Glass in Cup

[The_Gza]

Anyone know off the top of their head if the windscreen in the Cup is still heat reflective glass? I know the Cup is supposed to have thinner glass than the 172, but is it still coated?

Cheers

 

[VX-Tony]

I dont know but I believe not, nor is it sound deadning

 

[RobFenn]

Do autowindscreens and places similar know the Cup has thinner glass/different windscreen?

-Rob

 

[VX-Tony]

Im guessing the cup doesnt have auto wipers/lights and thats the difference in the 172 windscreens.

 

[philip]

the windscreen isnt heat reflective and the side windows are thinner too. good question about windscreen fitters knowing about this. They probably dont!

 

[McBunny]

your all wrong i actually found out the other day that the cup screen is actually made out of an extra thin slice of SPAM so there

 

[VX-Tony]

Dogmaul, what is it with you and spam ?

 

[McBunny]

not sure i hate the stuff lol

 

[RobFenn]

Quote: Originally posted by philip on 16 June 2003

the windscreen isnt heat reflective and the side windows are thinner too. good question about windscreen fitters knowing about this. They probably dont!

Well the new clios seems to have lots of different ones as i had 2 wrongly fitted screens last year

 

[philip]

thanks for pointing that out. Ill remember to call reno first and get a reference or something if I need to have the windscreen/windows replaced.. (hope Im not gonna jynx the car now )

 

[Paul16V]

id of thought the screen would be the same. thought it was just the side windows that are thinner on cups

 

[philip]

the sales blurb mentions windscreen and side windows. who knows...

 

[monkeymagic]

the windscreen is definitely non UV-reflective. I had mine replaced the other week by Autoglass and the fitter brought the wrong screen even though I told them twice over the phone that its non-reflective. Apparently they get the vehicle info off the DVLA - maybe Autoglass cant read!

I think the reflective ones have a tint to them.

I made sure they used the right one because if my GPS unit on my PalmPilot.

BTW I also had a dent put into my drivers door at the same time my windscreen was replaced. Trouble is Autoglass deny all knowledge and I cant get the CCTV tape. So if you can, use anybody but Autoglass.

Cheers,

G

 

[KDF]

Yes the front windscreen in the Cup does away with the Heat Reflective coating and the sound deadning part of the windscreen too.

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by monkeymagic on 17 June 2003

I made sure they used the right one because if my GPS unit on my PalmPilot.




Doesnt affect GPS at all, I thought it would too but as you can see in this pic.

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1055433789__full.jpg

 

[The_Gza]

Good stuff guys - thanks for that.

My reason for asking was for my GPS receiver - wanted to know if Id be able to put it on the dashboard without the signal being reflected by the coating on the windscreen. Looks as if itll be okay in the Cup

 

[Fred@BTM]

The Cup has the same screen as mine then!!!