Regular windshield vs. windshield with HUD capability
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Burning Brakes
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Regular windshield vs. windshield with HUD capability
OK. I have a C5 with HUD. The windshield looks like someone through gravel on it. I got quotes for the regular windshield $218 and for the one with HUD capability is $948. If I replace it with the regular windshield, how bad will my HUD look when driving down the road??? Oh, and before anyone calls me a he, I am a she.
P.S. How the hec do I post apic in my posts on here???
P.S. How the hec do I post apic in my posts on here???
Burning Brakes
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I added the HUD to my 2002 with the regular windshield. Compared to my buddy's 2004, I can't tell the difference in clarity of the picture. I've heard that under certain lighting conditions, the picture might wash out. The easier fix, call your insurance agent and change your comp to a low deductible and wait a while, then claim the windshield. The difference on the premium on mine is less than a dollar a month. For a youthful driver, it will probably be more but surely less than the price of a regular windshield if you want to go with the HUD glass.
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Originally Posted by ICaughtVetteFever
HUD and non HUD ones look the same, don't pay the extra.
Not worth the difference.
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Those that have installed the regular windshield on a HUD equipped car have reported that the clarity of the HUD is just fine. So, why spend the extra $$$s if you don't have to.
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Originally Posted by traceevidence
If I replace it with the regular windshield, how bad will my HUD look when driving down the road???
It woan't look bad at all. I have a HUD w/ a non HUD windshield. Looks fine, no problems at all. Get the non HUD windshield.
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Originally Posted by 2K2 C5
I added the HUD to my 2002 with the regular windshield. Compared to my buddy's 2004, I can't tell the difference in clarity of the picture. I've heard that under certain lighting conditions, the picture might wash out. The easier fix, call your insurance agent and change your comp to a low deductible and wait a while, then claim the windshield. The difference on the premium on mine is less than a dollar a month. For a youthful driver, it will probably be more but surely less than the price of a regular windshield if you want to go with the HUD glass.
Thats insurance fraud! Go with the regularwindshield.
Burning Brakes
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From: Arlington TN
Originally Posted by 2K2 C5
I added the HUD to my 2002 with the regular windshield. Compared to my buddy's 2004, I can't tell the difference in clarity of the picture. I've heard that under certain lighting conditions, the picture might wash out. The easier fix, call your insurance agent and change your comp to a low deductible and wait a while, then claim the windshield. The difference on the premium on mine is less than a dollar a month. For a youthful driver, it will probably be more but surely less than the price of a regular windshield if you want to go with the HUD glass.
Thats insurance fraud! Go with the regularwindshield.
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Originally Posted by 2K2 C5
.....I've heard that under certain lighting conditions, the picture might wash out....
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Originally Posted by jpc0011
Thats insurance fraud! Go with the regularwindshield.
How do you figure that it's fraud, if you're paying for it? How would it be different, if you went for the low deductable and your windshield got broken the next day? Would you say to the insurance company, just pay me less my original deductible?
