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Most car owners are completely unaware of the thickness of their car’s windshield. And this is important to know, especially if you keep driving in winter. About why
Usually, attention is paid to the windshield only when scratches or cracks appear on its surface. And when buying a new part, they only look at the manufacturer. This is a mistake. After all, even branded items may not withstand our harsh winters.
By the way, the plywood for the same car models is different, although it is difficult to determine by eye. For example, the difference in thickness. In addition, the “scatter” can be quite serious – by 20%. For a cheap foreign car, there are 4 mm car windows, and there are also 5.2 mm.
Obviously, the thicker the “visor”, the greater the strength and noise will decrease. But there are also disadvantages in the form of a long warm-up. Especially if the “lobovukha” does not have electric heating wires. Such a spare part “defrosts” slowly and unevenly. This should be taken into account, because if after some time the driver turns on the “stove” at full power, believing that the car is ready for the trip and all that remains is to “heat” the interior a little, he risks to see an expanding crack before him.
Thin glass in winter will also cause some problems. We’ve written many times about scratches from “windshield wipers” and a scraper, so we won’t repeat. The fact is that the load on the body is also transferred to the “lobovukha”. So when driving through bumps, speed bumps or during sharp maneuvering, part of the torque goes to the roof racks. They are slightly distorted and ‘lean’, as it were, on the front and rear window. When it is hot in the cabin and cold outside, even such a light impact is enough to burst the fragile spare part. After all, metal and plywood dissipate heat in different ways. By the way, the process is accelerated by crushed stone.
Finally, we add that a glass roof can also “suffer” in winter. Also due to deformations of the force structure of the frame and temperature differences. There are many cases when, after a car hit a small pothole, fragments fell into the passenger compartment, and the driver absolutely did not understand what had happened.
Let’s go back to plywood. If possible, choose thick “fronts”, and set the climate system so that the heating of the cabin starts with the heating of the glass, and not the air in the “living room”. So there is less load on the “visor” and it “lives” longer.
Usually, attention is paid to the windshield only when scratches or cracks appear on its surface. And when buying a new part, they only look at the manufacturer. This is a mistake. After all, even branded items may not withstand our harsh winters.
By the way, the plywood for the same car models is different, although it is difficult to determine by eye. For example, the difference in thickness. In addition, the “scatter” can be quite serious – by 20%. For a cheap foreign car, there are 4 mm car windows, and there are also 5.2 mm.
Obviously, the thicker the “visor”, the greater the strength and noise will decrease. But there are also disadvantages in the form of a long warm-up. Especially if the “lobovukha” does not have electric heating wires. Such a spare part “defrosts” slowly and unevenly. This should be taken into account, because if after some time the driver turns on the “stove” at full power, believing that the car is ready for the trip and all that remains is to “heat” the interior a little, he risks to see an expanding crack before him.
Thin glass in winter will also cause some problems. We’ve written many times about scratches from “windshield wipers” and a scraper, so we won’t repeat. The fact is that the load on the body is also transferred to the “lobovukha”. So when driving through bumps, speed bumps or during sharp maneuvering, part of the torque goes to the roof racks. They are slightly distorted and ‘lean’, as it were, on the front and rear window. When it’s hot in the cabin and cold outside, even such a small jolt is enough to burst a fragile spare part. After all, metal and plywood dissipate heat in different ways. By the way, the process is accelerated by crushed stone.
Finally, we add that a glass roof can also “suffer” in winter. Also due to deformations of the force structure of the frame and temperature differences. There are many cases when, after a car hit a small pothole, fragments fell into the passenger compartment, and the driver absolutely did not understand what had happened.
Let’s go back to plywood. If possible, choose thick “fronts”, and set the climate system so that the heating of the cabin starts with the heating of the glass, and not the air in the “living room”. So there is less load on the “visor” and it “lives” longer.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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