Chronic Windshield Cracking---96 Super Stock Camaro

Ed Wright · 12-21-2007, 09:01 PM

This makes me a lttle nervous. I've bracket raced my '96 Fiebird for three years (going faster than it will now in SS/JA) with no problems, and mine is a T top car. How often does your Camaro crack them?

76 RACER · 12-22-2007, 01:01 PM

I would say the way to stop it is to use a 5/16 tape kit to set the shield. Then back seal it with Urethane. That is really the right way to do a shield. The old school way. Now days a mobil installer comes out and just barely scrapes the pinch weld enough so he can primer it and run a bead of Urethane to set the glass. Make sure no moulding clips are touching the glass on the top or the sides and make sure the rubber stops on the bottom of the glass are there.

Bryan Worner · 12-22-2007, 02:00 PM

Rest easy Ed. We've had the 96 Camaro SS/IA car on the track for 2 years now with no problems!

Ed Wright · 12-22-2007, 03:18 PM

Thanks! And from what Dave Layer told me, your car is a hell of a lot faster than mine will probably ever be.
Very impressive.

12-21-2007, 09:01 PM	#1
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Chronic Windshield Cracking---96 Super Stock Camaro This makes me a lttle nervous. I've bracket raced my '96 Fiebird for three years (going faster than it will now in SS/JA) with no problems, and mine is a T top car. How often does your Camaro crack them? __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

12-22-2007, 01:01 PM	#2
76 RACER Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 247 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Chronic Windshield Cracking---96 Super Stock Camaro I would say the way to stop it is to use a 5/16 tape kit to set the shield. Then back seal it with Urethane. That is really the right way to do a shield. The old school way. Now days a mobil installer comes out and just barely scrapes the pinch weld enough so he can primer it and run a bead of Urethane to set the glass. Make sure no moulding clips are touching the glass on the top or the sides and make sure the rubber stops on the bottom of the glass are there. Last edited by 76 RACER; 12-22-2007 at 04:07 PM.

12-22-2007, 02:00 PM	#3
Bryan Worner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Duncannon, PA Posts: 825 Likes: 137 Liked 535 Times in 86 Posts	Re: Chronic Windshield Cracking---96 Super Stock Camaro Rest easy Ed. We've had the 96 Camaro SS/IA car on the track for 2 years now with no problems!

12-22-2007, 03:18 PM	#4
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Chronic Windshield Cracking---96 Super Stock Camaro Thanks! And from what Dave Layer told me, your car is a hell of a lot faster than mine will probably ever be. Very impressive. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA