Brick Resistant Windshield Film??

[superj]

a brick. wow.

I have seen tires come off oncoming traffic a few times and get hit and thrown into the sky. that worries me more than a brick randomly flying from the sky and hitting me. I am pretty safe though since I live near a navy base and the pilots don't carry bricks in their planes.

and awakennomore, I think you had less glass trouble on the mazdas because they had more slope to the windshields. I never had issues in my 88 rx7 either but have chips in the e30s, also

[uturn]

Never had a brick fly at me but I know to avoid following cement trucks. I had to spend $130 for a new windshield because misguided neighborhood kids thought it would be funny to engrave profanities all over it.

[nando]

my statistics were based off a quick google search of reputable government backed data. Super generic, because I didn't think I needed to spend enough time to actually validate that you are over reacting. I will let the thread's responses do that for you.

Older cars (e30's) do not have laminated glass. It makes a huge difference. Modern cars utilize better glass. Pretty cut dry reasoning.
Try a nice glass of warm milk before bed, I have heard it is calming.

Huh? Yes they do. That's been a required safety feature since.. forever.

[Mr. Tasty]

Huh? Yes they do. That's been a required safety feature since.. forever.

Fair enough, but 25 year old glass is as safe as newer glass?

[Preyupy]

I have now been driving for almost exactly 47 years, and well over 1 million miles. I have never had anything hit my windshield that even remotely stood the chance of penetrating the glass and getting into the interior of the car while I was under way. I am but one member of a family of car people that all drive about the same number of miles a year as I do and not one of them has ever had this problem either. I have seen one case of a drive shaft from a race car come through the windshield of a following car 30 years ago. Anything you can do to protect yourself from this kind of issue will mostly likely be a large number of $$$ as well as a windshield that is not optically very good (bullet proof glass is very thick and when viewed through at an angle causes a fair amount of distortion)

While you are at it you might think about reinforcing the roof of your house just in case a meteor picks your house as a target.

Your fears are not completely without merit, but the laws of averages and probability does make this a bit hard to worry too much about. Maybe you could just start buying lottery tickets and when you win the big one for the 8th time install a bullet proof windshield.

[djjerme]

...maybe not the glass, but my uncle had a 2x4 fall off a truck in front of him on the freeway long ago. It hit the ground and came up through the bonnet on his '65 Mustang.

[nando]

Fair enough, but 25 year old glass is as safe as newer glass?

It's possible. Most newer glass is made in China to varying quality standards (even factory BMW glass comes from there now). Parts of some E30s are still old enough to bear the "Made in W. Germany" mark..

Besides that, I doubt many E30s still have the original windshield - if they do, then they are probably not driven often enough to worry about it.

[roguetoaster]

Besides that, I doubt many E30s still have the original windshield - if they do, then they are probably not driven often enough to worry about it.

Or the owners are just waiting for that 7th rock chip to develop into an honest crack so they have an excuse to replace the windshield that's pitted to heck. So, I for one, welcome the kind embrace of a brick or other road debris, so long as it doesn't wreck the paintwork or ruin much more than a seat.

[M-technik-3]

There is a country music song out right now called "What If"

[Kershaw]

OP: Helmet is your best, most cost effective option

No way. Getting smacked in the face, wearing a helmet or not, by a brick that has just transported itself through your windshield is not a good time.

Really, 1" laminate or a metal grill are the only safe options.

[roguetoaster]

What if it's a Lego brick?

[parkerbink]

What if it's a Lego brick?

Those are sharp, have you ever stepped on one at night in the dark? Dammit!!!!


lol

[Kershaw]

What if it's a Lego brick?

The nuclear option.

Literally.

Video tracking auto turret firing mini nukes at incoming Lego projectiles. It's the only way to be sure.

[roguetoaster]

The nuclear option.

Literally.

Video tracking auto turret firing mini nukes at incoming Lego projectiles. It's the only way to be sure.

Ahem, you'd need a quantum tracking system to observe Legos as it has been discovered that video observation, even at ranges of less than 6' is fruitless and fails to detect the majority of Legos.

[Kershaw]

I stand corrected. I was not aware of this. Must be why I have stepped on so many during my life time.