Chipped windscreen

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karansadhwani
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So just had an annoying incident over the weekend, was parked up on a gravel track and spotted a couple of tiny chips on the windscreen after getting home. I suspect this might have been caused through cars driving up the other way on the gravel track.

Anyway, the insurance company sent someone over to have a look and repair the windscreen damage, their assessment was that each chip is less than 2mm and the repair wouldn't do much of a difference.

I might just take up the repair myself, anybody know if DIY windscreen repair kits like Rain-X etc are of any use?
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I haven't used any repair kits myself but the Rain-X seems to get generally favourable reviews on Amazon. However the Laser 5198 repair kit there has more reviews and a lot of positive feedback.
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karansadhwani
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Post by karansadhwani »

Thanks for the advise, looked up Laser 5198.

Per customer reviews on Amazon seems it will work with our chip profile, but split opinion on whether it will cause a material difference.

I haven't taken the car out since we chipped it, going to give it a few miles to figure if it is an eye sore or gets in the way of driving. If either of the two happen, will get it fixed.
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