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Hi All,

First I have to say I love this forum! I'm just a weekend warrior who's getting back into detailing my own vehicles and I've learned a lot here. I love to look at many of your beautiful details. So now to my question: I will be moving out west in a few months. Where I am moving, it's mostly desert with frequent sand storms and it tends to play hell on windshields. The rental car I had only had 4k miles and the windshield had what looked like bug guts all over it. Except it wasn't bugs, it was rock chips. Everywhere. So what can I do to add some protection to my vehicles windshield. Obviously I won't be able to protect it from everything, but I would like to do what I can. Thanks!
 
Welcome to autogeek ...as for your question you will most likely looking for a glass coating such as CarPro FlyBy30 Windshield & Glass Coating Kit
 
To be honest, I've tried using various waxes/sealants/coatings on my windshield including but not limited to:
Klasse AIO/HGSG
Collinite 845
DP paint coating
Carpro Flyby 30
Wolfgang DGPS

And I've come to the conclusion that a well clayed, thoroughly deep cleaned, polished with just a regular foam polish pad and a finishing polish windshield will bead/sheet water better than anything you can put on it.
 
I usually just use D156 during my maintenance wash on my personal cars.
 
Welcome to AGO!

I have no reason to switch from Aquapel.

Unless I receive free Opti-Glass. :)
 
I have Opti-Glass Coating on my windshield and all other glass including panoramic roof and so far I'm very satisfied with it (applied more than 3 months ago)..
Great beading and sheeting, easy to clean and no need to use wipers when you drive in heavy rain.
Claimed to improve resistance against scratching and rock chips but I think this is subjective (size, sharpness, angle & speed of the little rock that hits your windshield).
It's expensive but should cover at least 4 cars (full glass coating) or 20 windshields only.
 
I bought a sealant from pinnacle. It's ok. Has to be bone dry when wipe off or just smears. Regular wax seams to work just as good
 
I find the DP Poli-Coat works very well on glass, before that I used Griots Paint Sealant,last a few months if I don't use the wipers much.
 
Original post said rock chips.

OPTI-GLASS is the only product I've ever seen advertised to provide some chip/scratch resistance. This is a major difference to rain repellent only type of products that improve visibility in wet conditions.

Whether or not it will provide the 'protection' you need is the question.
HOWEVER, anything (IMO as along as it is designed for winshield - your testing should validate) is better than nothing in terms of providing some scratch resistance. Just the act of dry wiping with the wiper can impart scratches.
 
I put cquartz UK on my windshield, all windows actually. its great on all the glass, the only complaint is there is slight chatter on the windshield. i barely have to use them, to avoid the chatter, i do use d156 on the windshield. i actually have a bottle of g1, but didnt get to use it
 
I've had great luck with GTechniq G1. Here's a review from Todd Helme, in which he comments 15 months later that it is still performing like day 1. Based on that testimonial, I bought it and am very happy with it.

Seal your glass for up to 30k miles with Gtechniq G1! - Autopia Forums - Auto Detailing & Car Care Discussion Forum

GTechniq also offers G5, which is similar to the more conventional treatments (Rain-X, Auqapel), which are sealants rather than coatings. I have had good luck with all GTechniq products.

I recently had a friend use FlyBy30, and while I am a huge CarPro fan and proponent, he had a bad experience and actually had to remove it because it was hazing up. Even the customer service rep said they didn't know what happened. I think that it was a isolated incident but I just wanted to mention that the last thing I heard about it was negative. Other than that, people love it.
 
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