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Windshield, Windshields - Clear or Green Tint |
aharder |
Mar 10 2016, 09:41 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,512 Joined: 6-September 11 From: Dallas Texas Member No.: 13,524 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I'm ready to buy a windshield from Prosource but all they have is the Green Tint and I was thinking Clear.
So, what do you have and what are the Pro and Con's for Clear or Green Tint? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
jsaum |
Mar 10 2016, 11:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 12-June 07 From: Everett, WA Member No.: 7,809 Region Association: None |
My side windows are tinted so I went with the green tint so they all would match.
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jkb944t |
Mar 10 2016, 11:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Canton, OH Member No.: 3,459 Region Association: None |
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I am working on sourcing a green one for the same reason. Jeff B |
SA-914 |
Mar 10 2016, 12:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 30-June 14 From: San Antonio,tx Member No.: 17,566 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Yea! I can finally answer one!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
Here's my prosource glass. Only took 2000 miles to get to me. Still sitting in my office at work. |
Tom_T |
Mar 10 2016, 01:01 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,320 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
80-90% of the 914s came to the USA with tinted glass (heat resistant IIRC is what the PET manual calls it in transliterated German to English).
Your in TX - IIRC it gets stinking hot there, & sunny & bright, & lotsa UV to damage the interior. IMHO - go with tinted. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Prosource is one source & possibly less expensive than Porsche, but the dealers still sell the clear & possibly heat resistant/tinted (it won't have the green band at the top) - but not cheap. Go to the Porsche website, Classics tab to that area, & look up for documents on that page, select for 914, & downloads yourself a FREE pdf PET 914 factory parts manual! Great reference & did I say it was free!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You can get both types of 914 windshield part numbers from it, then try Suncoast (FL) or Sunset (OR) Porsche dealers for their best pricing + Shipping (they seem to have the best discounted pricing). I have a 1980 PPG windshield with the greenband from an old insurance replacement in my 73 2L, & it served me well in Sunny SoCal & Desert Southwest back in the day, & it helped with the heat & glare. Plus my car was equipped with "Tinted All Around" option from the factory - so clear wouldn't make sense for my 914 resto. BTW - the rear glass was never tinted from the factory, since it's shaded by the roll-bar & backsloped - ergo totally unnecessary due to it's good design thinking! So the Prosource glass shouldn't scare you off due to the green band, but check with others on here about whether it's a proper fitment, cuz I've seen complaints on here about some of the aftermarket windshields. If you're looking for absolute Concours CW correct - then go with the Porsche part, but realistically you won't get dinged for the other in a PCA Concours locally (maybe in Parade if a tie & they start looking for non-OE parts as a tiebreaker). Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
Chris914n6 |
Mar 10 2016, 03:32 PM
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Jackstands are my life. Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 431 Region Association: Southwest Region |
The green tint has solar blockers (the glass, not the band). Modern cars have the green glass too, you just don't notice it as much. The side glass is most likely tinted.
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