Written by the people who actually fit the glass, not a marketing department. Heat, chips, insurance rules, and the handful of decisions that decide whether you spend twenty minutes or several hundred dollars.
Each of these came out of a conversation we have had with customers dozens of times. If you only read one, make it the chip and crack guide, because it is the one that saves people the most money.
Glass expands in 108 degree heat and contracts the second your air conditioning hits it. That daily stretch is what walks a chip across your windshield while the car sits still.
Read the articleThere is a simple size test that tells you whether you need a twenty minute repair or a new windshield, and where the damage sits matters as much as how big it is.
Read the articlePlenty of Arizona drivers carry glass coverage they have never used. Here is how the claim works, who files it, and what it does to your policy afterwards.
Read the articleMost auto glass advice online is written by people who have never held a cold knife. It is vague on purpose, because vague copy never has to be right. Ours comes from technicians who spend their days in Tucson driveways, which is why it tells you when a repair is a waste of your money as readily as when it is a bargain.
We also keep it specific to Arizona. National articles about windshield cracks were largely written for climates where the enemy is freeze and thaw. Here the enemy is a 40 degree swing between a parking lot in July and the air conditioning you turn on to survive it, and that changes the advice completely.
Send us a photo or describe where the damage sits. We will tell you honestly which side of the repair line you are on before anyone books anything.