Write-up on repairing BULLEYES on windshield glass

[heyitzalan]

Hey guys, i was bored this afternoon. I found that my windshield have a bulleye on my driver side windshield. I believe a rock hit my windshield causing this. On the damage area, it is completely flat , and i don't feel any rough edge or any sharp edge either. By the way, i have the s14.
So i went to autozone to get "Permatex Windshield Repair Kit (09103)." I've never done this before. My first thought on this stuff is "It will never work." But i gave it a try.


This is how my bulleye looks on my windshield.



The kit comes with resin, thumbtack, syringe, alcohol wipe, small yellow strip mask, green adhesive disc and the grey resin tube and a box cutter.

step 1: Wipe the bulleye with alcohol wipe. Clean and prep it. Get the green circle sticker, and stick it on the bulleye, the center empty hole must fill up the bulleye as the picture show below.


step 2: get the grey thing and stick it to the green sticker , the grey center hole must align to the green center sticker hole. Picture show below.



Step 3: Squeeze 3/4 of the resin into the hole. And save 1/4 of the resin for later use.



Step 4: Stick the syringe into the hole, and pull the plunger all the way and lock the plunger at the top line so that it is creating a vacuum, you will see the resin making bubbles on the bottom of the syringe. WAIT 10 MINUTES for this step!!!



Step 5: After 10minutes is over, pull the syringe to get the air out. and put the plunger back in, and push the plunger down to the 2nd line. At this time, it is squeezing the resin into the bulleye. WAIT 20 MINUTES for this step!!!! Picture shown below.



Step 6: After 20minutes is over, pull the syringe off, and use the box cutter to shave the adhesive disc off. You will see a little bit of bulleye, but no much. Sorry i forgot to take a picture at this step, because i was excited that it works. LOL

Step 7: After shaving the resin and adhesive disc off, apply the 1/4 of resin on the bulleye. And put the yellow strip mask and cover the resin on the bulleye. Wait 15minutes to dry. Picture shown below.



Last Step: After 15minutes is over. remove the yellow strip, and use box cutter to shave the remaining resin off. The large amount of bulleye is removed. But i still see a little bulleye left when i look closer. But it is hardly noticeable.

Now, i have alot better view on the windshield. I hope this work for everybody here on zilvia. If mine works, i hope it works for you too. Have fun and safe driving.

[MTalon]

wow, that thing is complicated haha. But it looks like it did the trick so props on making a write up

[fromxtor]

I can't see alot of the pics here at work, but +1 for doing something to you car and making a write up so everyone can make use of it.

[Coupe_Love89]

the best part about the things is that it will stop a crack from forming i use them at work

[heyitzalan]

Originally Posted by Coupe_Love89

the best part about the things is that it will stop a crack from forming i use them at work

yea, that's right. i want to prevent my original windshield from cracking along the way.

[aoiken3]

+1 man. wanted my bulleyes gone. just didnt kno how til now.

[heyitzalan]

that's what happen if you don't fix it.

[driven_]

heh. funny, i have one on my s14 windshield too, and i've also seen it around stores. thinking "ehh, this is probably some cheap bs."

[heyitzalan]

Originally Posted by driven_

heh. funny, i have one on my s14 windshield too, and i've also seen it around stores. thinking "ehh, this is probably some cheap bs."

haha, i thought about it. first thought comes in my mind, "yea right." but i want to fix the bulleye. so i gave it a try. it works tho. lol

[jackjack]

not bad... not bad. i'm going to have to try this out. nice write up.

[P_856]

i need to do that to my car i used this other other brand and it worked great for about a year but not its starting to show again how much did the kit cost you

[heyitzalan]

Originally Posted by P_856

i need to do that to my car i used this other other brand and it worked great for about a year but not its starting to show again how much did the kit cost you

it's $9.99 at autozone. that's where i got it.

[2ndlife]

I 've use it also. Fixed 80% of the crack. I wonder if it can be fixed 100% if I repeat it.

[heyitzalan]

Originally Posted by 2ndlife

I 've use it also. Fixed 80% of the crack. I wonder if it can be fixed 100% if I repeat it.

i don't think it will work on 2nd attempt, because the resin already went into the air gaps.

[rps13drift]

i used to do this all the time when i worked for a auto glass company! The only difference is we used a special very small diameter diamond drill bit and drilled through the first layer of glass. Then we did the follwing steps mentioned above! Also big note that the resin cures best with UV rays and to do it on a nice sunny day!

[GSXRJJordan]

^^^ Someone didn't go to science class - just because it's not sunny, doesn't mean there's not just as much UV out there as a sunny day. Lol.

To the OP - great job. Tackling a new task, taking pics, and doing the writeup... I like it +rep to you.

[heyitzalan]

Originally Posted by rps13drift

i used to do this all the time when i worked for a auto glass company! The only difference is we used a special very small diameter diamond drill bit and drilled through the first layer of glass. Then we did the follwing steps mentioned above! Also big note that the resin cures best with UV rays and to do it on a nice sunny day!

i did it on a hot summer day, it's almost no good, because the resin dry up too quick. it nearly didn't finish curing the filling. i recommend doing it on a weather around 65-70degrees.