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Old 09-23-2009, 01:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
bgd73
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if it is an oe windshield and doing this, you may just have to keep swapping them out.

If 5mm or greater thickness they go a long day. My area is bad like that with glass too.

upon thinking of my own glass, it is 23 years old, on its third subaru,
the original car was given away at 167,000 miles
the second car I put the glass in was totalled and it survived.
that too freakishly made it to 167,000 miles (I'd swear I have a math witch omen)
the third sube, back to a 1987, and I have racked up yet another 25,000 miles...
in all its about 250,000 miles, and 23 years.
the glass is oe from 1987. I liked it enough to go down a muddy road and buy another original thick one, and bounce it all the way home. Another thing I noticed about the 1980s..when carbs ended , the glass thickness seemed to dwindle.
the point here? If thick enough, the glass does not get the errors. I took note years ago, some cars had thicker than others. you may be able to do this for yours, simply measure before purchase. I also avoid a name called "safe-lite" the biggest hoax since vtec.
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