Before & After
A repaired chip goes from very visible — a bullseye, a star, a half-moon, an edge crack — to about 90% invisible. More importantly the structural strength is fully restored. That's what makes the difference between a quick repair today and a full replacement next week.
The cosmetic improvement is what most customers notice first. The structural restoration is what the repair is actually for. A properly repaired windshield is laminated back into one continuous piece of safety glass — it won't spread, it won't fail on a deployed airbag, and it'll pass your next NY State inspection.
Photos will be added by Sonny as jobs are completed. Here's what each damage type looks like and what repair achieves on each.
Bullseye
A classic round chip with a dark circle in the middle, usually about the size of a dime. Caused by a rock striking the windshield straight-on. After repair: the dark circle clears almost entirely, leaving a faint pinprick where the impact point was. Structural strength fully restored.
Star break
A small impact point with several short hairline cracks radiating outward in a star pattern. Common from gravel kicked up on the 33 or I-90. After repair: the radiating legs disappear or fade to barely visible. The center impact mark stays as a small dot. The break can no longer spread because each leg is now filled with cured resin.
Half-moon (partial bullseye)
Like a bullseye but only half a circle — a crescent shape where the rock hit at an angle instead of head-on. After repair: the crescent shadow lifts almost completely. From three feet away in normal light, you'd have to know where to look to find it.
Combination break
The toughest type. A bullseye or half-moon WITH star legs radiating out — basically multiple damage patterns from one impact. After repair: all the legs seal and the center clears significantly. The repair time is a little longer because we have to make sure resin flows into every leg, but the result is the same: stopped, sealed, structurally solid.
Edge crack
A crack that starts at or near the edge of the windshield, often from a chip you didn't notice spreading inward. These are time-sensitive — edges have less structural support, so cracks travel faster from edges than from the middle. After repair: the crack stops growing immediately and seals to about 90% invisible along its length. We can repair edge cracks up to about 24 inches if we catch them in time.
Surface pit
A small surface chip with no real depth — the impact only took out the top layer of glass and didn't crack through. After repair: the pit fills smooth and flush. These are the easiest type to repair and almost completely disappear when done.
Send a photo to (716) 548-2683 and I'll tell you which type you've got and what the repair will look like. If I can fix it, I'll fix it. If I can't, I'll tell you straight.