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Old 11-01-2006, 09:55 PM
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So, i just heard about this today. supposedly lotus made the windshield (its about 5 grand). It is supposed to reflect UV rays so that the interior of the car will not fade. Now, the material they used is supposed to also reflect police radar, making the car stealth. has anyone else heard about this? can anyone verify it?
Old 11-01-2006, 09:58 PM
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Sounds like a bunch of bullshit someone spewed to you. Reminds me of that guy that called into a radio station saying the paint on his Iroc reflected radar guns.
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well, this is straight from a teacher at my school (UTI) that was a Chevy technician for years. i just want to see some proof of it to be sure
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how would something as small(in contrast to the whole car) be able to make the entire car invisible? Also, if this was true, I think it would have been made into other windshields to get around cop radars. Lat but not least, ever see mythbusters when they pretty much test everything against a radar gun ona car and non of it worked.
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Uhh cops dont aim at the windshield
Old 11-01-2006, 10:20 PM
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Ah this thread makes me laugh. Lets build stealth cars to avoid police radar...ah that funny.

Seriously, just buy a jammer if you have that much of a hard on to get out of tickets.
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Uhh cops dont aim at the windshield
yeah thats what i was thinking, they aim at the front of your car but not the windshield.
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wow, didn't think i was gonna get chewed out by everyone on here. Just a simple question because i heard a story.
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i live in bowling green, where corvettes are made every day. the now c6 models have a hard time getting picked up on radar b/c the way the radiator is positioned. our state troopers go to the plant all the time to see why they cant be clocked. that just for corvette, dont know bout other gm cars
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Haven't you ever seen mythbusters?
Old 11-02-2006, 12:25 AM
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Yeah man!! mythbusters!
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Originally Posted by 86MonteSS
wow, didn't think i was gonna get chewed out by everyone on here. Just a simple question because i heard a story.

it's because your camaro has a honda wing..
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Originally Posted by brink
it's because your camaro has a honda wing..
Hilarious.
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haha the only thing is if you put a honda wing on a camaro you will have 2 wings, so your twice as cool right?
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hehehe, i didn't put the wing on the car. i bought it like that. we are going to the junkyard this weekend to get a normal one
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Reflect Radar? lol.. that would make the car even easier to catch! If you wanted something to be invisible to Radar it would have to absorb radar. Now days police radar gus car soo advanced I doubt there is anyhitng that will make a car invisible to radar. May be harder to catch if there are lots of other cars around but still hard to defeat.
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Yeah that sounds like a bullshit myth if I ever heard one. I don't think cops just aim at window to detect your speed.
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you guys are just jealous u dont have the "zr1" windSHIELD on your f bodys
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ght=windshield

has some info.
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i thought the only way they could clock u with a radar gun is by aiming at a flat peice of metal like the radiatior or license plate, well at least thats what i heard anyways.


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