouldn't have read this thread. The very next day, I got a 12 inch crack in mine. I'm definitely not reading any threads about transmissions

Funny thing is, about 4 months ago, I got hit with a rock that about scared the bejezus out of me. It took a nice chunk out of the class, but no crack. Last night I heard this little "tack" sound, and this morning, big crack.

BTW - all the rocks were thrown by SUV'x - I HATE THEM!!! Put some mud flaps on those landboats!

I think the windshield is more brittle at the edges than the center. The chunk was right in the middle, but the crack occured right where the rear view mirror attaches.

hwj

I was wondering about this myself. I'm glad it's happening to someone else and I'm not just being overly picky. I noticed this about six months ago; and I don't tailgate or follow anything that's going to drop/throw stones onto my hood/windshield.

But, is this a warranty issue?

bkusnir

Plenty of nonstop sunlight here, nothing noticeable yet. Except when I was driving by the hoover dam and I heard a high pitched wizzing sound and then became victim of three tiny pebbles hitting my windshield causing one noticable chip, and two very small chips.

goku

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Based on previous cars I've owned, I can tell you that the glass Nissan uses on the Z is pretty decent. I've already been hit several times but no dings or cracks (knock on wood). On my previous car (A4) and on my Jetta, the sucker dings/cracks when hit with the smallest of pebbles. I won't even go into how VW/Audi windshields have faint distortions in the glass...

sexy350z

yeps .last night i turned on my defroster and watched a huge crack develope....went from like 1 inch to about 7 inches....wondering as well...nissan cover this?????? or u guys replaced them on ur own?

goku

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good luck having them repaired under warranty. if a crack is caused by a rock, getting it fixed is on your dime.