Vinyl or glass rear window? weight?
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Vinyl or glass rear window? weight?
Well it's that time... to replace the vert top. Did you guys go with a vinyl or glass rear window? why?
How quickly does the vinyl window turn yellow?
What is the weight difference b/t the two?
Thanks, Matt
How quickly does the vinyl window turn yellow?
What is the weight difference b/t the two?
Thanks, Matt
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I would imagine the weight is insignificant. I don't really see the point in vinyl when glass is more durable and looks better.
But I'd also like to know how fast vinyl would turn yellow.
But I'd also like to know how fast vinyl would turn yellow.
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The glass won't yellow, has a defroster, and good luck trying to tint your vinyl window. I have my back window tinted darkest tint available.
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I went with glass too when I replace the window curtain. I wanted the defroster, living in MD. The glass has got to be heavier than the plastic. On the other hand, I don't know if the plastic window will eventually separate from the material like it seems all the glass windows do. The plastic is a bit cheaper too.
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I wouldn't care if glass weighed 200 lbs more. I would never get vinyl. Vinyl is CRAP! It leaves creases and marks up real easy. Trust me, I have two other verts with vinyl and I wish I could change them to glass but the mechanisms do not allow for it. The Meguiars products do a decent job on plastic/vinyl but no where close to new. The one thing American car makers had over everyone else in the 90's was the wisdom of glass vert rear windows. They were light years ahead of the German manufacturers anyway. By the way, yellowing isn't much of an issue anymore unlss you buy total garbage. It is mostly the creasing and marking.