Replacement windshield Options

[yeahmag]

My windshield is badly cracked and I'm curious if there is any reason not to use one of the windshield services in the area. I believe this will be covered by my insurance.

[sww914]

I don't like to glue them in with urethane unless the windshield frame is welded to a cage. A co-worker had some big fat dude in his car with the top off. Big-un used the windshield frame to hoist his large ass out of the car and broke the windshield because the urethane didn't flex like butyl tape does, presumably. Test group size of 1, we didn't get the water buffalo to test a butyl taped windshield.

[PRS914-6]

I don't like to glue them in with urethane unless the windshield frame is welded to a cage. A co-worker had some big fat dude in his car with the top off. Big-un used the windshield frame to hoist his large ass out of the car and broke the windshield because the urethane didn't flex like butyl tape does, presumably. Test group size of 1, we didn't get the water buffalo to test a butyl taped windshield.

I don't know about our old antique 914 design but modern day cars use the windshield as a structural component....Perhaps in the early 70's this wasn't thought but then again maybe it was.....Quote below and food for thought

Many of today’s vehicles have been specifically designed to depend on the windshield to act as a structural member of the body by providing increased torsional stiffness. Knowledgeable vehicle manufacturers are careful to select special, high-modulus polyurethane (PUR) adhesives to adhere the windshield to these specific vehicles. When driving, this high-modulus PUR allows for the efficient transfer of dynamic forces from the road, to the car body and finally to the windshield, which ultimately results in increased vehicle stiffness and optimized handling. Relying on the windshield as a structural member, the high-modulus adhesive also allows the OEM to minimize the thickness of the steel used to build the car, thus reducing weight and costs.