Camry 2011 front windshield

[mobilegundum]

This may sound silly or totally stupid to you, but my 4 month old Camry has

already had 4 chips on the front windshield, the annoying part is they are all

scattered on the driver's side. Is there anything that I can do to protect the

glass or anything at all to minimize the chance of getting hit??

I had a 95 Accord and a 97 Camry prior to this Camry and had never gotten a

chip on the windshield. Could it be related to the bigger glass panel that the

new Camry has? I just don't understand. Thanks for any insight.

[Glenn8963]

Originally Posted by mobilegundum

This may sound silly or totally stupid to you, but my 4 month old Camry has

already had 4 chips on the front windshield, the annoying part is they are all

scattered on the driver's side. Is there anything that I can do to protect the

glass or anything at all to minimize the chance of getting hit??

I had a 95 Accord and a 97 Camry prior to this Camry and had never gotten a

chip on the windshield. Could it be related to the bigger glass panel that the

new Camry has? I just don't understand. Thanks for any insight.

you could probably try one of those "bug deflectors" from various sources.....

or you can try and not be too close to the car in front of you as it's kicking up all those pebbles and such.....???

i have a 2010 camry.....and i ain't got no problem.......maybe because i don't follow too closely as well.......try it.......it does work........

[GT-R]

Mine is the same.

Just stay away from cars, don't drive behind cars or trucks with big wheels, especially those 18-wheelers, either you smoke 'em, or stay back far far away.

I think our windshield is too big that's why rocks like them.

[Tobeit]

Originally Posted by GT-R

Mine is the same.

Just stay away from cars, don't drive behind cars or trucks with big wheels, especially those 18-wheelers, either you smoke 'em, or stay back far far away.

I think our windshield is too big that's why rocks like them.

Interesting...same here, get easily chipped, never had a chip on previous cars.

[mobilegundum]

I guess the only way is to stay far far away from others and make sure no one is driving besides you..

Out of the 4 chips I got, 2 where from cars passing beside me

1 was from a big truck 2 lanes to my right ( I have no idea how it hit me from that distance)

1 was from the bay bridge lower deck, something fall from above and landed right on the driver's side windshield.

Lucky??

Originally Posted by mobilegundum

I guess the only way is to stay far far away from others and make sure no one is driving besides you..

Out of the 4 chips I got, 2 where from cars passing beside me

1 was from a big truck 2 lanes to my right ( I have no idea how it hit me from that distance)

1 was from the bay bridge lower deck, something fall from above and landed right on the driver's side windshield.

Lucky??

i dont think its the windshield fault for that. someone threw something out the window one time and hit my car






i had to replace the whole windshield

[Glenn8963]

Originally Posted by mobilegundum

I guess the only way is to stay far far away from others and make sure no one is driving besides you..

Out of the 4 chips I got, 2 where from cars passing beside me

1 was from a big truck 2 lanes to my right ( I have no idea how it hit me from that distance)

1 was from the bay bridge lower deck, something fall from above and landed right on the driver's side windshield.

Lucky??

when a pebble or small stone gets lodged into the threads of any tire, it becomes a rocket when it gets loose. these objects tend to bounce much like a ball at high speeds on the roads. they take several hops and bounces till the energy calms down. but, then sometimes another vehicle picks up that same pebble but only then continues the launching of it all over again. that truck being that far away probably sent the pebbles flying into the mud flaps, only to be ricocheted off another car.

too bad there isn't any sound effects like in the cops or cowboy movies, when a bullet ricochets off a boulder or something.

you notice that all trucks have mud flaps...??? well when something gets launched from a truck tire, it falls straight down, cutting down the hopping and bouncing, unfortunately most cars/pick up trucks/mini vans, do not have mud flaps, which can cause a direct hit to your windshield, as the release of the object now has a clear path for ejection. think of the batting cage where you put money into that ball throwing machine......that ball comes flying out, un-obstructed......and at high speeds.............right....???

[arabianobsession]

^Unfortunately most trucks and semis in the area that I live in refuse to use mudflaps. Drives me nuts and pisses me off, lol.

[workerant]

Just be glade it's the windshield and not your face. There is REALLY NOTHING you can do to protect your windshield from flying debris.

You can try to slow down, so your speed won't contribute to the impact.

My rock story, once apart of time (March of this year) I was driving down a local road doing about 40mph. I saw a rock flew strait into my windshield (yes it was big enough to see). The rock was from the other side of the road. Somehow the truck's tire pinch and launch that rock. Conclusion, I need new windshield. The End.

[arabianobsession]

I've been lucky with not having rocks hit my windshield. I did have a neighbor who lost control of her temper with her husband and chucked a bottle of gin......she had bad aim and the bottle of gin went through my windshield. Car had 406 miles on it, I was pissed. She paid for a new windshield and to get the dent fixed, at least.

[GT-R]

Originally Posted by arabianobsession

I've been lucky with not having rocks hit my windshield. I did have a neighbor who lost control of her temper with her husband and chucked a bottle of gin......she had bad aim and the bottle of gin went through my windshield. Car had 406 miles on it, I was pissed. She paid for a new windshield and to get the dent fixed, at least.

So u have a new windshield already? Is it the TRD windshield?

[MJZ]

Wow, 2 years, 2 bumpers later not a single flaw with my windshield.

My fender meanwhile is rusting

[Frodo65]

Originally Posted by mobilegundum

This may sound silly or totally stupid to you, but my 4 month old Camry has
already had 4 chips on the front windshield, the annoying part is they are all scattered on the driver's side. Is there anything that I can do to protect the glass or anything at all to minimize the chance of getting hit??

I had a 95 Accord and a 97 Camry prior to this Camry and had never gotten a chip on the windshield. Could it be related to the bigger glass panel that the new Camry has? I just don't understand. Thanks for any insight.

I suspect that the air flow management contributes to the front-end chips - not just windshield. The good news is that the Camry has an excellent drag coefficient. The bad news is that the air flow doesn't have high-pressure ridges to deflect the smaller stones.

For the other 'old-timers' - remember when you could drive with the drivers' windows open without the car sounding like the inside of a drum? The old crocks from 'back in the day' had a relatively smooth airflow past the side of the car, without the resonances that the Camry has. The bad news is that the drag was 60% higher.

As to the 'air deflectors' - realize that they'll cost you a couple of MPG at higher speeds. Whether reducing the chance of 'sandblasting' is a worthwhile trade-off is your decision.

[mobilegundum]

Originally Posted by Frodo65

I suspect that the air flow management contributes to the front-end chips - not just windshield. The good news is that the Camry has an excellent drag coefficient. The bad news is that the air flow doesn't have high-pressure ridges to deflect the smaller stones.

For the other 'old-timers' - remember when you could drive with the drivers' windows open without the car sounding like the inside of a drum? The old crocks from 'back in the day' had a relatively smooth airflow past the side of the car, without the resonances that the Camry has. The bad news is that the drag was 60% higher.

As to the 'air deflectors' - realize that they'll cost you a couple of MPG at higher speeds. Whether reducing the chance of 'sandblasting' is a worthwhile trade-off is your decision.

Does that means all the new cars with a low drag coefficient will suffer from this as well??

[arabianobsession]

Originally Posted by GT-R

So u have a new windshield already? Is it the TRD windshield?

Oh haha!
Nah, it's aftermarket. (oooh, my FIRST real aftermarket part! J/K) It was $200, in comparison to the $800 Toyota wanted