# Can I drill a hole in my windshield? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193 "2003-01-07T22:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/21 "2003-01-09T06:18:37Z")
hmm. I may try racer’s solution. Sounds sound enough. ---
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/22 "2003-01-09T06:24:52Z")
hmm. I may try racer’s solution. Sounds sound enough. ---
**Author:** ![pipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipper)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/23 "2003-01-09T15:50:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*I am assuming you do not have insurance, or you do not have glass coverage on your insurance. If the latter, call your insurer up, put glass coverage on your policy - it’s like $37. extra a year - and then wait a couple days, and call them about your window. They’ll come out and replace it free. \*\* And then, after they come out and replace your fraudulently insured windshield, they’ll go back to their little adding machine and figure out that they need to raise rates to cover the costs of these scams and we all get screwed for your “free” windshield. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/24 "2003-01-09T16:03:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > **If the latter, call your insurer up, put glass coverage on your policy - it’s like $37. extra a year - and then wait a couple days** Thanks **Phlosphr**. Any other suggestions for fraud you’d like to share with the board? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/25 "2003-01-09T16:12:23Z")
Insurance companies aren’t all that dumb. Sometimes new coverage is conditional for the first 30 days, and they might investigate. Try that scheme and get caught and your insurance woes are just beginning. ---
**Author:** ![LtningBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/26 "2003-01-12T09:02:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*Also, if you’re going to do it, anyway, there are special drill bits designed for drilling tempered glass, such as that used in windshields. Make sure you get one. Using the wrong bit is likely to result in shattering the top layer into thousands of little bits like the ones left behind at accident scenes. \*\* Correction: tempered glass isn’t used in the windshield. The side windows (and maybe the rear, not sure) are tempered, and will shatter. If the windshield were tempered, I don’t think you’d ever see a car with an intact windshield during a Colorado winter. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193/27 "2003-01-12T22:22:45Z")
When I was in Utah my oficemate had his windshield drilled to stop the crack propagation. IIRC, he had a professional do it. Last year, I had a crack on my window. I had the windshield replaced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-drill-a-hole-in-my-windshield/147193.md?page=1)