Had an interesting disscusion last night about glass.

No, really.

One of the club members is looking for a screen for his car and has been looking at rear screens.

I said I thought it probably wouldn't work because of the heating elements and the fact that rear screens are usually safetyy glass, not lamin ated.

He's been told that many modern cars have laminated rear screens too.

Is he right?

Cheers

Chris

Can only speak for Honda's, L Rover's and Daewoo's all of which are toughened glass.

Pete.

no I think he's totally wrong

their toughened as you say and no use for a windscreen, infact quite dangerous if they explode at high speed due to the glass beads getting in your eyes.

I've been told a one off curved rear screen costs around £500 by a guy who had one make for his very rare kit car when he accidentally broke the last one, this is about 2 years ago. I'm sure a front laminated one would be even more expensive

[Edited on 21/5/09 by Mr Whippy]

I work for one of the largest global glass manufacturers (Pilkington) and the answer is that laminated rear screens are only normally specified if the vehicle has rear facing seats otherwise the rule is toughned. Some of the higher end car manufacturers do use laminated occaisionaly for sound proofing qualities but this is not the norm

robinhood did a prototype with the rear screen off the sierra on the front.

it looked shit