Windsheild Glass Replacement Option Suggestions?
#1
Windsheild Glass Replacement Option Suggestions?
I have a 45 K mileage 993 and it has pitting in line of site of passenger seat (right where my significant other/opinionated GF sits). I am thinking of replacing windshield. I read a comment on RL someone made about OEM factory from Germany being "softer" and more liable to pit?
Suggestions appreciated.
Suggestions appreciated.
#3
Yeah, my windshield has a lot of pitting and a few small chips. I'd love for the chips to grow because the its a free replacement in FL if the chip is larger than a dollar(and you have comprehensive).
I think its a balance, softer windshields are more likely to get pitted but less likely to have crack propagation, while hard, brittle windshields will resist pitting but will crack easier.
I suppose that if you have options, it all comes down to personal preference.
Just don't dwell on the pitting issue too much or it may become an epidemic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle...tting_Epidemic
I think its a balance, softer windshields are more likely to get pitted but less likely to have crack propagation, while hard, brittle windshields will resist pitting but will crack easier.
I suppose that if you have options, it all comes down to personal preference.
Just don't dwell on the pitting issue too much or it may become an epidemic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle...tting_Epidemic
#5
I have a 45 K mileage 993 and it has pitting in line of site of passenger seat (right where my significant other/opinionated GF sits). I am thinking of replacing windshield. I read a comment on RL someone made about OEM factory from Germany being "softer" and more liable to pit?
Suggestions appreciated.
Suggestions appreciated.
May be easier to get a new GF that is less opinionated. My be better for many reasons.
But maybe better post a pic first!
#6
If you decide on getting a new windshield instead of a new girlfriend, make sure you stick with OEM glass and get a good shop to install it -- someone who has installed 993 glass before. Creaking is a much more annoying problem than softness.
#7
OK Done....I'll lose the GF....makes more sense....Well....maybe not...other considerations? Can live without them? Shoot them? Trade them? I guess at this stage as free air-fair is involved, I'll have to keep the GF and buy her a bad pair of designer shades.....
Good to hear about a potential windshield rust problem with these wonderful machines (hope not). At this stage I am a guy living with pits!
Good to hear about a potential windshield rust problem with these wonderful machines (hope not). At this stage I am a guy living with pits!
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#8
keep the windshield as long as possible. I bet your GF would rather see you spend $1.5k on her (or at least both of you) and deal with looking through pitted glass. It's part of the charm like all old things.
Mine is all pitted with a ding slightly below my line of vision. I know that as soon as I replace this perfectly usable windshield I'll crack next on in no time. So until mine cracks I'm keeping it. BTW I believe mine is original with 74k miles...so yea it looks like crap.
Mine is all pitted with a ding slightly below my line of vision. I know that as soon as I replace this perfectly usable windshield I'll crack next on in no time. So until mine cracks I'm keeping it. BTW I believe mine is original with 74k miles...so yea it looks like crap.
#10
Just don't dwell on the pitting issue too much or it may become an epidemic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle...tting_Epidemic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle...tting_Epidemic
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The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic is a phenomenon which affected Bellingham, Seattle, and other communities of Washington state in April, 1954; it is considered an example of a mass delusion.[1] It was characterized by widespread observation of previously unnoticed windshield holes, pits and dings, leading residents to believe that a common causative agent was at work. It was originally thought to be the work of vandals but the rate of pitting was so great that residents began to attribute it to everything from sand flea eggs to nuclear bomb testing.
Originating in Bellingham in March, police initially believed the work to be vandals using BB guns. However the pitting was soon observed in the nearby towns of Sedro Woolley and Mount Vernon and by mid-April, appeared to have spread to the town of Anacortes on Fidalgo Island.
Within a week, the news and the so-called "pitting epidemic" had reached metropolitan Seattle. As the newspapers began to feature the story, more and more reports of pitting were called in. Motorists began stopping police cars to report damage and car lots and parking garages reported particularly severe attacks.
Several theories for the widespread damage were postulated:
The "Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic" as it is called has become a textbook case of collective delusion (not "mass hysteria" as reported).[2] Although natural windshield pitting had been going on for some time, it was only when the media called public attention to it that people actually looked at their windshields and saw damage they had never noticed before.
The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic is a phenomenon which affected Bellingham, Seattle, and other communities of Washington state in April, 1954; it is considered an example of a mass delusion.[1] It was characterized by widespread observation of previously unnoticed windshield holes, pits and dings, leading residents to believe that a common causative agent was at work. It was originally thought to be the work of vandals but the rate of pitting was so great that residents began to attribute it to everything from sand flea eggs to nuclear bomb testing.
Originating in Bellingham in March, police initially believed the work to be vandals using BB guns. However the pitting was soon observed in the nearby towns of Sedro Woolley and Mount Vernon and by mid-April, appeared to have spread to the town of Anacortes on Fidalgo Island.
Within a week, the news and the so-called "pitting epidemic" had reached metropolitan Seattle. As the newspapers began to feature the story, more and more reports of pitting were called in. Motorists began stopping police cars to report damage and car lots and parking garages reported particularly severe attacks.
Several theories for the widespread damage were postulated:
- Some thought that a new million watt radio transmitter installed by the Navy was producing waves that caused physical oscillations in glass;
- Some believed it to be the work of cosmic rays;
- Some reporting seeing glass bubble form right before their eyes, believing it to be the work of sand fleas;
- Some attributed it to a shift in the Earth's magnetic field;
- Others blamed supernatural phenomena such as "gremlins."[citation needed]
The "Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic" as it is called has become a textbook case of collective delusion (not "mass hysteria" as reported).[2] Although natural windshield pitting had been going on for some time, it was only when the media called public attention to it that people actually looked at their windshields and saw damage they had never noticed before.
#11
Agree with all of this
#12
The car is in pretty good condition and silver color hides imperfections very well, but 74k miles of highways will do their damage to the windshield and to the front bumper.
#13
I just caught a good size rock right in the line of sight a couple of weeks ago. It's about 1/8" in diameter. I may wait until it cracks further before pursue getting it replaced. Researching threads local to me for a reputable windshield replacement shop.
#15
You guys are lucky, I may have to drive to Vancouver just to get my windshield replaced. I doubt there's anyone up here that's ever replaced one on a 993. Mine's been cracked since last year.