ClearPlex Contour windshield film for Bothell drivers on I-405 and SR-522. Stops many chips before they crack the glass. From $700, Monroe or Tukwila.
The film doesn't make glass unbreakable, but it absorbs the small, sharp impacts that start most chips and cracks, and when it's worn it can be replaced instead of the windshield. Pricing is by windshield size: $700 for a standard windshield, $750 for a large one and $800 for an oversized or panoramic windshield. Installs start at about two hours. The film can look slightly hazy for two to four days while it cures to full clarity; that's normal and clears on its own.
From Canyon Park, North Creek or the Mill Creek side, Monroe is usually the easier drive via SR-522 east. From downtown Bothell or the Kenmore side, I-405 south to Tukwila often works better, depending on traffic. Installs start at about two hours at either shop.
Bothell commuters who drive I-405 to Bellevue or Everett, or SR-522 toward Seattle and Woodinville, share those highways with a lot of commercial traffic. The more time you spend on them, the more your windshield takes.
$700 for a standard windshield, $750 for a large windshield and $800 for an oversized or panoramic windshield.
Monroe via SR-522 is usually easier from Canyon Park, North Creek and the Mill Creek side. Tukwila via I-405 often works better from downtown Bothell and the Kenmore side.
No film makes glass unbreakable, but it absorbs many of the small impacts that start chips and cracks.
It's curing. Give it two to four days and it clears to full clarity.
Windshield Protection Film for Bothell is installed at both APC Auto Spa shops - APC Auto Spa Monroe, 14253 169th Drive SE, Suite 799, Monroe, WA 98272, and APC Auto Spa Tukwila, 1050 Industry Drive, Tukwila, WA 98188. Call (425) 818-2820 for either location.
Behind trucks on I-405 Stop-and-go traffic behind trucks means rocks coming off their tires at close range.
Highway speed on SR-522 Speed is what turns a small pebble into a chip that spreads. Film absorbs many of those impacts.
Winter weather A chip left alone through cold, wet weather tends to spread into a crack.
Driver-assist cameras Replacing the windshield on a newer car means recalibrating the cameras behind it. Protecting the glass avoids both.