Alpine Auto Glass Blog

A $500 glass deductible on your policy doesn’t mean every rock thrown off a gravel truck on I-90 will cost you $500. That figure is what you pay before comprehensive coverage takes over the rest of the bill, and when

If you get windshield quotes for the same truck from AutoGlassNow, from Safelite, and from a local Spokane shop, the three totals will rarely match. In most cases, the glass price isn’t the main difference. The difference usually comes from

If you live in Post Falls, calling a shop in Spokane Valley for a windshield replacement probably sounds like it comes with a problem attached—whether a later appointment slot, mileage added to your bill, maybe warranty terms that read differently.

As soon as you start to search for a windshield crack repair, somewhere on page one you’ll find a Reddit thread telling you to grab a resin kit before the crack spreads. That advice is half right, which is the

Many Spokane drivers find this gap with ADAS calibration the same way. Your windshield gets replaced, insurance pays, and everyone shakes hands. Then weeks later, during an oil change at your car dealership, the technician mentions that the camera behind

When you call a glass shop for mobile auto glass services, the price you get up front on the phone is rarely the same as the total on your final invoice. Somewhere between “we’ll come to you” and “sign here,”

That rock chip you picked up from a gravel truck off Highway 95 isn’t the real problem. The week you’ve spent ignoring it is. Most Hayden drivers think the repair-or-replace question comes down to how the chip looks today. It

Somebody breaks into your truck, and the door window is gone. You picture the fix: pop the old glass, drop in new, done. That’s not the job. The glass is the cheapest, simplest part of a car door glass replacement.

A rock hits your windshield on I-90 somewhere past the Fourth of July Pass exit. You’re headed to a lake house in Coeur d’Alene, the kids are in the back seat, and your first thought is “insurance covers this.” Maybe.

If you drive a vehicle built after 2018, windshield replacement is no longer just a glass job. It is a software job. But if you call around Spokane for a quote today, some shops will price it as if it

Most drivers look at a cracked windshield and talk themselves out of filing a claim. Rate hikes. Paperwork. The vague sense that the insurance company will make things painful. The mental math never adds up — and meanwhile, the crack