Here in Montreal, traveling by car isn’t the easiest. The roads are filled with rocks and potholes that can cause damages to your car such as tire pressure dropping, alignment of the wheels and most importantly stone chips. When a rock hits a windshield hard, it doesn’t shatter but the impact leaves a pocket of air because all windshields are laminated. Laminated is a type of glass that doesn’t shatter because it consists of 2 layers of glass and in between their plastic that creates an extreme bond together for safety.

Primarily, we highly recommend to repair a chip as soon as possible.

Not only do you prevent it from spreading and save hundreds of dollars by not replacing the whole glass, an early repair opts for a better repair and aesthetically, it will also look better because of all the dust, water, windshield washer, dirt or snow that haven’t contaminated the chip over time.

Secondarily, using high quality and up to date equipments. 

Technology these days advance so quick seems almost as fast as a blink of an eye. Here at Vite Vitres Jacques, we’re always aware of the new products and equipments in the market. Newer tools with better quality resin that goes in the chip to hold it from spreading helps for a better looking and repair to keep our customers satisfied. 

Thirdly, the most important, experience.

Working a stone chip takes patience and lots of experience. With over 30 years of servicing over 40 dealers across the island and over 50 garages as well gives us the experience others may not have for repairs. While repairing a crack, you must apply the correct amount of pressure, or else you can break the glass, and knowing when the resin has filled it all so you can have the best result.

Here at Vite Vitres Jacques, we offer all of these and then some. Whether it’s for a Mercedes or a Honda, we repair them just as well. Visit us and see how we’re the best and how we can save you hundreds of dollars!

Here in Montreal, traveling by car isn’t the easiest. The roads are filled with rocks and potholes that can cause damages to your car such as tire pressure dropping, alignment of the wheels and most importantly stone chips. When a rock hits a windshield hard, it doesn’t shatter but the impact leaves a pocket of air because all windshields are laminated. Laminated is a type of glass that doesn’t shatter because it consists of 2 layers of glass and in between their plastic that creates an extreme bond together for safety.

Primarily, we highly recommend to repair a chip as soon as possible.

Not only do you prevent it from spreading and save hundreds of dollars by not replacing the whole glass, an early repair opts for a better repair and aesthetically, it will also look better because of all the dust, water, windshield washer, dirt or snow that haven’t contaminated the chip over time.

Secondarily, using high quality and up to date equipments. 

Technology these days advance so quick seems almost as fast as a blink of an eye. Here at Vite Vitres Jacques, we’re always aware of the new products and equipments in the market. Newer tools with better quality resin that goes in the chip to hold it from spreading helps for a better looking and repair to keep our customers satisfied. 

Thirdly, the most important, experience.

Working a stone chip takes patience and lots of experience. With over 30 years of servicing over 40 dealers across the island and over 50 garages as well gives us the experience others may not have for repairs. While repairing a crack, you must apply the correct amount of pressure, or else you can break the glass, and knowing when the resin has filled it all so you can have the best result.

Here at Vite Vitres Jacques, we offer all of these and then some. Whether it’s for a Mercedes or a Honda, we repair them just as well. Visit us and see how we’re the best and how we can save you hundreds of dollars!

Here in Montreal, traveling by car isn’t the easiest. The roads are filled with rocks and potholes that can cause damages to your car such as tire pressure dropping, alignment of the wheels and most importantly stone chips. When a rock hits a windshield hard, it doesn’t shatter but the impact leaves a pocket of air because all windshields are laminated. Laminated is a type of glass that doesn’t shatter because it consists of 2 layers of glass and in between their plastic that creates an extreme bond together for safety.

Primarily, we highly recommend to repair a chip as soon as possible.

Not only do you prevent it from spreading and save hundreds of dollars by not replacing the whole glass, an early repair opts for a better repair and aesthetically, it will also look better because of all the dust, water, windshield washer, dirt or snow that haven’t contaminated the chip over time.

Secondarily, using high quality and up to date equipments. 

Technology these days advance so quick seems almost as fast as a blink of an eye. Here at Vite Vitres Jacques, we’re always aware of the new products and equipments in the market. Newer tools with better quality resin that goes in the chip to hold it from spreading helps for a better looking and repair to keep our customers satisfied. 

Thirdly, the most important, experience.

Working a stone chip takes patience and lots of experience. With over 30 years of servicing over 40 dealers across the island and over 50 garages as well gives us the experience others may not have for repairs. While repairing a crack, you must apply the correct amount of pressure, or else you can break the glass, and knowing when the resin has filled it all so you can have the best result.

Here at Vite Vitres Jacques, we offer all of these and then some. Whether it’s for a Mercedes or a Honda, we repair them just as well. Visit us and see how we’re the best and how we can save you hundreds of dollars!

When winter strikes Montreal, it’s relentless! You’ve got to wake up earlier to make sure you get be on time whether i’s dropping off the kids to school, going to your daily commute or even going to your chalet during the weekend. All of his while heating up your car and shovelling the snow off around your car. With these tips, we’ll make sure you’ll save some of your precious time and money during the cold mornings!

1. Warm up your car before driving off right away!

We know this one may sound obvious but a lot of people tend to rush home after work or going somewhere urgent and they don’t take the time to warm up the car! In cold temperatures, driving off with your car as soon as you start it can be harmful in the long run especially for cars that have turbos. In any car, you should at least warm it up at least 30 seconds to make sure the car is in good running condition. Pro Tip : You can use this time to clean off the extra snow of your headlights/taillights/plate not only for your visibility and for the drivers around you, but because cops can also amend tickets for these reasons!

2. Don’t use your wipers or your scraper to remove the frost or ice on you glasses!

Probably the worst part of winter, is scraping the ice off your windshield or other windows! Do not use your wipers to take off the ice as it can damage the blade and you’d need to change them quicker than average. Using your scraper or credit card is also bad because it can potentially scratch your windshield and bother your vision. You can mix in a bottle 1 part water and 2 part alcohol (you can also do this with 2 teaspoon of table salt). Spray the mixture on your car and watch it easily take off the ice or frost with no damage!

3. Never use boiling water 

The incredibly hot temperature of the water and the cold weather together is a disaster for you windshield. The stress it put on it can easily break it costing you hundreds to change it. Instead, put the heating off your car towards the windshield! It’s sufficient enough to remove the frost slowly while your shovelling the snow off your driveway!

4. Using proper wipers and cleaning them

Yes, there’s proper wipers to use during winter. Some have whole in them for example like the rainex ones which traps the ice in between so not only is it tough clean, it makes the wipers not function properly because it loses it’s flexibility! We recommend goodyear wipers because not only are they american made, they’re flexible and incredibly easy to clean to provide you with the most visibility on stormy commutes! Pro Tip #2 : Wipers should be changed twice a year as their effectiveness don’t last long.