Windscreen chip repair - no insurance

[Kiltox]

Anyone know where I can get a windscreen chip repaired outside of insurance for a reasonable price? I assume Autoglass will hammer me like they would for a replacement windscreen

[tapir]

You can buy kits on ebay , not sure if any good but might be worth a shot?

[JohnK]

I phoned a small one man band when I needed one doing on an E30 about 3 years ago and I think it cost me like £35 or something for a chip repair.

 

Back in 2010 it cost me £80 all in for a decent second hand screen to be removed from the scrapper and fitted to my car (old glass disposed of) by the same guy. Never been through insurance for glass.

[Kiltox]

I'll need to ring some local firms I guess - could try the DIY route but I doubt I'll be any good at it

 

Don't think it'd fail a MOT as is but I'd rather not be forking out for a new screen in a few months time!

[Bobthebeard]

Online repair kits are cheap enough if you can DIY.

 

Edit. Beaten to it

[steveo3002]

halfords do a kit for a tenner on the trade card.....put some tape over the chip to keep the water out 

[Pillock]

I see loads of bloke-with-a-gazebo outfits in retail parks that have all the kit. They usually advertise free with insurance but then I'm sure waving a few notes at them would lubricate the wheels of business.

[Kiltox]

halfords do a kit for a tenner on the trade card.....put some tape over the chip to keep the water out

Looks like they'll do a repair for £25 so I assume it's just one of their folks using said £10 kit

[Jams]

If your local to Chester please pm me.

[dollywobbler]

When I needed a mirror mounting pad, I went (via recommendation on here) to find a local windscreen specialist in Huntingdon. Can't recall the name, but they were very friendly and didn't want anything for the pad. Sorted! Far better than whatever shitty ones you get at Halfords. In short, yeah, find a local company and they probably won't charge much. Had a repair (on the insurance) once, and it wasn't exactly invisible. Far better than a cracked windscreen though (annoyingly, that screen had just been replaced after a chip in exactly the same place!).

[steveo3002]

Looks like they'll do a repair for £25 so I assume it's just one of their folks using said £10 kit

prob a better kit and a trained tech with any luck

 

unless they louse em up on purpose to sell a screen?

[egg]

I booked Halfords chip repair for the Mondeo - a bit cheeky, because it confirmed what I had suspected their 'expert' said I need a new screen as the chip has gone through more than the top layer. So they couldn't do it.

 

It was helpful in confirming my own suspicions at no cost!

[LostnotFound]

I had a go with a DIY one, which did the square root of fuck all. I then resorted to autoglass (through insurance so can't help with cost)  expecting to need a new windscreen (the chip was straight in the drivers eyeline) but they've done a good enough job you wouldn't know it was there unless it was pointed out. 

 

I'm not saying you can't do a good job with the kits, you can't be as hamfisted as I am. But imo save the tenner towards a bloke with a machine to do it.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I had one done last week by a local independent place. £30 cash , no receipt, took about 20 mins in their workshop.i wouldn't trust one of those kids in a supermarket Carpark, they're only there to harvest insurance details for Autoclass or whatever.

[barefoot]

Me, £3.50 ebay kit.

Not completely invisible, but dramatically reduced

And there's enough left over to give it another go

If I could be arsed.

[beko1987]

I had a chip filled on my 206 by national windscreens. I could still see the chip and he bent the drivers side wing, then when he opened the door it caught the now bent wing and folded more. I was at work and mum didn't see anything so there wasn't much I could prove so just left it.

 

we left the massive chip in the meriva windscreen until it cracked, lasted nearly a year and a half!

[Kiltox]

I had a chip filled on my 206 by national windscreens. I could still see the chip and he bent the drivers side wing, then when he opened the door it caught the now bent wing and folded more. I was at work and mum didn't see anything so there wasn't much I could prove so just left it.

 

we left the massive chip in the meriva windscreen until it cracked, lasted nearly a year and a half!

I can't leave it due to the aforementioned lack of insurance unfortunately