Removing a windshield (in salvagable condition)

[White93z34]

Really hot day and some hi-test fishing line... using piano wire is a surefire way to tear the paint off the metal underneath.

 

i never have

[Brian P]

if you ever look closely to a HUD windshield there is a special small square area(within the glass) where the HUD is displayed...you can visually see the difference vs. the 2 types of glass.

 

it's probably a spot where the surface is ever-so-slightly concave which in effect will make the image smaller.

[Dannymik]

if you ever look closely to a HUD windshield there is a special small square area(within the glass) where the HUD is displayed...you can visually see the difference vs. the 2 types of glass.

 

it's probably a spot where the surface is ever-so-slightly concave which in effect will make the image smaller.

 

could be...the difference in price between the two is rediculous

[Crazy K]

My new HUD in my lumina, just completed install minus the hole in the dash, looks perfectly fine and clear, even though not a HUD windsheild.

 

if you ever look closely to a HUD windshield there is a special small square area(within the glass) where the HUD is displayed...you can visually see the difference vs. the 2 types of glass.

ARE you refering the a GEN 1 or a GEN 2 model? since I see a gen 2 in your pic.

 

The service manual says that the HUD windshields, In a 1994 CS, are simply regular windshields that were sorted through and checked for acceptable image ghosting. Rejects would get used in regular application, by my understanding. I saw no such square area in the donors for the 93 (or 91-93?) GP HUD or the 94 CS. The 97 Gp windshield had collapsed, so I can't say there either. THIS fact may be completely different on a GEN 2 model.

[Dannymik]

My new HUD in my lumina, just completed install minus the hole in the dash, looks perfectly fine and clear, even though not a HUD windsheild.

 

if you ever look closely to a HUD windshield there is a special small square area(within the glass) where the HUD is displayed...you can visually see the difference vs. the 2 types of glass.

ARE you refering the a GEN 1 or a GEN 2 model? since I see a gen 2 in your pic.

 

The service manual says that the HUD windshields, In a 1994 CS, are simply regular windshields that were sorted through and checked for acceptable image ghosting. Rejects would get used in regular application, by my understanding. I saw no such square area in the donors for the 93 (or 91-93?) GP HUD or the 94 CS. The 97 Gp windshield had collapsed, so I can't say there either. THIS fact may be completely different on a GEN 2 model.

 

Honestly, I'm not sure what generation the windshield was..I do remember inspecting it before shipping it out. My brain is cloudy on what year it fitted, because I worked for that company 4-5 yrs ago.

[Crazy K]

ummm.... was it a GM windsheild?

[Dannymik]

it sure was...either a GP or Cutty

[Crazy K]

Aftermarket?

I would consider that maybe as an aftermarket windshild it might be that the additon of a small square was necessary to make a windsheild to meet HUD spec, as it might vary enough from the factory window.

[Dannymik]

yes, it was an aftermarket...manufactured by a company named Service Autoglass

[Crazy K]

Curious! Well the HUD looks good on mine. I will do a write up and take some pics when I'm, totally complete.