How NOT to repair a cracked windshield
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How NOT to repair a cracked windshield

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Perhaps you may have seen this video making the rounds of your friends’ social media feeds – How to repair a cracked windshield. So what’s the story behind the video? The solvents in the alcohol and bug spray dissolve the coating on the windshield, allowing the salt to penetrate the crack and hide it. Contrary to what the video title states, this treatment does not repair the windshield; it only hides the problem. Any windshield with a crack this large needs to be immediately replaced, as your windshield is a vital part of your car’s safety features. While you might be tempted to do a quick DIY fix for windshield cracks, this sort of problem is best left to professionals, who will fix it right…

When the Lowest Price Isn’t the Best Price
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When the Lowest Price Isn’t the Best Price

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When it comes time to replace your windshield, you may be tempted to go with the company that quotes you the lowest price. However, some companies will cut corners to save on cost. They do things like use lower-quality glass and urethane, which can cause more problems than they solve. This photo is of a BMW M5 windshield replacement we performed at Sublime Restorations in South Hampton, NH. The customer was having some issues with the windshield leaking. The previous glass company had pulled and installed the windshield multiple times, and still couldn’t get it right. Sublime ordered the OEM windshield from Germany, and trusted us to get it done right the first time. The windshield in the M5 is known as a “Rubber Set”…

Sticks & Stones May Crack Your Glass
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Sticks & Stones May Crack Your Glass

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The coming winter season means high likelihood of cracked windshields. Stones and pebbles flung from the road are still a factor as always; however, extreme temperature is much more often the culprit. It’s not so much the cold that cracks the glass, but the difference of temperatures from one side of the glass to the other. If it’s 20 degrees F outside but your heat is on high around 75 degrees, the molecules of the windshield will be stressed and weakened. If your windshield cracks this winter, give Titan a call. We can get out to you quickly, take care of the job, and get your car back to its former glory. If you need your windshield or other auto glass replaced, you can be…

Another Thing to Blame on New England Weather
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Another Thing to Blame on New England Weather

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Glass, it’s a fragile thing. Cracks in windshields are caused by more than just impacts, like a freak hail storm or spat-up gravel on the highway. Windshield glass is specially formulated and tempered to be durable and resist cracks, chips, and shatter, but sometimes it fails. Yes, a rock from the road can be the initial cause to a crack that eventually spines the span of your windshield, but there are plenty of other causes. Another thing to blame on New England weather. A common culprit of windshield fractures in the New England region are due to the stress from rapid changes in temperature. Not only does the weather itself fluctuate wildly, but in the midst of winter, when hot water is applied to the windshield…