What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

[bootymac]

Cops can't enforce what they can't see

[sx4rocious]

That's the point! LOL

I was extremely impressed with the sample. It resembled something along the lines of plastic laminate sheet like you would see at an office supply store except it was thinner and crystal clear. She is supposed to find out if they are developing it for automotive applications, or if it can be laser cut and applied. I'll be first in line as long as it works with windshield wipers without being noisy. I would also love to know if the adheisive will stick to the paint on my hood without damaging it. It would make an awesome clear "bra" as long as it's removable.

[SamirD]

OK, ragarding the polorized sunglasses, I'd get a pair even if they don't help with the glare. They work wonders on eyes as old as mine. It reduces a lot of the strain associated with UV light and such. I HIGHLY recommend them.

I think I MAAAAAAY have a solution worth looking into. My wife recently embarked on an interesting new career journey with a company that sells extremely high end window treatments for residential and commercial buildings. At a recent vendor convention, a company there introduced a new "film" that covers window glass much like tint does that is 100% invisibly in any way. It contains no coloration of any kind (although you can order it tinted or colored if you would like) and basically renders the window indestructable when applied. The vendor demonstraited by applying it to a window and hitting it several times with a sharp pointed rock hammer which left nary a mark no matter how hard it was hit.

One of the much more benificial and exciting aspects of the film is that it is not only polarized, but UV filtering, GLARE REDUCING, scratch-proof, water repeling and coverd by a 100% lifetime warranty. She brought home a sample after instantly thinking about us (that why I love her!) and our cars. She will be speaking with the vendor again over the next 2 weeks and will be getting us some information about pricing and whether the film's warranty will still apply if the film is aplied to automotive applications.

I placed the small sample (about 10" square) to my windshield and found it to almost completely remove the glare much like in the photos above, yet it "dissappeared" agains the glass, so to my knowledge, (Kurro might have a better idea) would not be considered "tint" in the eyes of the law, as most police wouldn't even know it was there. It would completely eliminate rock chips and the dreaded spider-crack, reduce glare, and it appears it would act like a permanent "RainX" coating to assist in inclimate weather. It's actually rather exciting stuff and I'm rather excited to see what answers she'll have when she gets back.

Sounds like some awesome stuff! I'd like to get this stuff too. Every time I hear a loud rock 'smack!' on one of the windows, I expect to see a crack. So far nothing has, but I'd rather spend a little and prevent it completely.

The only thing is that I know some windows films like this will block laser detection on my valentine one, so I'll have to leave a spot open for them.

[SamirD]

I got a bottle of Royal purple oil for the Kizashi for only $5 at walmart yesterday. It was discounted at ours and I'm not sure why, but I got one to start.

[KuroNekko]

The place I got my windows tinted at in Maryland offered a front windshield tint of 70% and I believe also a 50% (for those with diagnosed skin issues and need UV protection). I heard these front windshield tints are popular with commercial truck drivers.
I really doubt anyone can detect a clear coating on a front windshield so I wouldn't really worry about it. After all, HID kits are technically illegal but when properly aimed in projector housings, no one can tell. I've passed state inspection with two different cars with HID kits.

[sx4rocious]

The only thing I'm really worried about with this film is streaking from the wipers, and chipping or cracking from scraping frost. Besides that, if I can find someone to cut it to size (or if the manufacturer would) then be looking for a thread on it when the weather breaks. With my wife being a distributor, I reckon I could talk her into some sort of a group buy or something. I'm pretty stoked to try it. Like I said, I was highly impressed with the sample.

[bootymac]

Took it out for a drive on the highway but ended up stuck in a traffic jam caused by a new driver and his flipped Civic.

I was stuck behind a Swift and I was very confused for a minute. Then I remembered that it was a rebadged Chevrolet Aveo

[DesRado]

That is depressing bootymac.

[SamirD]

Used the genuine Suzuki filter cap wrench. I think the superceeded part number may not fit as well as the original one as it got stuck on the filter when both tightening and loosening due to the amount of play (which was still minimal). Luckily, turning it a bit in the opposite direction frees it, but I would have expected a more snug fit on the filter.

But it fits perfect as far as clearance is concerned and makes torquing the filter to the correct spec almost easier than the oil drain plug. And when I took the old filter off, it also came off at the same torque spec so it wasn't stuck on at all.

[Speed_Racer]

Took a short drive yesterday to do some downhilling riding with a buddy.

I can't say enough good things about the Suzuki (Whispbar) racks. Even with my bike up there I don't hear any wind noise at 80 mph. Worth every penny