Windshield protection film. For the glass you can’t just replace.

$499 for most cars, trucks and SUVs. $599 for Teslas and oversized SUV glass. $899 for flat exotic glass, Model X, Cybertruck and anything needing a custom cut. Installed in shop at 2725 N Nevada Ave. The one local shop that publishes a price starts at $499 too — we’re not going to pretend we invented the number, we’re just not going to hide it like everybody else does.

It stops most of them, and that’s the honest version. Film is a sacrificial layer: a stone hits a flexible surface bonded above the glass, the energy spreads sideways instead of punching into a single point, and the glass underneath stays whole. A big enough rock at highway speed will still get through. What film reliably kills is the constant drip of small gravel strikes that turn into chips, and in Colorado that’s most of them.

No. We’re a 3M authorized installer and we’ll tell you straight: 3M’s Scotchgard Pro Series film is rated for painted surfaces only — their own product bulletin says so — and 3M has no windshield film in the catalog at all. Anybody advertising “3M windshield protection film” is either using paint film somewhere it isn’t rated, or counting on you not checking. We use a film made specifically for glass.

They’re different products doing different jobs and they stack in a specific order. A 70% ceramic or Crystalline strip on the windshield cuts heat; protection film takes impacts. If you want both, tell us when you book — the order matters and we’ll sequence it properly rather than peeling something off later.

Plan on replacing it. That’s not a weakness, it’s the point — the film wears so the glass doesn’t. Life depends on how much highway you drive and how much sun it sits in; Colorado’s UV load is hard on everything. When it’s hazed, scratched or taken a hit, it comes off and a fresh one goes on, and the windshield under it is still the original.

We cut around sensor and camera windows rather than filming over them. This is also the strongest argument for the film in the first place: on a car with cameras behind the glass, a replacement means recalibration on top of the glass cost. Keeping the original windshield avoids that whole bill.

Sometimes yes, often no, and we’d rather say so. If you’re on I-25 or Powers every day and you’ve already replaced a windshield, the math works. If you get a chip every couple of years, a $60 repair when it happens is the cheaper plan. We’ll tell you which one you are.

Two reasons. Geometry: older supercars and a lot of exotics run nearly vertical glass, so a stone hits square instead of glancing off a rake. Supply: that glass often isn’t on a shelf anywhere in the country, it’s a special order measured in weeks, and the invoice has an extra digit. At that point the film isn’t the expensive part of the decision.

The film comes off, we repair the chip properly to the ROLAGS standard, and new film goes on. We do both in the same shop, which is the reason to have one place handle it.

That’s the best time to do it. New glass, zero existing damage, nothing to work around. If we’ve just replaced a windshield for you, filming it the same visit saves you a second trip.

Book online, or call (719) 517-7220 or text (719) 521-6992. We look at the glass before anything goes on it — if there’s an existing chip it gets repaired first. Film work is in shop at 2725 N Nevada Ave.

Plan on most of a day. Film needs a clean, dust-free bay and controlled conditions, and we’d rather take the time than rush an edge. We’ll give you a window when you book.