Glass Strength.

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
<SNIP>
Iron can be mixed in glass
> to make it stronger, and this gives it a green tint. Since the 
DeLorean
> windshields don't have this green tint, my theory is that they are 
not as
> strong.
<SNIP>

Take it from me, the glass in the DeLorean is pretty strong! I 
once got into a road rage incident with a drunk driver one night 
who threw not one, but 2 beer bottles at my glass. Both the rear 
quater glass, and the window glass were fine. And for rocks 
from gravel trucks, I've only gotten 2 nicks in the glass that can 
be easily repaired. An interesting aspect of the glass is that it 
appears to be coated with something. Unless this is something 
unique to my car, if you look at the glass from an angle in the 
sunlight, you can see what almost appears to be a "webbing" 
over the glass. It's not tint, because my windows are neither 
smoked, nor dark. I always assumed that this is what keeps the 
glass so strong.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"