windshield thickness
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Burning Brakes
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From: plymouth ma
windshield thickness
someone told me that the windshield glass on the Z06s are thinner than the other 'vette windshields in order to save weight;any truth here,or is this ine of those urban legends?if it is so,does anyone have the appropriate stock number for the Z?!...thanks
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
What I'd like to know is, when you buy a Z06 windshield, can you add in the antenna strip that goes across the windshield to it once its installed, assuming you have a coupe? I'm assuming so, but since the Z06 has a mast antenna in the back, no Z06 ever came with an antenna strip from the factory. I'm assuming during installation, it can just be attached, right?
Melting Slicks
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What I'd like to know is, when you buy a Z06 windshield, can you add in the antenna strip to it once its installed? I'm assuming so, but since the Z06 has a mast antenna in the back, no Z06 ever came with an antenna strip from the factory. I'm assuming during installation, it can just be attached, right?
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Burning Brakes
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From: plymouth ma
firstly...isn't there a stock code number for the Z's thinner,lighter glass? secondly...i believe that the antenna is between the layered glass of the coupe!(was my thread being high-jacked,alex???ha,ha
Melting Slicks
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i'll leave those to things to someone who knows for sure. sorry i can't help more!
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Burning Brakes
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From: plymouth ma
it's ALL about weight reduction.there's no power shotgun seat,retractable antenna,telescoping steering wheel,etc. the 'vette engineers really shaved quite afew pounds off the Z;mostly,in ounce increments! lighter is faster,it's all about pounds per horsepower !
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"On the Z06, both the windshield and backlight have been thinned to save weight, but resistance to stone chipping has been maintained. A total of 5.7 pounds was eliminated. There is some loss of interior noise isolation as a result, but in a car like the Z06 this may not prove to be a "turn-off" because the additional sound level inside tends to put driver and passenger more in tune with the machine. There are "good" noises and "bad" noises, and real enthusiasts know the difference.
Reducing the Z06's weight by more than 36 pounds overall, boosting its power output by 40 hp, and broadening its operating range, made a significant improvement in the car's power-to-weight ratio."
Reducing the Z06's weight by more than 36 pounds overall, boosting its power output by 40 hp, and broadening its operating range, made a significant improvement in the car's power-to-weight ratio."
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From: Queens, New York Life begins at 183 mph....
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
When I pass my fingernail over the antenna on my coupe, I can feel it, I think its just a magnetic strip attached to the windshield, if that's the case, I can imagine it would be fairly simple to attach the antenna to a Z06 windshield.
I wouldn't get rid of a perfectly good windshield for 5.7 lbs but if I ever crack the stock one or get too many chips on it, I'll get the Z06 one.
