Windscreen Crack & Chip Repairs

Got a chip or crack?

Fast Autoglass offers fast car window repair. We take care of all glass damage that occurs as a natural consequence of driving on the road.

When stones flick up and hit your vehicle’s windscreen leaving a chip or crack, you should contact Fast Autoglass quickly on 0800 708 708. Our mobile or workshop-based auto glass repairs technicians can often resin-fill chips and cracks, stopping them from growing larger and resulting in the needs for a whole new windscreen.

Our windscreen chip repair and crack repairs are performed to meet AS/NZS2366.1 standard using a repair system that complies with AS/NZS2366.2 standard. A certificate of compliance is issued with all repairs we do that meet the standard required.

Fast Autoglass will carry out your car windscreen repairs with minimum fuss. Come on in, we’re more than happy to give you a quote on the price for your windshield chip or crack repair. Would like to know more about cost?  Give us a call or please read our handy blog on Windscreen replacement costs.

We aim to get you and your vehicle back on the road as promptly and painlessly as possible.

Crack in windscreen

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    NZ Standard for Windscreen Repairs

    Windscreen crack and chip guide

    Pit/Crater

    Maximum diameter 2mm in CVA or 5mm outside CVA

    Pit Crater

    Bullseye

    Maximum diameter 10mm in CVA or 20mm outside CVA

    Bullseye chip

    Star

    Maximum diameter 15mm in CVA or 30mm outside CVA

    Star crack

    Horseshoe

    Maximum diameter 10mm in CVA or 25mm outside CVA

    Horseshoe chip

    Crack

    Maximum diameter 25mm in CVA or 350mm outside CVA

    Windscreen crack

    Combination Same Type

    Diameter of the smallest circle around all incidences is measured and maximum diameter applied

    Combination same type

    Combination Different Types

    Each type measured and maximum diameter applied seperately

    Combination different types

    Combination Same + Different

    Diameters of the smallest circles around all incidences of same types are measured and maximum diameter applied

    Combination same different

    The standard does not allow repairs if:

    • A crack starts and finishes at the edge of the windscreen
    • The damage affects more than the outer layer of glass
    • The windscreen bonding layer has deteriorated
    • There are eight or more repairs on the windscreen
    • There is a previous repaired crack over 100mm
    • Two or more previous repairs are in the Critical Vision Area (CVA) and the new damage is in the CVA
    • An adjacent previous repair is in the overlay area and the new damage or previous repair is in the CVA