Biil, my experience has been the same as yours. Seems like my original windshield was ond heck of a lot harder/tougher. The replacement seems to lack that toughness. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Bill Marshall wrote: > I'll toss my 2 cents into the kitty... > > I had my windshield replaced about a year ago. Original 1985 windshield had > pitting you wouldn't believe -- if driving into the sunset, it was opaque. > Poor neighborhood kids running and screaming, oncoming cars honking, driving > with my head out the window, etc. Got a new windshield and the next day, a > small rock put a nice set of 3 gouges right in my line of site. Not > chips/bullseyes, just gouges. I've wondered the same thing, is this glass > just softer? I've taken bigger hits on my old windshield with no marks. For > that matter, I took a foot-long chunk of truck tire tread square in middle at > highway speed, with no ill effects. > > Maybe it is softer. New regulations? Cheap glass? More safe? I'd like to > hear from a glass engineer what the various differences in glass are. > > Bill Marshall > 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box" > Bradenton FL > |
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