What do people do about wind in the face?
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Racer
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From: Racine Wisconsin
What do people do about wind in the face?
I've been driving my C3 a long time and almost always with the t-top off and the windows down. At highway speed, on a no-wind day, the air passes over the windscreen and over the top. However, when there is a wind that is coming from the left side relative to the direction of the car, there is quite a blast of air that hits me right in the face. I'd like to have a way to reduce this without having to roll the window all the way up. I think the older corvettes with "wrap around" windshields didn't have this problem. Does someone make a triangular piece of plexiglass that can be inserted in the corner between the top of the door and the window pillar? Or maybe a wind deflector that temporarily attaches to the window pillar?
Thanks,
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Racer
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From: Tacoma Washington
that's a convertible for you! Gotta admit, that's a nice problem to have. Most people buy a vette for the looks, and I wouldn't want some janky looking aftermarket contraption stuck to my car to keep "wind" out. That's what windows are for. I've found that with the t-tops off, wearing a baseball cap helps keep some wind out of the eyes, but not much else. The wind in the face is the reason the vert was designed in the first place.
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Originally Posted by c3dreamer
Rich
Last edited by rihwoods; Sep 3, 2006 at 01:51 PM.
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Racer
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From: Wheaton Illinois
Remember those strap on mirrors your parents would put on the station wagon so you could see to back up the Airstream, those might work.
I wear glasses and keep a baseball cap in the back. Since I ussually don't drive in the same direction for that long, if a cross wind gets too bad I just roll up my window until I change direction.
I wear glasses and keep a baseball cap in the back. Since I ussually don't drive in the same direction for that long, if a cross wind gets too bad I just roll up my window until I change direction.
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Originally Posted by rihwoods
I was in Puerto Rico in April 1988...had to hop on a commercial oil tanker SS Overseas Ohio over in Yabucoa near the Sunco refinery...ate lunch at the Parrot restaurant??? way up on a hill....
Rich
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