Rain-X Windshield Repair Kit on a Chip + Long Crack 

Ok, was wondering but also afraid to do this. I can definitely feel my line crack up to a certain point. Then it feels like the crack is entirely inside the glass itself (can't feel it with fingernail from inside the car or outside.

@@dethtrain Do a hole at the end of the crack, to make sure it won't spread. Search on RU-vid how you should do it.

I did it 2 nights ago on my truck. Impact point had a foot long crack either side. I took a Q tip with resin putting pressure for a couple seconds all along the crack. Then, I ran the resin bead along it. I put about 6-8 pieces of film over it. I let it sit overnight in the garage, not just 20 min-1 hr. I removed the film, but didn’t scrape or clean. I let it sit for 8 hrs in 100 deg heat/sun. I then scraped excess off. Wiped it down. I can barely make out the crack! It worked. Amazing, and I never would’ve believed it. I’ve tried for 30 years on cracks for the 20 min-hr thing, and it never helped at all.

@@jgringo5516trying it now on my truck wish me luck glad I read your comment thanks brother

Thank you for helping me and sharing this video

Thats awesome! Glad to hear this was helpful!!!

I think you got it figured out!!

How good did it work

Did it work for you?

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That's awesome!!! Glad to hear this was helpful! We were in the same boat because of these new windshields and all the electronics that are attached to them nowadays. Nice work, glad it turned out good!

This is a happening to thousands of kias and kias will NOT recognize it’s a manufacturer defect. Email MCameron@kiausa.com and let anyone you know with Kia windshield issues to email her as well.

Just keep in mind… The windshield is an integral part of the safety of the car. If you have a crack that goes from one edge to the middle of the windshield that’s OKAY to fix, however… If it goes from one edge of the windshield to the other edge (any other edge) it greatly compromises the integrity of the windshield’s safety.

@@nkotb4me If it’s happening without something hitting the windshield in creating a start point for the crack, it’s a pressure issue meaning the windshield was not installed properly.

@@donoh3909 we have this issue all the time at Chrysler Jefferson assembly in Detroit ( Grand Cherokee and Durango ). Installers doing something wrong, usually either out of ignorance of the job they WERE trained for, or willfully skipping steps while still clearing each vehicle through the station like nothing is wrong. Very hard to get competent employees at any station within the plant. After having worked here for so long, I've come to believe that many recalls are related to installers on the assembly line as opposed to true design issues, considering there are about 4000 people on each shift ( here on the night shift TONS of people like to drink while on the job as well ). It's an absolute shit show.

Yea we’re still rocking it lol. Every month I tell myself I’m gonna replace it but not yet 😬

@@fiveohmxcohas the crack become any more visible over time?

@sabirsdevv6806 nope, completely stopped growing after this. Looks the same

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback!

Good luck hope it turns out well!

how’d everything go ?

Nice! I didn't think about using the suction syringe for the crack. definitely more time intensive but I can see how it would work

What grease? vaseline?

I literally just said out loud, “has this guy ever used a razor blade before?” 😂😂

These mfers 😒😒😂

Kip, you obviously didn't read the instructions that come with the Rain-X kit. They say: "Hold the razor blade at a 90 degree angle to the windshield when scraping for best result." Please don't pontificate based on your speculation.

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Should be a great solution - just go nice and slow and really try to squeeze the resin into the crack. Good luck and happy new year!

It won't break the glasss ?

@@rayonwilliamssportsandfun2106 a laminated windscreen is two layers of glass with a plastic layer in the middle. If you have a crack on just the outer layer of glass you need to drill a hole at the end of, or just slightly ahead of the crack. The hole needs to be either all the way through - until the drill suddenly starts drilling deeper into the soft plastic layer, or you need to drill through most of the cracked outer layer (judge the depth in comparison to the thickness of the glass crack), then give it just enough of a hit in the bottom of the hole to do the final breakthrough. If the hole doesn't go all the way through, the crack may continue once the weather becomes changeable or cold. The hole is a stress release. You can drill the glass with a diamond bit for something like a Dremel. Btw, the cheap crack repair glue may work, or may not.. it needs to be applied in shade, and the glass pushed a bit from inside as you apply glue a bit at a time, making sure not to get ahead of the crack filling. It also needs to be done before the crack gets too old.. like within a week or two.. it can make the difference between being an obvious crack, or pretty much disappearing. I've got two bits of the same crack.. an old bit which I didn't drill deep enough or glue in time, and then the continued winter bit which was fresh and drilled deep enough.. the old didn't glue well and continued after a while, and the fresh bit glued invisibly, and stopped the crack.

Damn bro you should be doing the video son

@lobito6998 HEY! 😡😂

Round hole removes a sharp stress point.

Appreciate the feedback!

Good luck! Worth a shot for $10!

@@fiveohmxco where can I get the kit bro ? Thanks

@@fiveohmxco Amazon 😂 I thought you said store in the video

@@Michael-iu1gv haha my wife says i need to pronunciate better all the time lol. There's a link in the video description of the kit I used on amazon

@@fiveohmxco thanks

Thanks!

