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Rear Window Exploded! Window defogger to blame?

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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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Yep, that is all it can take, a small or large stone at high velocity...

For the NEVER ENDING strive to become "lighter" in weight Auto Glass that does not have to be laminated is VERY thin, and will always shatter into tiny pieces.

Even their front Laminated (or safety) Windscreen Glass is pretty thin, a friend of mine was showing her young son how to punch, and she hit the screen of her GG Mazda 626 Wagon, cracked the Windscreen, she was amazed at just how little force she used!!
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ASH8
Yep, that is all it can take, a small or large stone at high velocity...

For the NEVER ENDING strive to become "lighter" in weight Auto Glass that does not have to be laminated is VERY thin, and will always shatter into tiny pieces.

Even their front Laminated (or safety) Windscreen Glass is pretty thin, a friend of mine was showing her young son how to punch, and she hit the screen of her GG Mazda 626 Wagon, cracked the Windscreen, she was amazed at just how little force she used!!
I'm sorry if this is kinda off topic, but that is just freaking hilarious..lol
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 12:05 PM
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so i'm driving my to work this morning around 5:45am on a quiet road on the outskirts of town and suddenly my rear windshield just explodes. No traffic, travelling about 55, but the odd thing is there are two holes in the rear windshield that look as if a projectile had passed through the car. damndest thing i ever saw, scared the **** out of me... what you guys make of this:







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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 03:40 PM
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Glass is really, really weird stuff. Something similar to this happened to me when I was a kid.
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 07:16 PM
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Looks like someone took a shot at your car ...
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 02:18 PM
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THAT IS NUTTY! and also very shitty....

It really does look as though someone took a shot at you! lol!

Wishing you the best of luck and hope this never happens to my 8!

Cheers,
Big Fella
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