Why must people destroy what isn't theirs?

[homegrone30]

that sucks dude i had a similar incident although the little kids were shooting windows out with pellet guns and got my moms k5 blazer and i had to cruise all the way to houston to get the "tinted" glass. All i got to say is dont make yourself buy another piece of glass by sending someone through the 2nd.

[Brinkley]

That's not true. Windshields are not that tough. I've punched straight through a windshield before. The glass used in the doors, on the other hand, is tempered, so it's a lot tougher.

-Erik

That's COMPLETELY true. Front windshields are designed to be tougher than side windows.
I would like to see a video of you punching through a modern windshield.

[erik325i]

That's COMPLETELY true. Front windshields are designed to be tougher than side windows.
I would like to see a video of you punching through a modern windshield.

If I had a video camera I would tape it for you, but you'll just have to take my word on this.


-Erik

[whiltebeitel]

That's COMPLETELY true. Front windshields are designed to be tougher than side windows.
I would like to see a video of you punching through a modern windshield.

I was an angsty 16 year old and whacked my '89 Accord's windshield when it wouldn't defog, I fucked it up. My skinny, weak ass busted the windshield. I vote that Erik can do it.

[TwoJ's]

I was riding in a early 90's f150 with my dad a long time ago through a construction area and someone threw a large hunk of broken concrete and it hit square in the middle of the windshield while we were going about 35mph. It shattered the entire windshield, but it did not go through.

You would break some bones in your hand if you tried to punch through a windshield. They have two layers of glass and have a sheet of plastic between the two sheets. I don't know if e30's have windows like this, but I assume they do.

[Spec]

I'd think hard about who you might have screwed over recently, that was retaliation for something.

+1 I was going to say what's teh name of the crazy ex girlfriend or the curernt girlfriend's husband? :p

Shitty - Karma comes around, whether they started or finished it.

[e30325ic]

Man that sucks, I couldn't imagine something like that. I get bent when I find a small scratch. I hope someone saw them.

[Brinkley]

If I had a video camera I would tape it for you, but you'll just have to take my word on this.


-Erik

Negative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as-P1xIVOzs&feature=related

[AppState325]

That's COMPLETELY true. Front windshields are designed to be tougher than side windows.
I would like to see a video of you punching through a modern windshield.

yeah. Modern windshields would literally break your hand if you tried to punch through one.

[GarrettM]

All better now!

[Bimmerista]

Good to hear its back to normal now

[Tangent]

Windshields are relatively easy to break from the inside, tough from the outside for the same reason that dams are curved towards the water they're holding back.

The sad thing is that there's really no reason to think that this an act of revenge or that some enemy did it. Nowadays it's just as likely that a couple of kids were walking around and one just said "hey, check this out! *smash*". Probably has something to do with the fact that if you found out who did it, their parents would get mad at you for harassing their precious snowflake...

[whowhatwhere]

actaully replacement glass doesn't chip as easy as the OEM BMW glass.

And how do you know?

[george graves]

And how do you know?

Do tell - My glass is pitted to hell (250k miles), and I'm going to splurge someday on new front glass.

[atomic]

is there something you're not telling us

Well lets just say that I had a $4000 claim with state farm on my Infiniti Q45 years ago from my new g/f's ex who wanted revenge on his loss !!! :up:












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