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DianaT
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Has Baja Claimed Your Windshield or a Window?
A very large rock from a weed mower near San Quintin claimed this latest windshield---by the time we came back, it had grown to full cracks from top
to bottom with another crack going across the windshield---had to go and it was only 6 months old and had not one little chip! Oh well, that is Baja
This company charged us $130.00 for our Toyota Tundra which was a little discounted. They charge a little more if you use a credit card. Use cash or
your ATM. And it would be even cheaper if one wanted used glass.
It is the lower rent area near all the wrecking yards in Chula Vista. The place ain't pretty, but who cares.
"Super Low Price Auto Glass"
880 Energy Way
Chula Vista, CA 91911
619 656-2313
7 days M-Sat 9:00 to 5:00
Sun. 9:00 to 2:00
If there is no line, it takes about 30 minutes. They also repair all other car windows.
Just wanted to pass this along as Baja is harsh on windshields and this is the second time we have used these people. And after lots of calling
around, we think $130.00 is quite a good deal.
Diana
On edit, John just reminded me that they have had the Tundra windshield in stock both times---no waiting for it to be ordered.
[Edited on 9-9-2010 by DianaT]
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tjBill
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Thanks for the reference.
I have a crack on my windshield that keeps growing. Apparently I am not allowed to use the Sentri lane with a windshield crack. I am waiting for the
officers to say something.
The crack occurred in San Diego though.
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dtbushpilot
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I got mine broken once.......
Had to get a new mirror too.....
[Edited on 9-10-2010 by dtbushpilot]
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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chippy
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Back in the early 90s I went 4 for 4 on windshields. Trips to the tip in my Mazda 2600 4x4. I guess I shoulda bought a deflector?
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjBill
Thanks for the reference.
I have a crack on my windshield that keeps growing. Apparently I am not allowed to use the Sentri lane with a windshield crack. I am waiting for the
officers to say something.
The crack occurred in San Diego though. |
I crossed a dozen or more times over the course of 6-8 months with a crack before it was mentioned to me to get it fixed. The agent said it as he
typed the note in the computer and said I would not get a second chance. I had heard second hand of someone having Sentri pass taken away because of
cracked windshield. They got it back when they showed new glass. I got mine changed.
MAGA
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YARDSAIL
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IF YOU HAVE NOT HIT A BUZZARD FLYING OFF ROADKILL,IN A CLASS A MOTORHOME, YOU HAVE NOT REALLY HAD THE REAL BAJA EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE IT HAD TO BE
THE DRIVERS SIDE!
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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I am checking on the feasibility of a space age telomer transparent skin that is said to reduce impact damage by -a lot-. It's used on the space
shuttle. A DuPont product. Wish me luck.
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mulegemichael
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dt...was that an 18 wheeler?....one time i pulled into ricardos rice and beans in san ignacio for the night and there was about 15 big rigs in the rv
area...half of them were taping their rearview mirrors back on...only took one big rig to do the damage....nothing like a caravan
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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mike odell
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You really have not lived until a great horned owl hits your driver side mirror and commits suicide at 3 in the morning, dark of the moon, oh my god,
those eyes staring at you!!!
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El Camote
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| Quote: | Originally posted by YARDSAIL
IF YOU HAVE NOT HIT A BUZZARD FLYING OFF ROADKILL,IN A CLASS A MOTORHOME, YOU HAVE NOT REALLY HAD THE REAL BAJA EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE IT HAD TO BE
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Oh man, what's the cost to replace a (half a) Class A windshield? Those boys are enormous. 
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
dt...was that an 18 wheeler?....one time i pulled into ricardos rice and beans in san ignacio for the night and there was about 15 big rigs in the rv
area...half of them were taping their rearview mirrors back on...only took one big rig to do the damage....nothing like a caravan
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No, it was a rental motorhome. I can imagine how intimidating the Baja highway would be to someone not acustomed to a narrow road in a motorhome that
they probably weren't used to. He was obviously crowding me a bit as we passed each other. Glad the window was rolled up, if it had been down the
mirror would have knocked my head off. I was picking glass shards out of my face and chest for hours after that.....not fun......dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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mike odell
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DT and all, here's another.
