All you need to know about Car Glass

When you see boards advertising Auto glass repair or Richmond Hill auto glass repair services, you may wonder as to what is so special or specific to auto glass.

Well, auto glass includes side as well as rear windows, windscreens & glass panels on the roof of vehicles. The side window glass can either be fixed or it can be raised or lowered based on a button or by depression of a switch or by using a crank which is hand turned.

Car glass provides privacy and security

The moon roof is the retractable transparent roof of the vehicle and, usually, it is considered like an extension of the same concept as of the power window. There are some vehicles which also have sun blinds which are there for the rear side windows & for the rear windows.

These window shields provides privacy & protect the occupants of the car from debris and it also is an increased safety measure for them. The auto glass is usually held in place using glass run channels. These also serve to contain whatever fragments of glass are there in the case of breakages.

Shattered glass protection

The glasses of today, mainly are laminated and therefore, it does not shatter into sharp pieces and so the occupants of the car are safe. These automotive glasses resemble any ordinary kind of glass but their functioning is extremely different. Normal glass shatters into long shards, however, auto glass in spite of encountering rocks, potholes, and fender benders, do not shatter easily.

Adept & agile tehnicians make it easy for you

Auto glass repair is usually undertaken by very specialized technicians. Normally wherever you are – be it Richmond Hill, auto glass repairs usually take around the same time – based on the skill, experience, and expertise of the technician. Sometimes windshield repairs can take even less than 30 minutes. However, on an average, it takes around an hour or a little less to repair the windshield glass. However, it is suggested that you do not drive for around an hour after completion of the repairs of the windshield. In cases of side window replacement, however, you can drive off almost immediately.

Most technicians are able to inform you whether you should go in for an Auto glass repair or whether you should replace it. The thumb rule generally is that if the damage to the windshield is lesser than the size of a dollar bill, it should be repaired and not replaced. However, what the owner should remember is that the crack or the chip will be visible and it will not get magically invisible after the repairs. Though of course, post the repairs, the crack or chip will improve cosmetically as compared to what it was before the repairs were conducted. Repairs are usually conducted as it is cheaper than replacement and also it is only that further damage will be prevented. It  is undertaken to maintain & preserve the structural integrity of the vehicle too. In some cases, though, when repairing the windshield the crack or the chip does get larger, but once the Auto glass repair has been completed, it does not increase further and it also passes any vehicle inspections.

Types of glass

When a person goes in for Richmond Hill Auto glass repairs or replacement, he or she is asked if they want OEM or OEE glass. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer and this is the glass which is used by the original manufacturer of the glass of that vehicle. OEE, on the other hand, stands for Original Equipment Equivalent which stands for glass which is made as per the same standards as what was originally used by the manufacturer but the manufacturer in question will be different.

Repairing of auto glass consists first of cleaning the glass, then treating the damage using specific resins & special tools. Most technicians who conduct auto glass repair guarantee that their work will pass inspections. If it does not, they either reimburse the cost of the repairs conducted.