I noticed a couple hairline fractures in my windshield; they are in the center line of the thickness of the glass as far as I can tell. One traverses up and down the drivers side for most of the height of the windshield. There's a second one on the passenger side that is shorter traveling up and down, but I can't identify just how large it is.
Glass damage is covered in my insurance, should I go ahead and file a claim and get the whole thing replaced?
Otherwise, I don't think the damage is extensive enough to compromise it or fail an inspection.
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Personally, I'd suggest contacting your insurance provider and seeing what it would cost you to get the glass replaced (a crack that runs the height of the window is too big to repair), then proceed accordingly.
It's preferable to get them repaired, because a crack in the windshield will eventually get bigger and spawn more cracks. Depending on where you live, that can get worse this time of year with road grit and temperature changes.
Usually anything over 10 inches will get you busted regardless of where you are, as will smaller cracks directly in the drivers field of vision.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I'm a cheap old man, so I'd probably let it go unless you're in a place where you get a lot of ice
I don’t know about your insurance, but I know when I had to get mine replaced a couple years ago my insurance covered it and my deductible didn’t even apply. I didn’t pay anything out of pocket, so there wasn’t really a downside to getting it replaced.
I'm going to schedule a replacement, thank you guys for your input
Edit: removed batsignal and sent a direct message