Windshield repair in Fort Collins, Colorado

Between the interstate work and the run up the Poudre Canyon on CO-14, Fort Collins windshields collect a lot of gravel. That part is unremarkable. What catches people out is how the chip turns into a crack, and it is usually not another rock.

It is the temperature swing. Glass that has been sitting at twenty degrees overnight, hit with a blast of defroster heat on full, expands unevenly around the weak point — and a chip that looked stable all summer runs out across the glass in seconds. Northern Colorado has an unusually large daily temperature range, which is why this happens here more than in most places.

The practical advice is dull but effective: get chips repaired before the first hard freeze, and in the meantime warm the vehicle gradually rather than aiming the defroster straight at a cold windshield.

We repair chips for drivers throughout Old Town, Midtown, Harmony, Timberline, Fossil Creek, Campus West and the Front Range Village area and ZIP codes 80521–80528.

The single most useful habit in Fort Collins has nothing to do with us: on a cold morning, warm the vehicle gradually instead of putting the defroster straight on high. Glass that has been at twenty degrees overnight expands unevenly when it is blasted with heat, and that is what turns a chip that has been sitting quietly into a crack running across the glass. Do that much and most chips will still be repairable when you get to us.

Getting it done from Fort Collins

This is one of the two services we bring to you, so a Fort Collins chip does not need a trip to Windsor at all. We come to your home or your work, and the repair takes about half an hour while the vehicle stays where it is parked.

Long cracks, damage that has reached the edge of the glass and chips sitting in the driver’s line of sight are replacement territory; most everything else repairs. Text a photo to 970‑286‑0886 and we will tell you which one you have — see what a repair involves.