Chris Paquette wrote: [...] > > Also, be prepared to have your windshield cracked at least once. Logging and > oil trucks are abundant, and they're in a hurry. They can (and often do) > kick up baseball-sized rocks as they pass and you WILL suffer the > consequences. Give them a wide berth. If your windshield does get cracked, > there are places along the way that can mend it with a chemical, provided > the crack hasn't spread too much. > The good part is that Vanagon OEM windshields are TRIPLE plated, ie have 2 layers of plastic sandwiched between three layers of glass. Which means that a rock may crack the outer glass layer without doing much damage to the integrity of the whole windshield. At least that's the way my 85s and 91s came equipped...
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