Re: [T3] windshield install

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On 26 Jul 2006, at 19:21, David wrote:

> [[[Those repair kits don't give the windshield any more strength. They
> perform a simple cosmetic function to make the damage less visible,  
> that's
> all.]]]
>
> Really?...I thought they pushed a cyanoacrylate glue into the  
> crack...hide
> the crack and adhere it together......

It doesn't matter what they push into the crack. The structural  
integrity of that windshield has been breached and a bit of plastic  
glue cannot restore it. Even if the material ended up being as hard  
as the glass around it. It's just cosmetics, nothing better.

jens


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