Eyeglass Repair

Adjusting the fit and replacing a screw or a nose pad are free. Most other repairs are $20 to $60, and a broken arm or hinge is $60 with a turnaround of about 7 to 10 days. Glasses bought elsewhere cost the same to repair. New lenses or a new frame are quoted as a purchase. You hear the price before any work starts.

Usually. Most broken arms can be fixed, case by case, and the repair is $60 with about 7 to 10 days’ turnaround. It depends on how it broke rather than how bad it looks. An arm loose at the hinge or a sheared screw is routine. A hinge pulling away from the frame front is often repairable. A metal arm snapped clean can sometimes be soldered, while a plastic arm broken through rarely holds afterward. Bring every piece in and an optician will tell you which one you have.

For a screw, a pad, a hinge, or an alignment, a repair costs a fraction of a new pair and takes minutes. Replacement wins when the frame front is cracked, the plastic has gone brittle, or your prescription is out of date anyway, because you would be paying for new lenses regardless. We price both when it is close, so you decide with the numbers in front of you.

Yes. An optician’s bench, the kind found in an independent optometry office, handles most frame repairs on the spot. Modo Optometry in Marina del Rey repairs glasses and sunglasses from any brand or store, seven days a week. Mail-in services exist for rare parts, but they mean days without your glasses and no fitting at the end.

Yes. Frames from another shop, a chain store, or an online retailer get the same look, the same answer, and the same prices. The one limit is parts: a hinge or temple made for a specific brand we do not carry can take longer to source, and we tell you that before you decide.

No. Walk in during business hours, Monday through Saturday 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm. If you would rather call ahead, (310) 305-2950 reaches the front desk, and we can tell you whether the part you need is likely in stock.

Screws, nose pads, temple tips, and adjustments take a few minutes, and most people wait. Larger repairs and anything that needs an ordered part take about 7 to 10 days. New lenses in your own frame are a lab order with its own turnaround.

Often, yes. The frame has to be in good enough condition to survive having the old lenses removed, which is the main risk with older plastic frames, and your prescription has to be current. We check both before taking the order and tell you if the frame is a poor bet. The practice cannot take responsibility if an older frame breaks while the lenses are changed, though that is rare.

Yes. Prescription and non-prescription sunglasses get the same hinge, screw, nose pad, and alignment work as eyeglasses. Scratched or cracked sunglass lenses are replaced rather than repaired, and we can quote that for most frames.

Tightening a screw with a proper eyeglass screwdriver is fine. Beyond that, no. Household pliers bend frames in ways that are hard to reverse, and glue makes a repairable break much harder to fix and can damage lens coatings. Bring the glasses and any loose pieces in as they are.

Sometimes, and it comes down to the material. A clean break in a metal bridge can occasionally be soldered. A plastic bridge broken through almost never holds, and the better answer is your existing lenses in a similar frame, if they are in good shape. Bring all the pieces in and an optician will tell you which you have.

For many frames, yes. Generic temple tips, nose pads, and screws fit most frames and are stocked. A full replacement arm has to match the frame’s hinge, so it is ordered from the manufacturer, which works for current models and is harder for discontinued ones. We check availability before you commit to waiting.