After 7 months of being in the garage rebuilding the front half of the wiring harness for the car, I finally get her on the road for her first drive and this happens....

F**K MY LIFE....



Hopefully new glass will be in by friday.....

Same thing happened to me. The car was down for several months while i was swapping in the 3.6L motor.

Got a new windshield "while i was in there". Lasted 3 days ...

What caused the glass to crack?

Looks like a rock ...

I feel you pain..... I put a brand new SIGLA windshield in and a week later it cracked. I can live with mine for a while but your's is bit more and right in your view. Will insurance cover it?

Now that sucks!

About 10 years ago I was at the dealership picking up my brand new daily driver. Signed everything, took off . . . got about 100 yards down the road and BANG! a rock flew off the back of a truck.

My windshield looked like yours.

I will say this for Florida - Insurance covers windshields with No Deductable & No Claim history to raise your rates. The State doesn't want people driving into the Sun with extra glare & distortion

Could be worse..

What Jake said....

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...well that's a horse of a different color

Sucks man but...

I put my windshield trim on once and broke mine after a restoration.

There was someone on here that leaned on the top corner while getting in the car and it cracked.

I heard somewhere that waxing the glass can help ...but a rock is a rock.

Sux

Look at the bright side, it'll give you time to redo the dash top vinyl while the windshield is out...

I believe that was Rich with his Creamsicle resto in the Seattle area.

I feel your pain as I had my new Signa Windshield cracked on my way to Route 66. I haven't yelled & cussed like that in a long time

I thought you were going to say the car got wrecked. Bummer, but as others have said it could have been much worse.

On the positive side, your seats look great! I would love to see more shots of the interior if it deviates elsewhere from the norm.

I think that type of coverage applies in CA as well. I have a friend who's had 2 windshields replaced at no cost. His weren't cracked, but badly pitted from sand storms.

I need to have one replaced in one of my trucks (also sand pitting). I'll try to remember to post my findings.

Hey guys. First off, It was my fault. No, a rock didn't hit the glass. So the car may have been parked in the garage, and maybe someone had the steeringwheel off and was trying to fix the turn indicator light with a pair of channel-locks. And maybe the pliers slipped and smacked against the glass. Needless to say insurance wouldnt cover it because it was the fault of the moron hitting said glass with a pair of pliers, not God throwing a rock at my face and hitting glass instead.

But the new glass is in. I'll post pics tomorrow sometime, and pics of the rest of the interior. I'll give ya a preview of what it looks like though. All but one of the original switches are gone, all the gauges were stripped down and cleaned, and 3m Vinyl like my hood may have made it onto the dash face.

Pics tomorrow.

Yea, but in some states it's illegal to wax your windshield, and headlamps. Don't ask me why.


Already did it, a loooooong time ago. It;s just really dirty after sitting for 7 months.

Insurance should cover it unless it was intentionally done.
It's the same as you driving the car into a tree in the driveway.

You're right, I called AAA today and asked. BUT the glass deductable is $500 and the glass only cost me $140.

Hugh !?! $500 deductible for glass? Are you sure? They usually have different deductibles for glass.
I replaced the windshield on my Camry 2 months ago and the deductible was $50 and the glass guy waved it for me so it was totaly free.
I have Allstate insurance.

BTW, I see you're from the Bay area.
There is a 914 in South SJ Pick'n Pull. It has a good windshield on it.
Take a guitar string to cut the sealer/glue and you'll have a new windshield for $40
If you brake it trying to take it out, there's no charge

Yea I heard about the teener from co-worker. Might drive down there on saturday in mine weather permitting.

But yea, according to AAA glass deductable is 500 on my policy. Same goes for my Subaru.

My 2008 is on it's third windshield. Unfortunately In Colorado, windshields are like kleenex - especially if you either ski or commute.

I do both.

I grew up in Orange, CA - I cant remember ever replaceing glass in cars.....

Utah is the same way. 22 years growing up in Huntington Beach, never saw a rock chip. Move here for less then a month and I get 2 in my 951. I don't use my Porsches as commuters anymore because of all the damage to the paint and windshield. Seems like you can't go more then a mile without seeing a windshield shop. Sometimes I think they are peppering the roads to keep these places in business.

Down here they don't fix the pot holes in the roads, so it keeps the tire retailers and alignment shops in business

As Promised...

How the interior looked before the electrical fire... (this is the only pic i have of the dash)


And how the dash looks now



You may notice the switches are missing. They went up when the harness melted.

So i decided to cut out the OEM stuff and install a switch panel



From left to right the switches are Left and right turn signals on a 3-way switch, lowbeams, high beams, headlamps up/down on a 3-way switch, starter button (not in use yet), and running lights/foglights/dash lights

The panel worked out really well, and dont think im gonna have any issues anymore. Made a whole new harness from the dash to the front of the car.

And these are just some other pics i took, h4 headlamp conversion, and the hood/dash face are all wrapped in the Di-Noc Carbon Vinyl.



NEW WINDSHIELD INSTALLED
Hood all finished
H4 conversion