Let's talk windscreen/windshield Options

[Montreal914]

I am currently looking into getting a windscreen (as the UK or parts catalogs calls it) but I am only interested in one that would have the original shape (rounded top).

I saw a few restored 914-6 on display at Rennsport VII with the OE windscreen shape and they were Pilkington, not Sigla. I wasn't able to confirm if Pilkington is the new supplier of Porsche 914 windscreen replacement part, but I have a strong feeling it is.

These OEM windscreens are available in clear or tinted per these two part numbers.

Clear: 914-541-101-10
Tinted: 914-541-102-10

By tinted, I am not sure if they mean with a dark shaded band at the top or overall tint like the side glass (Delodur-1 and Delodur-F, -1 clear and -F tinted).

If someone has this information, please comment. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

My car has the Delodur-F (tinted) side windows and I would like to get the correct windscreen for it. That being said, I am not interested in having any dark shaded green band at the top, I would prefer clear, hence the question above.



For those who aren't familiar with what I am referring to as the shape, I found these two pictures trying to show it. The orange car (Porsche's 914-8) obviously has the genuine windscreen while the red car has a generic replacement. You can see how the top part of the windscreen is "bubbled up" creating a nice flowing live vs a sharp transition.

[wonkipop]

@Montreal914

in answer to your original question.
if you have 1F marked side glass then you originally would have had a tinted screen.

i am not 100% on this. but i think there was 3 ways you could order the glass.

a clear screen and clear side glass.

a tinted screen and clear side glass. (not sure about this one but some indications this may have been so)

a tinted screen and tinted side glass.

the original tinted screen did not have a band at the top.
the whole screen was simply a tinted darker color.
this was in fact done with the glass itself and not an interlayer.
the composition of the glass was altered producing a darker color.
that was what i was able to work out studying the manufacturing history.
sigla and kinonglas (st. gobain) had two different chemistries or recipes for that type of glass.

what you want from pilkington is their tinted glass version which will be homogenous all over.

pilkington is the correct screen to get.