If you live in San Diego, CA or the surrounding area and you’ve had an accident or other mishap that has caused damage to your car’s windshield, help isn’t far away. In fact, the highly qualified windshield replacement experts at Clear View Auto Glass stand ready to come to your rescue. When replacing your windshield simply can’t be avoided, you can count on our experts, who have handled thousands of replacements just like yours, to do the job and do it right.

The windshield is generally made of laminated safety glass, a type of treated glass, which consists of two curved sheets of glass, with a plastic layer lamination material between them for safety, and are glued into the window frame.

Today vehicle windshields are manufactured in many different shape, size and specifications to match each vehicle requirement.

We use glass only from selected windshield manufacturer like PPG, Pilkington and Carlite, which are the glass manufacturers for many car makers in the world.

Early windshields were made of ordinary window glass, but that could lead to serious injuries in the event of a crash.

A series of lawsuits and a lot of windshield replacement, led up to the development of stronger windshields.

Make Sure Your Windshield Replacement Is Done Right

At Clear View Auto Glass, your safety is our primary concern. We use the best glass available for you and your passengers’ safety. We take pride in our installation process and are as efficient as possible without sacrificing the quality of our work. We are professional and customer–focused. Our experts follow all federal and state regulations for proper installation and windshield integrity. That’s why we’re happy to offer our customers a lifetime workmanship warranty on every replacement.

Interesting Facts

The most notable example of this is the Pane vs. Ford case of 1917, that decided against Pane in that he was only injured through reckless driving. They were replaced with windshields made of toughened glass and were fitted in the frame using a rubber or neoprene seal. The hardened glass shattered into many mostly harmless fragments when the windshield broke. These windshields, however, could shatter from a simple stone or rock chip. In 1919, Henry Ford solved the problem of flying debris by using a new technology founded in France called glass laminating. Windshields made using this process were actually two layers of glass with a cellulose inner layer. This inner layer held the glass together when it fractured. This cut down on windshield replacement. Between 1919 and 1929, Ford ordered the use of laminated glass on all of his vehicles. On a 1952 De Soto. Note the panes of glass are flat.Modern, glued-in windshields contribute to the vehicle’s rigidity, but the main force for innovation has historically been the need to prevent injury from sharp glass fragments and windshield replacement. Almost all nations now require windshields to stay in one piece even if broken, except if pierced locally by a strong force. Properly installed automobile windshields are also essential to safety; along with the roof of the car, they provide protection to the vehicle’s occupants in the case of a roll-over accident. If you repair a rock chip early on, it can save you a lot of money and possible prevent a costly windshield replacement in the future.