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Materials you can stake your life on!     When Phoenix Glass replaces a windshield, we do our best to use the same adhesive the manufacturer did when they built the vehicle and along with industry approved installation procedures. Betaseal/Essex adhesives are used to install windshields on nearly every domestic vehicle and two thirds of all vehicles manufactured worldwide to help restore a vehicle to its original strength and retain a windshield during a crash.   Not all adhesives have the strength required to allow the vehicle safety systems to perform correctly. To assure that the windshield is replaced properly it's absolutely imperative that the correct adhesives as well as adhesive primers are used.

>  Unusual Auto Glass Questions My 94 Saturn was involved in an interior fire which evidently burned so hot that it put bubbles in my windshield and melted some of the exterior moldings on some of the other windows, Can Phoenix Glass replace my windshield and put new moldings on the other glasses that were damaged. We can definitely replace your windshield but all the other glass, except the door glasses, in a 94 Saturn have what they call modular glass installed in them. The moldings on the glass are actually injection bonded to the window during the manufacturing process and cannot be replaced without buying completely new windows. There is also another downside to your situation.  After having a fire in your car, even though the windows may look unaffected, there is a pretty good chance that the body surfaces along with the urethane adhesive that bonds the glass to your vehicle may have been critically affected which can result in a very serious situation in the event of a collison later on down the road.  A car fire unfortunately is a subject that goes beyond the scope of our website.  Click the following link and it will take you to I-CAR's website where there is a detailed article about it. heat damage and stationary auto glass My car has a Heads up display, Does it require a special windshield and if so can Phoenix Glass install it? Yes it does require a special type of windshield to properly display the HUD image. Normal windshields will reflect distorted or double images.  These particular windshields are also used on some vehicles equipped with night vision. They are manufactured with a wedge shaped polymer layer that is sandwiched between two layers of glass.  While we can't say that they are a top seller we can say that we have sold and installed many of these types of windshields over the years.  For a more detailed description we're going to send you to the I-CAR web site at the links below. Heads up displays Night Vision My car has an air noise thats making me crazy, Can Phoenix Glass find it and make it go away?  The tecnicians here at Phoenix Glass use 3 different methods for finding wind and water leaks. The first is done with an electronic ultrasonic sound detector procedure.  It works by placing a transmitter inside the vehicle in the region of the suspected leak. At that point the wand of the detecter, which is a receiver microphone, is passed over the questionable area on the outside.  When the wand is passed over the area of the leak the sound waves from the transmitter will make the detecter unit beep at a much faster rate as it homes in on the hole.  This is a great way to find an actual hole but it will not pinpoint a seeping leak. The second method is placing masking tape completely around the glass in question in approximately 2 to 3 foot strips.  Then the vehicle is taken on a road test driven at the speed the air noise is said to occur.  If the noise is not present we know we are on the right track.   Next a section of the tape is removed (one piece at a time) until the noise in question is heard. The third method is to use water.  The link below will take you to the I-CAR website where you can find even more methods and information on the subject. Detecting air wind and water leaks

Auto Glass and materials you can stake your life on! Contact Phoenix Glass to inquire about OEM auto glass for your vehicle. 865.947.5706   Charities were involved with! Phoenix Glass Inc. proudly supports our Nations Veterans

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