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On my 99 A8, is my driver's side glass double insulated or was that a facelift feature?

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Old 10-27-2008, 04:07 PM
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On my 99 A8, is my driver's side glass double insulated or was that a facelift feature?
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Default Most were dual pane glass

Just roll down the window half way and you can feel the two pieces of glass at the top.

My 97 was one of the few that I have ever seen without dual pane.
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Default Your picture below proves it's dual pane. It's a laminated sandwich with an inner sheet of vinyl.

Single pane would be tempered and would shatter into a million bits.
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Default wind down the passenger side and check-also check with the dealer via

vin# if you have the metal layer in the glass
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Default Woah, shattered a dual pane :(

The windshield is pretty strong though, I have had fairly large rocks hit it at highway speeds and it only got chipped. Just waiting for it to break.
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Default Does this mean that it is harder for the bad guys to break the glass?

I've always thought that, and when I saw your pics I realized they were laminated. Nice safety feature.
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