You can stop it growing by drilling a small hole at the end of the crack with a little round diamond bit in a drill or Dremel.. only through the outer layer of glass, not any deeper.

Nice. Yea ours still hasn’t grown more than when we did the fix over 2 years ago. There’s a new crack at the top now that appears to grow a little every couple weeks. We really need to replace our windshield 😂

Worth a shot! That’s a lotta cracks! Should be fun haha

Did it ?

Glad it was helpful! Thx for the sub!

Hope it turns out well!!

Youre very welcome! Hope it turns out well, let us know!

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Yea my whole idea of getting it to stop before it spread in front of the driver in order to pass EBR inspection did not pan out lol... EBR only allows like 8" long cracks max, so gonna need to shell out the cash soon for it unfortunately

@@fiveohmxco I can't fault you for saving money. My car did not have a brake tag. I took it in for an inspection today and the windshield passed because the crack was not in the way of my view. I did however find out the horn did not work so I have to fix that this week but the inspector let it slide and I got my inspection sticker anyway.

Thanks! I think I’m gonna steal that for my future bio!

😂😂😂 I’ve heard that a lot. #lessonlearned

Ya true but 90% of the time only the outside is cracked also if both were cracked they wouldn't fallow each other meaning all cracks inside and or out will take very different paths

It’s crazy how expensive the new windshields are! I hope it works well for you. Ours still hasn’t grown since July 2021

@@fiveohmxco Wow amazing, that means that the kit really works if someone knows how to use it. Thank you so much again.

Glad to hear, thanks for the feedback!

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@@fiveohmxco thanks for the video! I got a crack just like this on my windshield and I’m going to do the same thing

I think we all have those moments. Going rogue. 😂

Did it work for you?

@@alifmahesania so, it didn't fill it in to where it disappeared, but it did stop the crack from growing. 4 months later and it's still good.

@@bbna7xcrazy what about another 4 months? Is it still stopping it?

@@ak2161409 yep! It's still good!

@@bbna7xcrazy 💩 I'm gonna try this on my 23yr old z28 those old catfish windshields are expensive, a damn avocado spider cracked the poor ole girl 😭 lol.. Fu ckin avocado what kinda goofy random 💩 is that 😂

specifically where did you drill and what does this do for the end result- less noticeable repair, stronger, etc?

Thanks for the feedback!

Greetings! Thanks for watching!

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So basically this don't apply to when I am towelling off 😂😂😂

Just being helpful, I think you meant 'perpendicular and parallel', not "horizontal and vertical"

Def do it quick to stop it spreading!

Yea it was definitely a bandaid and not a great cosmetic solution

Little MacJ, how would drilling the end of the crack have made a huge difference? Isn't that done to stop the crack from spreading? And the OP said in comments that, 18 months after he did the repair, the crack hadn't grown.

@@yrniceguy it would of filled in better. Not saying it's going to prevent it from spreading, not all cracks are created equal. I meant it would of made a huge difference in appearance.

@@littlemacjtv1179 what do you mean by drilling a hole in the crack

@@22ERICSHELLY when you do repairs on windshields, you drill a hole to open up the crack and allow more resin to pass through it.

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Use a Dremel or a small drill, and get needle size bit with diamonds encrusted on this bit. Just like a wet saw for cutting tile, stone, granite, and glass. I've heard not to drill all of the way through the windshield. So I'm going to try to go halfway through, but if it cracks again, I'll drill though it all of the way. And just put tape on the inside until it dries. Good luck.

hell yea!!! that's awesome to hear! nice work

Has it spread at all since the repair? All the professional repairs have them drill a small hole at the end of the crack to create a bull’s-eye for the crack to go into so it stops the spread, I’m considering doing that, but it seems a little iffy having no experience “Purposely putting a bull’s-eye in my windshield”

Hope it was informative!

Still has not spread! Looks exactly the same as when we did the repair. Hopefully soon we’ll replace the windshield though bc we still haven’t gotten the car inspected lol

Appreciate the feedback!

Thanks!

The crack has still not grown, but I will admit that we live in Louisiana, so we only see a handful of days in winter where the weather drops below 32°F. The crack was regularly growing though before I applied this repair, even during the summer time.

I have a one inch crack. Do thing I need to drill?

@@bmack2938 I would do it without drilling. Be sure to contract the glass with ice before you force the fluid into the crack.

@@bmack2938 You want to get through the first glass layer. If you search a few vids you'll see folks using a sharpened punch or nail which they then hammer lightly/carefully to create a mini bullseye.

plz post back when you tried to save your windshield. I got a 1971 cutlass S I just bought and same thing,hard to get a windshield for.Watched this video to see if I could repair it enough to pass inspection and not annoy me looking at it :)

@@bertvisser6423 I should be able to get back onto that project this month. So many projects going on at once, I nearly forgot about that one.

Hai wher can I buy this?

