Kim Java’s posing shatters glass pano roof…

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[kurtlikevonnegut]

Dammit @OutofSpecKyle how did you get into my garage?!

 

[ravian]

Pretty obvious outcome. She needs to go on a diet.

 

[SkyFall]

Pretty obvious outcome. She needs to go on a diet.

Never discuss a women's weight. You will always lose!

 

[iansriv]

In Colorado I'm truly wondering if next hail season I'll put the cargo crossbars up top and securely tie down a sheet of plywood when I may have to travel for a long time or park outside

Great idea! Can you let us know what impact that has on the milage?

 

[SASSquatch]

Dammit @OutofSpecKyle how did you get into my garage?!

If he can cut-the-line, he can cut-your-lock to get into your garage!

 

[Ripped]

Has anyone tried to take this through an automatic car wash? I don't know how much pressure one of those might put on it but if someone resting a hand on the edge cracked it, a car wash would be a really terrible place to find out it can't handle it.



Safety glass blocks UV and won't break into a million pieces and fall into the cabin. Tempered glass is good and strong but still shatters.

So in most modern vehicles, only the windshield is laminated, everything else is tempered, including sunroofs.

Worked in the auto glass industry and replaced many a windshield, along with every other type of glass. Lami-glass on that piece feels like a very odd choice.

 

[Gshenderson]

Seems to me most of the issues are torsion/tension related vs. impact. So I guess we need to wait and see if reports start coming in for hail, walnuts, bird droppings, etc. I also wonder whether the rigidity of the truck is somehow transferring unexpected levels of stress and strain to the roof causing the glass to crack. I’m one who’s roof cracked with nothing ever touching it AFAIK.

Regardless, I’m glad I wasn’t out and about when his hail storm rained down for 20 minutes straight last Sunday. And no, @Surferdude, there were not any warnings it was coming.

 

[Arky]

So in most modern vehicles, only the windshield is laminated, everything else is tempered, including sunroofs.

Worked in the auto glass industry and replaced many a windshield, along with every other type of glass. Lami-glass on that piece feels like a very odd choice.

Generally this is true - but the glass roof on this feels like it would be a bit different than just a moonroof given the size of the panel, the fact that there's no headliner cover, and how damaging shattering could be. Tesla uses a laminated roof glass and I wouldn't put it past Rivian to do so here.

That said I don't know for sure it's just speculation. Why do you think it would be a strange choice here?

 

[iansriv]

This may have been asked before but why wouldn't Rivian do this:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29214448/gorilla-glass-windshields-pricing/

 

[Brewbud]

Hopefully someone will come out with a tinted polycarbonate replacement. They make aftermarket windshields out of this for Jeeps (although many states do not allow them). They will not break - even if hit with a hammer.

In my Jeeps and trucks it is not uncommon to toss rocks and mud up onto the roof. I hope the glass on my R! is not that frail.

 

[crashmtb]

This may have been asked before but why wouldn't Rivian do this:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29214448/gorilla-glass-windshields-pricing/

Because it costs twice as much and they aren’t using Corning to supply glass - it appears to all be Fuyao

 

[ads75]

This may have been asked before but why wouldn't Rivian do this:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29214448/gorilla-glass-windshields-pricing/

For Jeeps Gorilla Glass is debatable at best. Most don’t think it’s worth it, with very little to no difference. Now the Wrangler windshield is more impact prone due to its vertical position. It sounds like to me the Rivian glass roofs may be failing to to some sort of structural stresses when people lean on them, not necessarily impact damage. I don’t know enough about Gorilla Glass to say if that would help or not.

 

[Dipp]

I get that hail might be an issue - but what about a good foot or 2 of wet snow?

 

[ads75]

I get that hail might be an issue - but what about a good foot or 2 of wet snow?

To be honest if it’s snowing I think it might be ok since generally speaking the snow fall should be relatively balanced in coverage of the roof. I would be careful in removing significant snow in a balanced manner, instead of clearing off one side then the other side, I’d try to balance it out so one side didn’t weigh more than the other side, at least until the cracked roof threads stop. But I’m in Pennsylvania so that much snow isn’t too common.

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