On Jan 2, 6:33 pm, Chalo <[email protected]> wrote: > N8N wrote: > > > powrwrap wrote: > > > > Chalo wrote: > > > > > Glasshunter wrote: > > > > > > I have decided to buy a rimless glass. However I think that I need to > > > > > pay more attention in choosing a rimless glasses than other designs. > > > > > But why? Would you drive a chassis-less car that uses the windows > > > > instead of sheetmetal for the body? Live in a wall-less house that > > > > uses window glass to hold up the roof? > > > > > Lenses are _optics_ and they should be picked for their ideal > > > > _optical_ qualities. Glasses frames are structures and should be > > > > chosen for their structural qualities. Rimless designs use the lenses > > > > as the main structural element, and amount to putting the cart before > > > > the horse from a design standpoint. > > > > Yes, and some people choose eyeglasses for fashion reasons. Cars too. > > > Hard to believe, I know... > > > not only that, the windshield is a structural element of pretty much > > any new car. > > Is that why it's bedded in rubber? > > I can imagine the craptastic engineering minds at GM or the like > wanting to cheese out and have the windows function structurally so > they could save another nickel's worth of steel, but I doubt that the > windows themselves would get behind that program. I've noticed a few > windshields that cracked from the latent stresses of poor > installation, without even being used as a structural member. > > Chalo
Newest car I've owned with a conventional rubber-gasket windshield was my '84 Scirocco. By the time my '89 GTI was built the windshields were all glued in. I ASSume that that means that they were using glued-in by 1985 (when that body style was introduced) unless that was a running change. Every vehicle that I've owned/driven newer than that Scirocco has had a glued-in windshield, that includes VW, Porsche, Ford, and Chevy. I'm not aware of any current production vehicles that don't use glued-in windshields, although I have not seriously researched the subject. The downside is that you can't just pick up a used piece of glass from the junkyard and replace it yourself anymore, at least not economically. nate -- Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en