Coming back from La Paz some years back with a one ton flat bed full of construction stuff, close to the Leonero turn off, straight stretch, I might
add,
a bit after dark thirty, I see lights comin at me like a bat outta hell, try to get to the right side without runnin of the freakin road, no shoulder
I might add,
Wacko!! Expoding window and mirror ensues, glass shards in my face, arms, everywhere! I find a wide out about 200 yards up the road, pull out, try to
do some clean up, look back and see the offending hitter turnin around!!
I'm border line pist, ready to open a can of whoopass, ole gal pulls over and say's aint you
aint you Mike Odell? I said, mayhap, underneath all this glass and blood, who in the flech are you? Moreen I am, she say's, marooon says I, what is
your need for speed, and gotta reason for drivin in the middle of hiway one? Are you Inflicted by some chance of some mind altering substance? Beer
perhaps?
Wacky weed?, Steriods? Lack of sex partners? Do tell me please?
Forgot my glasses say's she!! OK it all makes perfect sense then, have a good eveing, bye
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ddawson
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i caught a nice half dollar sized rock with my windshield shortly below Ensenada. i was following some Suzuki Samurai that had mud terrain tires and
no mud flaps. i saw it coming like it was in slow motion, and watched it crack the glass. it wasn't too bad at first but by the time i finished my
trip and made it back to the US the cracks had nicely spider webbed across the driverside of the windshield. i ended up getting it fixed in Santa
Ana, and it wasn't too expensive ($130).
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BAJACAT
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A trip to San Felipe got mine,,, you can see the crack windshield on all my photos and video that I took inside the truck.. from the pass two years...
i don't want to replace it it has alot memories. I have a nick on the side from my trip to Santa Ana Visita (San Borja Mission)..and a few fron
Guadalupe canyon,
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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DianaT
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Love the direction of the thread! Lots of interesting stories. BTW, for anyone else who has driven to Alaska, it is next to impossible to not end
up with rock chips from that road!
For the future, if anyone knows of a less expensive place in the San Diego area for replacement, please share.
And DavidE --- look real forward to seeing if that space age telomer transparent skin from Dupont works!
Happy Baja Driving
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Martyman
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My windshield is still cracked from my trip down in May.
This thread reminded me of a family trip to Mazatlan in 1969. My Dad was driving at night, Impala station wagon with a 17' Terry trailer. We come
over a rise to a herd of cattle in the road. My dad somehow swerves through without hitting anything except ripping off the removable side view
mirror.
I'm still looking for that steer with the mirror on his horns.
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bajajudy
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Every car we have ever owned has received some sort of nick, crack etc. We also use Crystalmex. For one of our vehicles, we had AAA insurance on it
so waited until we got up to Ca. We waited all one day for the guy who had given us an estimate. Deciding that we would not and could not waste
another day waiting for anyone, we called AAA and they said to get the work done here and they would reimburse us. We did and it saved AAA about $50.
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Gaucho
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Ok, this is really embarassing but it's one of those stories to laugh about later.
My buddy and I were on a surf trip in his Baja Bug down near Colonet in about 1983. We were camping at Cuatro Casas and went for a beer run. Anyway,
my buddy had just removed some stuff that he had stored under the hood and forgot to put the cotter pins back in the posts that hold the hood down. As
soon as we passed the first big rig WHAM!! the hood flew up and shattered our windshield. Good thing we brought some duct tape.
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gaucho
Ok, this is really embarassing but it's one of those stories to laugh about later.
My buddy and I were on a surf trip in his Baja Bug down near Colonet in about 1983. We were camping at Cuatro Casas and went for a beer run. Anyway,
my buddy had just removed some stuff that he had stored under the hood and forgot to put the cotter pins back in the posts that hold the hood down. As
soon as we passed the first big rig WHAM!! the hood flew up and shattered our windshield. Good thing we brought some duct tape.
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Most Baja Bug drivers have at least one similar experience.
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DENNIS
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My last trip home from the border on the toll road, I watched a stone hit my windshield at fifty MPH. It left one of those starburst breaks about the
size of a dime.
I know that's the type of damage that is most easily repaired rather than cracks. Does anyone know of a glass repair shop in the Chula Vista area
that I could take it to?
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