Did y'all see this post in the vendor's section?

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=107216

Sound promising (expensive), but I can't help but wonder what 80 mph sand and road grime will do to the clear plastic sheeting. For those of you who live in the southwest (I did many years ago), you know that a windshield can end up pitted so bad in 1 day that it's hard to see thru at night.

No flames, just curious..

 

I saw this...curious as well, but at over $250, you may as well buy a new windshield...

 

i think we all need to start pooping out money..then we can get anything we want..

 

Sounds like a $260.00 NAM discounted windshield tear off like they use in NASCAR ,cut to fit. Which is basiclly clearshield like you use on the front bumper...

 

Soo.. how long do you guess this thing will last with the wipers going? I'm guessing permanent streaking.

Uber, prove me wrong.

 

Could it be this product cut to fit?

http://www.clearplex.com/

 

I think we have a winner!

 

seems like pre-cut would make fitting harder? If it was just a big sheet, you apply it and then just take a razor blade around the edges. With a pre-cut you would spend a long time trying to get it to line up.

 

Check out this thread about windshield protection.

 

What is the point. A new windshield can be purschased at less than this. And if you look at the test picture it looks like larger impacts still scar the film.

 

Pre cut to be trimmed to fit maybe...

 

I have ClearPlex and it didn't cost $260...it was $150. A new windshield, which I had installed 4 days before the ClearPlex was $400. Seems like a no brainer to me.
It started as a large sheet, applied to windshield, then cut to fit.
It has taken several bits of whatever that would've normally pitted/scratched the glass w/o pitting or scratching itself. There are no smears as I am very careful not to turn on wipers on a dry day, unless I've pumped a lot of windshiled washer on to the glass.
Bug guts come right off too.

 

If the glass is 400 sounds like its a good deal to go with the Clearplex for 150 for safety

 

bingo!

 

On Googling I think I learned that it's pretty good in sand storms, but then again there's certainly no mention of it in in their warranty verbiage. I wonder if the material in this link is the same stuff (click on Vehicle GARD):

http://www.shattergard.com/home.html

 

PREFACE: My nickname, Uber Blu, is a shortened version of Uber Blau (Hyper Blue in German) for my VA license plates...that being said, I want to make it clear that I have absolutely no affiliation with PaloUber whatsoever.

Isn't PU notorious/infamous for rebadging?

Solar Tint Solutions is a clearplex vendor and when they announced they were going to be at MOTD, I asked if they'd be doing the clearplex installs...unfortunately, they weren't, so I didn't buy it. I really wanted to see another MINI with the clearplex installed and if it looked good, I would've plunked down some $$$ in a heartbeat!

 

My problem is it keeps breaking on the Inside.


I really need to turn the Stereo down.

 

If Palo Uber is selling it for NAM "special" price of $250, that mean's its probably worth less than $50.

 

Palo Uber drives me crazy. Their overpriced items for one thing, but the thing that drives me crazy the most is their website. Their retail store has no organization at all, and basically has everything crammed in one section. Not to mention, when they post a "special" on NAM, they don't even bother including a link to it. Rather, they expect us to go to their website and find the "NAM Special" by sorting through all the other junk they sell... frustrating . I don't even click on their ads anymore.

 

well, darn...I could've shown it to you then or at the Guinness World Record thingy..

What? I can't hear you over the stereo....

 

Just my luck, of course!

 

I'll add a little bit to this. The plastic was first used in NASCAR. It was a 'stick and peal'. Mostly 500 mile races, high speed, get messed up, take off, no broken windshields during the race.

We took the exact same product and applied it to the war zone. The sand in IRAQ was killing our hilocopter windshields in little or not time forcing us to take the bird our of action to change the window out, order new one, wait for it, $$$. We got the idea to use the peal and stick, put togeather a team, made special equipment to install it on site in IRAQ, not an easy task due to the climate/sand, as well as a little difficult by it's nature. Actually proved to be very helpful in increasing the amount of air time the bird was seeing. Still had to peal and stick but faster and cheaper than glass.

It's not a long term product in NASCAR or IRAQ either one. It has a special purpose for which it works very well. Think about it.

 

Why not just lower the deductible on your comprehensive insurance? The difference between a $500 deductible and a $0 (or $50) one are far, far less than this product. I always keep mine at $0 and it sure has come in handy a few times because of rocks and the wrath of nature.

 

ClearPlex is not stick and peel. It's a single layer of optically clear plastic. It's automotive, and meant for domestic cars, not NASCAR and helicopter windshields...
Mine has been on for almost 3,000 miles (and they've been resurfacing all the major roads around here)and no problems..yet.

 

I'm curious - was this applied to NEW glass, or a windshield that had some miles on it? What I'm really interested in is whether this stuff stays optically clear vs. pitting like CRAZY like the OEM glass... If I could buy new glass, and keep it from getting a zillion little pits sandblasted in it, THAT would be worthwhile...