Rock Chips

The little guys sure get beat up by the rocks and stuff. Probably a
function of where you live, and the road conditions, etc. Good info here,
search for windshields.

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/

This unfortunately is a design flaw. To date, all years of Mini Coopers have the same pitch of their windshield.

On other vehicles, the pitch of the windshield deflects rocks with little or no damage because of the angle that they are hit.

Since the Mini windshield is more verticle, the rocks bounce directly with less deflection.

Mini knows of the problem and unfortunately it is just one of the things you have to deal with when you own the car.

Have not had any problems in 3 years.

On 2007-10-22, grinder < My husband has a 2006 Cooper S and it's had it's windsheild replaced twice. i
Basically once a year.
-Margaret

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Glad to know it's not just me. Thanks to all who replied.

Eric

Eric in TN < @k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

MINI windshields suck.

I went through 4 OEM windshields in 3 years in my Cooper before finally
going with PPG glass instead. They just kept cracking, and I don't drive
my car hard. It's been a year and a half with the PPG with no problems.

Wow! I guess I need to look into getting a PPG windshield. Thanks!

yep, solid windshield. http://www.northamericanmotoring.com