> From: joseph_cianciotti@ccmail_gw.gmosf.com
> Has anyone out there ever used one of those windshield repair kits to fill a
> bull's eye chip? (My chip isn't traveling anywhere, but as luck would have
>it,
> it's right in front of the driver's seat.) I just want to know if they're any
> good. I wouldn't want to repair the chip only to have it look worse
>afterward.
> Joseph
> (Looking for a '67 B)
> (Slightly chipped Volvo 240)
I successfully used the syringe & suction cup type repair kit from JC
Whitney about $7 US 1985. The chip had two cracks that protruded about
1/2" each beyond the suction cup. When I was done all I could see was a
teeny tiny pit at the center of the bullseye and the parts of the two
cracks that were beyond the suction cup. The cracks never got bigger after the
repair. I drove the care around 60,000 miles after.
I helped my father fix a bullseye in his car. He bought some so called
professional model that was triangular and had suction cups and jacking screws.
This was a piece of $#!T. It was hard to use it DID NOT do an invisible repair
as the syringe type did.
If you have glass coverage on your windshield and it is all pitted and you
would like a new one, just keep pushing on the chip until you get a nice big
crack and call your insurance guy. After 190,000 mi on the car I did it was
pretty tough to see out even shen the window was clean.
- -Mark "Waiting for another chip" Jurras
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