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Old Mar 5, 2020 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Docbrock
Polarized glasses may greatly reduce the visibility of the HUD.
They have zero effect on my 2018 C7 GS HUD, Zero. I fully expect the same with the C8.
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Old Mar 6, 2020 | 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Glenmcp
... Stuff like this is Forum fake news. Say it long enough until people start to believe it.
No, it's not fake news. This has been well known ever since the Edmunds C8 test drive video was out a long time ago.

Judging with your own eyes.... watching this video stating at 9:41 time mark when he talked about the reflection all over the windshield:


You can clearly see the reflections on the windshield, even when the car is not facing direct sunlight but in shade. Very distracting. After I seeing this I decided to drop the idea to go with Natural Dip.

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Old Mar 6, 2020 | 03:38 AM
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Yah sure, but he admits that he suffers from macular degeneration and states that people with his eye condition should not get the tan dash....


Originally Posted by bluan
No, it's not fake news. This has been well known ever since the Edmunds C8 test drive video was out a long time ago.

Judging with your own eyes.... watching this video stating at 9:41 time mark when he talked about the reflection all over the windshield:

https://youtu.be/NphnnjQDa8w?t=582

You can clearly see the reflections on the windshield, even when the car is not facing direct sunlight but in shade. Very distracting. After I seeing this I decided to drop the idea to go with Natural Dip.

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Old Mar 6, 2020 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by bluan
No, it's not fake news. This has been well known ever since the Edmunds C8 test drive video was out a long time ago.

Judging with your own eyes.... watching this video stating at 9:41 time mark when he talked about the reflection all over the windshield:

https://youtu.be/NphnnjQDa8w?t=582

You can clearly see the reflections on the windshield, even when the car is not facing direct sunlight but in shade. Very distracting. After I seeing this I decided to drop the idea to go with Natural Dip.
I had Kalahari for two years and did not have dirt and glare problems. Perhaps someone wants to make the case that Natural Dipped is different enough to make a difference. I will leave it at that.
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Old Mar 6, 2020 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ChromeBumperGuy
Good polarized glasses make the HUD virtually invisible, even on the brightest setting. I have it in my Yukon and my Maui Jim’s render the HUD useless.
It all depends on the angle of the polarization in the lenses, and of the HUD, which are't standardized across the industry. I have two pair of polarized sunglasses. Neither is a problem with the C7 HUD, other than making it dimmer. One pair completely blanks out the HUD in my wife's Mazda, the other doesn't.

Only way to find out is to get in the car with the sunglasses on and see.
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Old Mar 7, 2020 | 11:32 AM
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Have a 2014 C7 with 3LT Kalahari interior, driven 48K miles to date and have never had any issue with reflection / glare from the dash! Interior looks great 6 years after purchase. Good luck..
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Old Mar 8, 2020 | 09:24 PM
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Seems there is even a problem if you have a BLACK Dash. Seem Windshield's angle is big part of Problem.

Couple of Snap Shots form U-Tubers C8 video. The second one is just as he's starting under an Underpass on the way to get some C7 aftermarket wheels installed on his C8.








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