Quote:
Originally Posted by clicknathan
Pulled into our campsite the other day to this fine site:
We just had the windows tinted, so I'm thinking that's what's holding it all together. A few questions for any of you who've dealt with this before:
1. Where might one go about finding a replacement? The Classifieds on here don't seem to be friendly toward parts...
2. Any idea if this is something I could drive with? We're near Pensacola, it's cold, and were planning on heading somewhere warmer when our reservation for the week is up.
3. Why is it that as soon as I do something like get the windows tinted, one of them breaks? Does the universe hate my Airstream?
If anyone's got one on an old 70's parts AS or knows of where I could buy one, I'm all ears!
|
De ja vu, my first Airstream was a 1969 27' that I bought on 1990. Shortly after we bought it we had the windows tinted including the from curved windows. They looked great. But on our first trip out after this both windows shattered just like in the picture. The first one about the 3rd day out then the other a few days later. I discovered both after pulling in to an RV park after a days drive. I firmly believe this was caused by the window tint film applied to the safety glass windows. Those windows had lasted over 20 years until I added the tint, them both shattered within a few days. I had them replaced with new windows and the replacement windows were a plastic type materiel not glass. I did not apply tint to these or the ones in my current 1976 Airstream.