HUD - Special Windsheild Required???
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 840
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From: Saint Augustine, FL
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (BostonVette)
It is a "special" windshield! I am sure someone else will chime in with the details. But if you broke it, it has to be ordered.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
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From: East Tennessee
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (BostonVette)
Yes, its marked HUD on the glass and you can see a small square area that reflects it. People use the hud without it though, I think GM does it so no one else can see it except the driver..
Drifting
Joined: Sep 1999
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From: Weatherford TX
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (kp)
From a post a year or so. a guy went to the plant who manuf the windshields. He stated the HUD windshield is a bit thicker at the bottom than the top. this is due to a tappered inner layer of the plastic stuff that bonds the two glass pieces together. this tapper makes the focus of the HUD be what it is. I will look for the article as I printed it off. As I have read on past posts, people have used a regular windshield with HUD and not seen any difference.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
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From: East Tennessee
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (kenrobb)
You can definately see a square outline where the HUD reflects if you look for it, its also doesnt reflect much outside the square. What exactly they do I dont know but there is something there..
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Richmond Texas
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (kp)
My dad got a crack in his windshield. Guy said it would be $1000-$1200 to replace it. Those things are expensive. We finally found a guy for $800. Didn't bother though. After I wrecked it, we got insurance to pay for it. So something good did come out of it.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2001
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Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (adrnln1)
$0 deductible good...costs me about $40/year...sometime in the next couple of years I figured I'd have a glass claim, so even a $100 deductible didn't make sense...
The HUD windshield is different, but not necessary for HUD...mine looks exactly the same as my boss' 01 w/ factory HUD glass...
The HUD windshield is different, but not necessary for HUD...mine looks exactly the same as my boss' 01 w/ factory HUD glass...
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Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,596
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From: East Tennessee
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (PaceThis)
$0 deductable comprehensive is the way to go, especially as easy as this windshield chips :)
It would be interesting to park a two cars next to each with a HUD with and without the HUD windshield and look at them both. Its hard to tell but it looks like the glass is distored a tiny bit in a 12"x12" or so square above the HUD. It may be just the reflection from the HUD lens - its hard to tell. You would think there was some difference - as long as they both work thats what matters :cheers:
It would be interesting to park a two cars next to each with a HUD with and without the HUD windshield and look at them both. Its hard to tell but it looks like the glass is distored a tiny bit in a 12"x12" or so square above the HUD. It may be just the reflection from the HUD lens - its hard to tell. You would think there was some difference - as long as they both work thats what matters :cheers:
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: Fontana CA
Re: HUD - Special Windsheild Required??? (kp)
The special HUD class is mentioned in the video that came with my 2001. I am going to try to spell this but don't blame me if I am way off. It is called an anti-lasative coating. It is intended to reduce glare and make the HUD image clearer.
A while back, after breaking a windshield, some tried switching to the '01 Z06 windshield (HUD was not available on the Z06 at the time) to save weight (Z06 windshield is thinner). They reported a clarity loss in the HUD image.
A while back, after breaking a windshield, some tried switching to the '01 Z06 windshield (HUD was not available on the Z06 at the time) to save weight (Z06 windshield is thinner). They reported a clarity loss in the HUD image.
