Poway roads and the chips they cause
Poway calls itself “The City in the Country,” and the roads show it. Most trips use one of four routes:
- Poway Road, the main street through town, with steady local and delivery traffic.
- SR-67 toward Ramona, a two-lane highway with trucks, trailers and gravel on the shoulders. Passing traffic and oncoming trucks throw plenty of stones.
- Scripps Poway Parkway, which links the business park to I-15 and SR-67 and carries heavy commercial traffic.
- I-15, the commuter freeway along the west side of town.
Any one of them can leave a bullseye, star break or short crack in your windshield. When it happens, you don’t need to find a shop. Pacific Windshields Mobile Rock Chip Repair comes to you.
At the business park or at home
The Poway business park along Scripps Poway Parkway is full of manufacturers, distributors and offices with large lots. That makes it an easy place to get a chip repaired during your shift. Send us the address and where you’re parked, and we’ll fix the chip while you work. If you run work trucks or vans, ask about our fleet windshield repair.
At home, we repair chips in driveways and garages all over Poway, from the neighborhoods off Twin Peaks Road and Espola Road to the horse properties in the hills. We’ve served North County customers since 1992, and the process is the same everywhere: about 30 minutes, no glass removed, factory seal untouched.
Inland heat and your windshield
Poway is well inland and gets hot summers, with cool nights and chilly winter mornings. Glass expands in the heat and contracts as it cools, and a chip is the weak point where that stress collects. A chip left open through a hot week can turn into a crack you can’t repair. Winter brings the opposite problem: a cold windshield hit with the defroster on high warms unevenly, and the chip takes the strain.
A garage or carport makes a sunny-day repair easier. Until we arrive, keep the car out of direct sun when you can and cover the chip with clear tape.
Repair or replace?
Replacing the windshield on a modern car or SUV costs $600–$1000+, more with an antenna, defroster or sensors. Repair costs a small fraction of that, and the original glass stays in place. If the damage fits under a quarter, it is most likely repairable. Our page on repairing vs. replacing a windshield walks through the choice.
We repair every chip type, including star breaks with legs that want to spread. We don’t do replacements, long cracks or insurance billing. If your windshield needs replacing, we’ll tell you straight away.
Good to know before you book
- Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm. Closed Sunday.
- Quotes: text a photo of the chip, with a quarter beside it, to 760-500-9281.
- What we need: the address, where the car is parked, and room to stand at the windshield.
- If you drive SR-67 often: check the glass after any hit from a passing truck. Small chips are easy to miss until they grow.
The lifetime guarantee
Each repair is guaranteed for the life of the vehicle, with a 100% money-back guarantee that the chip won’t spread. We’re licensed, certified and fully insured. See what customers say on our reviews page.
Close to Poway
We also repair windshields in Rancho Bernardo, 4S Ranch and Escondido.
