Best Auto Glass Replacement & Repair in Bradenton, FL

Yes! Windshield safety and windshield replacement is very important. Your windshield an integral part in roof crush protection in a roll-over accident. It also provides the bracing your passenger-side airbags need to function properly. If your windshield loses adhesion in a collision or roll-over, your safety is in jeopardy. This is why it is imperative that your auto glass replacement be done by a trained professional like ours, here at Windshield Repair Florida.

Most windshield replacements take roughly an hour, and an hour for the adhesives to set before you can drive your vehicle. Some windshields do take a little bit longer depending on the air temperature and the features of the windshield. Your technician will provide you with a safe drive away time for your windshield replacement when he has completed the job.

Your car windshield is made of laminated safety glass. What makes this auto glass unique is its special construction, designed to offer optimum safety in the event of a crash. Laminated safety glass is made up of two pieces of glass with a thin layer of vinyl sandwiched between them. When a small object strikes a piece of laminated safety glass, often only the outer layer breaks. This is what makes a windshield repair for a rock chip, ding, or small crack possible. With a more severe impact, the glass may crack but usually does not shatter. This type of glass also acts as a barrier to objects moving inside the vehicle. Your side and rear car windows are made of tempered glass. This type of auto glass is put through a special process where it is heated, then rapidly cooled. This tempering process makes the glass many times stronger than unprocessed glass of the same thickness. Upon impact, tempered glass is designed to break into small pieces of glass about the size of small pebbles. There should be no large, jagged pieces that could injure the driver or other passengers. The force necessary to break a piece of tempered glass is considerably more than that required to break non-tempered glass.