Gorilla Glass windshield: lighter & stronger (fishing for interest)

[Altaran]

Any chance of front and rear glass (with heater elements and antennas)?

They don't have a rear glass at the moment but if there is enough interest they would be willing to make it, rear glass development will just take additional time.

Btw, they are getting their first heated windshield soon if anyone wants that.

Edit:
He mentioned that a lighter rear window will likely not get a dot number as the stock ones are usually made with the minimum thickness already.
But if there are at least 10 people interested in a rear glass as well they would make it.

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[Obioban]

I found a company here in Germany that offers a lighter windshield.

They claim a 3kg saving over stock. Their windshield is 9,7kg.

They are also willing to give group buy rebates, I will make a separate group buy thread when I get back home in a couple of hours.

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Any chance of front and rear glass (with heater elements and antennas)?

[Altaran]

I found a company here in Germany that offers a lighter windshield.

They claim a 3kg saving over stock. Their windshield is 9,7kg.

They are also willing to give group buy rebates, I will make a separate group buy thread when I get back home in a couple of hours.

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[GyroF-16]

I’m interested. Here in Colorado, windshields are essentially consumable items. If there’s one that resists pitting and cracking better than OEM, I’m willing to pay more for it.

[OEM3]

I'd be interested, but imagine shipping to Canada would be cost prohibitive

[0-60motorsports]

Since there is no way in hell of me getting this in Bahrain i'll just get a new one from the dealership

[IamFODI]

Not surprised this fell through, seemed like a monumental feat.

Oh, it hasn't fallen through yet. It just... has yet to yield anything whatsoever. 🤣

[LeeForst]

I’d buy one. Mine is fine but I think they usually get destroyed during slick top installs

Yep - they do, confirmed

[jet_dogg]

Not surprised this fell through, seemed like a monumental feat.

I replaced mine about 10 years ago I think, with the euro climate comfort windscreen. Seems the glass is more resistant to chipping and interior stays at least five degrees cooler plus I got that dope purplish hue at certain angles.

I don't know if it's still available but it was the most expensive glass offered at the time iirc. The stock one gets pitted far too easily.

[IamFODI]

I just poked them again. Last correspondence was from Corning's one aftermarket partner, Hyperformance, and they said no.

Corning told me they make the glass and their glazing partners make the windshields. If anyone reading this knows of a glazing manufacturer, please post up.

Hyperformance said no again. Corning said their other main glazing partners do volumes that are orders of magnitude higher than we'd likely be looking at. Volume seems to be a trend. We need to find a glazing company that's willing to do dozens or hundreds of windshields times however many variants -- not tens of thousands of each model annually. The kind of low volume we need would make each unit pretty expensive.

I'll keep an ear to the ground. Again, if anyone has any leads, please post up.

[IamFODI]

There's a firm, Optic Armor (http://opticarmorwindows.com/default.asp) that does lightened windshields. They claim up to 75% lighter and 250% stronger than stock. They have three applications for the E46 in 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4" thick windshields. They also have options for the other windows of the car.

http://opticarmorwindows.com/applica...nufacturer=BMW

The only thing I've heard is they scratch pretty easily.

Feff

Not street-legal, though. That'd be the nice thing about a Gorilla Glass windshield.

These are probably much cheaper than Gorilla Glass would be, though...

[Feffman]

There's a firm, Optic Armor (http://opticarmorwindows.com/default.asp) that does lightened windshields. They claim up to 75% lighter and 250% stronger than stock. They have three applications for the E46 in 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4" thick windshields. They also have options for the other windows of the car.

http://opticarmorwindows.com/applica...nufacturer=BMW

The only thing I've heard is they scratch pretty easily.

Feff

[IamFODI]

I just poked them again. Last correspondence was from Corning's one aftermarket partner, Hyperformance, and they said no.

Corning told me they make the glass and their glazing partners make the windshields. If anyone reading this knows of a glazing manufacturer, please post up.

[wahsm]

I’d be in on this also. Windshield is pretty pitted and thinking of replacing it soonish.

[lemoose]

wouldnt it scratch easier than traditional glass though?