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Mopar just announced a 2010-2018 Jeep Wrangler Gorilla Glass replacement windshield! No more rock chips that turn into long cracks that make you fail your inspection. Hopefully, no more $25 insurance premiums down in Moab either!

If you aren’t familiar with Gorilla Glass, it’s the same technology on modern cellphones which I think is a bad example since I manage to break my iPhone screen yearly. Luckily I found a cool video from Ford where they developed Gorilla Glass for the Ford GT and fired iceballs out of a cannon at a windshield.

Mopar is very confident the Gorilla Glass will protect you from the following:

Sharp Impact

  • Typically small sharp stone impact

  • Characteristic “star” (aka radial) crack

  • The crack extends fully through the outer glass ply (surfaces one and two)

Blunt Impact

  • Typically small blunt rock/debris impact

  • Characteristic “bullseye” flaw, may see surrounding star crack

  • Crack is on surface one of outer ply, may extend to surface two of the outer ply

Biaxial Flexure

  • The larger blunt object like hail or stone

  • Sharp impact on surface one

  • Long cracks “running” from a central point

  • Crack is commonly on inner ply surface four, sometimes on outer ply surface two

If you find yourself getting tired of the $200+ cost for an aftermarket Jeep Wrangler windshield, maybe you’ll want to upgrade to Gorilla Glass next time. A quick internet search shows the price at $350+, so if you find yourself hitting the trails often or having trucks on the highway ruining your day, it might be the solution for you. Read more about Gorilla Glass here.

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