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- From: ycheah@hamp.hampshire.edu
- Subject: Re: Exploding rear windshield
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.222639.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov4.160544.5750@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Nov6.145256.4304@hawk.cs.ukans.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 02:26:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.145256.4304@hawk.cs.ukans.edu>, stubbs@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Jerry Stubbs) writes:
- >
- > Pretty hard to say, but I have heard that the rear's are MUCH weaker than
- > the front, safety standards or something.
-
- I read in Popular Mechenics that the rear glass does not have the plastic
- polymer sandwiched in the middle like in the case of the front whindshield. The
- rear glass is therefore weaker. In fact, as I recall, Popular Mechenic advised
- against working on the rear glass as they are likely to shatter in your face.
-
- Yin-chai
-