Windshield Protection
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Iain_U1250
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Hi Roberto - I will be contacting our local manufacture of the stone screens for my U1250 in the near future - I'll let you know if they can make one.
charlieaarons
Explorer
I now have an unheated windshield and even for that MB Australia
had to get it from Singapore. I changed on arrival in Sept, had a bad hit on the Alcan.
Surprisingly no dings in 16kkm Aust. driving so far. However on this most recent trip almost all dirt roads were closed due to rain. Hopefully in late June when we go back to the NT and Kimberly things will be dry.
Incidentally I'm very happy with my EGR "cure". I'm experimenting with an 800hr/28000mi oil change with Delvac 1 SHC oil.
Charlie
PS I think the cure for oncoming
road trains or speeding smaller
vehicles is to slow way down or stop.
had to get it from Singapore. I changed on arrival in Sept, had a bad hit on the Alcan.
Surprisingly no dings in 16kkm Aust. driving so far. However on this most recent trip almost all dirt roads were closed due to rain. Hopefully in late June when we go back to the NT and Kimberly things will be dry.
Incidentally I'm very happy with my EGR "cure". I'm experimenting with an 800hr/28000mi oil change with Delvac 1 SHC oil.
Charlie
PS I think the cure for oncoming
road trains or speeding smaller
vehicles is to slow way down or stop.
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How about security window film?
Anyone using a security window film such as ShatterGARD (http://www.shattergard.com/home.html)? I've been thinking about this stuff, but don't know of any real-world accounts from anyone using it.
Anyone using a security window film such as ShatterGARD (http://www.shattergard.com/home.html)? I've been thinking about this stuff, but don't know of any real-world accounts from anyone using it.
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Thanks Iain. I just remembered that 3M makes a similar product that is used in Mexico to prevent smash and grab in cars.
I will do some research on it.
Saludos
762X39
Explorer
We have a shatterguard product on windows at our shop. They will keep the glass intact against baseball bats and apparently will protect against fragmentation from grenades (haven't tested it myself). I know that alot of the banks (and even stores) use the product around here.
762X39
Explorer
I am not sure if it is the wrong product or not. The literature and video shows a baseball bat and hammer whacking against the glass to no effect and a grenade fragmenting (as they normally do) nearby and the glass only shattering but holding together. If it really can survive that I suspect it will prevent a windshield from cracking and may be worth a look. Of course since I am no longer enlisted I see no reason to be concerned about the grenade survivability.
I agree with you, it depends on which side of the window you install it.
If you intall int inside it will not protect against chips but it now get scratched as easily. If you install it outside it will not hold so well against larger strikes.
I assume that both products are PET which is virtually indestructible, just try to rip apart a water bottle.
Saludos
Hi
I've put some Lamin-X on exposed corners and the bonnet leading edge etc, and so far its good stuff. A 3M product, as originally used on heli rotor blades (although maybe different thicknesses).
In the UK you can buy a 12" x 5' piece for £35 +del from
http://www.lamin-x.co.uk/shop/paintprotection.htm
Many others do "pre cut to fit your Porsche" sets, and I'm sure you could get someone to laser cut a set for a Mog, but you can't really see joins unless you look carefully. Compound curves are hard to fit in one piece anyway, and practice is required!!
I did ask if I could have a longer strip (the more you think the more places you can put it to stop scuffs etc, so I've maybe had 5 pieces in all), and from the USA I got 12"x15'. This was to cover the Mogs bonnet edge in one piece plus other bits, but I screwed up and had to cut it anyway! The headlight protect stuff is I think a bit thicker.
It is entirely see thru, I saw a clip I think on utube of someone firing an airgun at it and it left no mark.
I have never found it wider than 12", and I've not heard of anyone putting it on a windscreen, but I don't see why not? It may be illegal in the UK to stick anything on the screen so I hadn't thought of it till reading this
http://www.lamin-x.com/
Or buy an SBU and have a nice, flat, easily replaced piece of glass!
(The pic with "protection" parts just above the bumper dzzz refers to is an aero aid to improve mpg I think?)
I've put some Lamin-X on exposed corners and the bonnet leading edge etc, and so far its good stuff. A 3M product, as originally used on heli rotor blades (although maybe different thicknesses).
In the UK you can buy a 12" x 5' piece for £35 +del from
http://www.lamin-x.co.uk/shop/paintprotection.htm
Many others do "pre cut to fit your Porsche" sets, and I'm sure you could get someone to laser cut a set for a Mog, but you can't really see joins unless you look carefully. Compound curves are hard to fit in one piece anyway, and practice is required!!
I did ask if I could have a longer strip (the more you think the more places you can put it to stop scuffs etc, so I've maybe had 5 pieces in all), and from the USA I got 12"x15'. This was to cover the Mogs bonnet edge in one piece plus other bits, but I screwed up and had to cut it anyway! The headlight protect stuff is I think a bit thicker.
It is entirely see thru, I saw a clip I think on utube of someone firing an airgun at it and it left no mark.
I have never found it wider than 12", and I've not heard of anyone putting it on a windscreen, but I don't see why not? It may be illegal in the UK to stick anything on the screen so I hadn't thought of it till reading this
http://www.lamin-x.com/
Or buy an SBU and have a nice, flat, easily replaced piece of glass!
(The pic with "protection" parts just above the bumper dzzz refers to is an aero aid to improve mpg I think?)