Need a new F***ing windshield now.

[Donnie Yukonie]

thanks man, its been my summer project and i just detailed it and had the tints put on, so right now its either grill guard or fix the glass and honestly i think the GG would look badass though im jealous of your snorkel......[/QUOTE]

yea look into Blackhorse offroad or ebay thats where i got mine . its a modular unit comes in like 5 pieces i think but holds up nicley and havent had any issues with it i think i paid like 350 for mine , didnt go westin because i think they are overpriced IMO

 

[HDRock1]

donyukon
I gotta say ,you got a bad asss rig

 

[noJeepshere]

its funny you should say that because, honestly you dont even notice it, the rock hit it and it wasnt until i hit a bump that the crack happened. I really dont mind it but the only thing i worry about is driving home from SC in the winter and having the defroster/subzero temps cause it to shatter on me.

It won't. The windshield is made from laminated glass, two layers of tempered glass with a tough resin layer in between. If the resin hasn't deteriorated, it will not "shatter" and fall apart. It's designed not to. It'll crack all day long, but not fall apart.

And I can tell you from living in Fairbanks, AK last winter, cold is not necessarily the enemy, it's the sudden blast of heat when you kick the defrost on after the engine has warmed. Many people leave the defroster off until the engine is making heat so they're not stirring cold air around the cabin. The smart thing to do is put the fan on a moderate speed setting and let the air warm up gradually, and thus the windshield too. None of the cracks on my Yukon spread last winter doing this, despite temps reaching -40 quite regularly.

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Hey Donyukon, not to hijack, but is there a thread on your snorkel or could you PM me some info on it? I want to do that on mine.

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[Donnie Yukonie]

donyukon
I gotta say ,you got a bad asss rig

 

[Yukon420SEL]

I know people contribute temperatures with turning chips into cracks, and there is a correlation, but not on the way people think. I had a car a awhile back where I got a rock chip in the same place as the OP. When the temps got cold (Utah snow) it turned into a crack. When it was time for that annual inspection I replaced it. Not more than 2 weeks later I get hit again, and right near the same spot. Why did this one not crack like the first? Before replacing the first windshield I had installed a strut tower bar, thus stiffening body rigidity. The body was not allowed to flex as much as it originally had been.

Body flex is the main reason chips turn into cracks. And, temps directly affect body rigidity. The stiffer the body the lower the odds of the windshield cracking. Seeing as how all the dashs are cracking on the NNBS trucks, I believe the body structure of the NNBS is weak. So, it'll new very easy for the windshield to crack once it gets a chip on these trucks.

^^and this is exactally what happened, it wasnt until i pulled into the driveway and the body flex than the crack happen..

 

[Gzes]

It won't. The windshield is made from laminated glass, two layers of tempered glass with a tough resin layer in between. If the resin hasn't deteriorated, it will not "shatter" and fall apart. It's designed not to. It'll crack all day long, but not fall apart.

And I can tell you from living in Fairbanks, AK last winter, cold is not necessarily the enemy, it's the sudden blast of heat when you kick the defrost on after the engine has warmed. Many people leave the defroster off until the engine is making heat so they're not stirring cold air around the cabin. The smart thing to do is put the fan on a moderate speed setting and let the air warm up gradually, and thus the windshield too. None of the cracks on my Yukon spread last winter doing this, despite temps reaching -40 quite regularly.

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[hijack]

Hey Donyukon, not to hijack, but is there a thread on your snorkel or could you PM me some info on it? I want to do that on mine.

[/hijack]

Its not hard he got one off a land rover i believe and cut a whole in the fender and used some of the bending pipe and tied the top so its closer to the cab

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

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Hey Donyukon, not to hijack, but is there a thread on your snorkel or could you PM me some info on it? I want to do that on mine.

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yea ill make a write up on it probally tonight or tommorow ill include specs and part numbers