Amazon, there’s a link in the video description for everything I used

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Haha yea didn’t look great, but def better and hasn’t spread! Still looks the same after 3.5 years. She has another crack now and it’s spreading and you can def tell the difference in them side by side. New one looks super bad

Your insurance covers your windshield

@@hrcia6123 no it doesn’t thanks

@@hrcia6123 My insurance wants me to paid a $500 deductible for another windshield. I went to Safelite for a crack, and the technician did a terrible job. I now have a long crack in my windshield.

😂😂 i just went back and watched that section and yea, that was pretty bad haha 😬

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Scraping was the best part for me..

Thanks!

Great info here, thanks for the detailed lil extras. I'm going to give it a go and will be sure to pay extra attention to how I use the razorblade to remove the fragments! Thanks again!

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Hi, this is actually on a 2019 Honda Pilot, but it should work just as well on your car!

Funny. Cuz I have a malibu too and my windshield just crack! About to go and get this kit right now.

I have a 2017 Malibu and my windshield just cracked 🤦🏽‍♀️ it’s at 13 inches in length.

Those cheaper installations will show over time. If see a windshield that looks like it was sandblasted it is probably one of the aftermarket installed. It is hard to keep to original standards, while dollars matter.

@@johnyaceyko9775 One time I was at the Honda dealership and the guy in front of me was picking up OEM Honda glass. And I was like you paid for Honda glass? So he asked the Parts counter guy if it made a difference. And the Parts guy actually said "glass is glass" for what it's worth. It wasn't a windshield though, it was door glass.

@@aznnp77 “glass is glass”? Definitely not. There’s multiple layers with laminate in between. You get what you pay for and $150 for a full windshield sounds very cheap. There’s a reason the dealer windshield is way more expensive. Just my 2 cents. And 2 cents ain’t much.

@@poopandfartjokes I don't have much experience with it so I couldn't tell you. I know my father had his windshield glass replaced for about $140 maybe 10 years ago. The transmission died I maybe 4-5 years later and it was still fine I think. I just fixed my crack with the permatex kit. Worked really well. I can kinda see it stil from the inside but I don't think it's gonna spread. Worth the $18 or whatever I paid for it.

@@aznnp77 nice 👍

Hey it really should not affect waterproofing. The biggest reason to repair or replace in my opinion is if it’s affecting your view or if you can’t get a inspection tag because of it. The ‘right’ thing to do is replace, but this can get you by any in the meantime. We can’t pass inspection in our city with this crack tho

Softly pull how? Should you push from inside the car before applying resin?

@@impendingrapture I think with the suction cup tool. Softly pull up before applying the plunger to release the air before curing.

Yea. Ours has been going for 3 years but we def need a new one 😬😬

😂😂 I was hoping that wouldn’t happen to anyone else Lolol

Ha! Man I never thought about that. I’ll have to try that too! Ive got a couple of my kids tablets in a shelf I can practice on 😂

Good idea! Maybe if you get one of those full body tablet cases they make for kids with the screen protector built in, that might put the cherry on top to keep any lil fingers away from the gaps after you try the resin! And they're pretty cheap on Amazon which is always a plus! I'd love to hear how you made out, I may have to give this a try too!

@@DarlingMissDarling well the repair didn't hold up or cover as good as it does for a car window of course and after talking to Amazon more....I was able to get them to fix it. The screen protector afterwards might have helped though but wife didn't want to get it. Update though from the fix. They lost it in the warehouse and asked me to buy another one and then I would be reimbursed. Luckily I did get my money back. Also for Amazon kids tablet, they do have a warranty that is good for use.

@@scottneal2738 ahh, that had to start out pretty disappointingly after doing all that work with the kit! But I'm glad to hear that it ultimately got worked out in the end. Thank you for the detailed update, you saved me a ton of time and frustration with that info, I so appreciate it! 😊👍

@@DarlingMissDarling note though as my kid just didn't crack his screen but had small pieces chipped out as well so I truly couldn't fill the gap for those spots but the crack line's didn't look to bad if given the proper amount of time to cure.

Yea, I was hoping for a little more hiding, but oh well. I did try to push the inside of the windshield at the crack, to open it up a little and try to get the resin to flow deeper, but didn't do much. I remember the instructions saying to push some, but not too much because you could make the crack worse, so that kind've scared me away from messing with it too much lol. The crack has still no progressed though, still the same length it was when we did the repair about 7 months ago

Hey, thanks for the comment. Check in the video description, I should have a link to amazon for the kit I used

can u explain how to do that

Hw do we do that

virtually impossible without covering the entire area and using a vacuum, this guy is just over complicating this.

I honestly don't remember.. I imagine I would've been able to feel it with a fingernail but not sure. I just went outside and I can feel it on all but the last couple inches, but i'm probably feeling the resin now.

Sorry to hear! I know the instructions say to lightly apply pressure with the suction screw. Maybe you had a really bad crack? Unfortunately, once the resin cures in sunlight, I don't think you can do further repairs

@@fiveohmxco Thank you. Would it at least stop it from cracking more? It's tricky because it is smooth on surface and it cracked inside layer...