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Cracked Wind Shield

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:26 am
by sbrewer
Do you guys know if I can enter an auto cross with a cracked front window? This will be my first auto cross if I can make it I don't want to show up at the crack of dawn and get turned away.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:46 am
by Steve Grosekemper
Cracked is OK, Broken is not.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:49 am
by TheStig
ouch. :shock:

Is there limits on windshield damage too? I can understand a small chip or crack, but what if the crack runs all the way across the windshield? Wouldn't flex during the runs cause the cracks to travel or even shatter?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:56 am
by ttweed
The front glass is laminated with a safety film in between layers. It will not shatter.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:24 am
by TheStig
for some reason I thought a windshield was very similar to tempered glass, hence will explode like tempered. :shock:

Wait, I have an aftermarket, uh oh...

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:21 pm
by paul-silver
Doesn't a crack in the windshield count for 2 points? :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:46 pm
by TheStig
yea! you're taking .000134 oz of glass off the car! That's a significant difference

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