The windshield glass that is in most modern automobiles is high optical clarity (purity) Silica Glass. Companies that produce this Glass (Safelite for example) assemble the sheet glass into a composite unit consisting of a sandwich of ultra clear plastic or tinted plastic in between two sheets of tempered glass. Tempering causes the glass to shatter into small pieces rather than into large sharp chunks when it breaks.
Tempered, also called safety glass.
The antenna is an in-glass type located on the rear windshield.
Some great companies offering windshield glass replacement include for example "Safelite", "Glass Doctor", "Windshields To Go" and "Windshield Experts".
Vehicular windshields are made of laminated auto glass. There is a polymer layer between the glass sheets that provides a "flexible strength" to the glass to keep it from breaking into large, sharp pieces. The advantages of this type of glass in a windshield are pretty obvious. Links can be found below to check facts and learn more.
You should pay around $100-$250 for windshield glass repair.
In the windshield glass.
Auto Glass Repair provides services such as windshield repair, windshield replacement, windshield chip repair, windshield crack repair and windshield scratch repair.
Best to call a glass co. to do it as the old glass has to be cut out and everything around the windshield cleaned before the new glass with urethane on it can be set back in place.
The average windshield weighs about 25 pounds. A Blue Bird bus windshield weighs 125 pounds.
Yes, it is laminated glass.
A windshield is not a machine.
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