How is the car glass for the BMW X3 made?

A sharp question, and one that answers many car glass-related questions you may have had before.

We assemble your BMW X3’s car glass from two categories of glass; laminated and tempered.

Your front windscreen is formed with laminated glass, and each other member of car glass (Eg. the side windows and rear windscreen) were forged using tempered glass.

But why is this? Why not the other way round?

I’ll tell you why.

Laminated Glass – Front Windscreen

This glass is a little more complex and thus more durable than its tempered type equivalent. You can create it by fusing two (or more in some cases) sheets of normal glass with one synthetic interlayer in between, usually a vinyl-type agent. These panels are pressed together machines using incredible strength levels and then subjected to intense heat levels in order to bond them together and thus create a durable type of glass that can resist massive pressure levels before finally cracking.
We produce front windscreens from this type of glass to prevent any kinds of glass shards from flying towards the driver and occupants of the car if there is an unexpected collision. We can also fix laminated glass if there is only a minor amount of damage that has taken place to its surface, which is highly beneficial towards our wallets, considering how incredibly expensive windscreens replacements can be.

Tempered Glass – Back Windscreen & Side Windows

This species of glass is more brittle than laminated but is still more robust than your standard version of glass, also known as “annealed glass”.

You create tempered glass by introducing a regular sheet of glass to amazingly high heat levels within a sizable oven-like structure, with these levels raising up to well over 600 degrees celsius!

This superheated glass then goes through a rapid cooling system known as quenching, where we pressurise and cool it down very rapidly. This procedure results in your beloved tempered glass, which, unlike annealed glass, splits into smaller and relatively safer pieces when destroyed due to a collision or sudden contact.

Due to these properties, we always tempered glass in circumstances where human health and safety might be a cause for concern, such as the side and rear windows in cars during a car accident. We cannot repair this variant of glass, though, and so we must replace it completely every time it is damaged, which isn’t too bad since it’s much cheaper to make and replace than laminated glass.

How can I prevent cracks and dents from appearing on the windscreen of my BMW X3?

We can all recognise that prevention is easier, more affordable, and more satisfying for everything in our lives than having to take our car in for repairing or replacing.

Here are some tips and tricks that you can use towards getting your BMW X3’s windscreen removed from all cracks for as lengthy a time as possible, notwithstanding any erosion and entropy we can do literally nothing against.

Provide sufficient shelter for your BMW X3

Always make sure that you hold your BMW X3 under some suitable old shielding safety types during the day and at night, even if only the best you can do is utilise a fabric car cover to toss over it whenever you leave it outside for extended periods.

This plan will shield it from the sun’s unrelenting rays and the winter’s frosty bite, thus limiting stress fractures from occurring within the layers that make up your windscreen glass.

Having it guarded and under shelter during the day can prevent random projectiles, like wind-flung branches and soccer balls, from coming into direct contact with your car.

Don’t throw hot water onto a BMW X3’s frozen windscreen

This. Will. Kill. The. Windscreen.

The furiously accelerated and sudden difference in such extreme temperatures from frost to hot could result in it shattering instantly. The very last thing you want while preparing to leave in the morning for work!

Always drive carefully

It goes without saying, but be careful on the road!

Keeping a safe distance between yourself and the car in front of you, never texting and driving, and constantly being on high alert while moving on the street could mean the difference between a relaxing drive out and a PTSD-laden car accident.

Just drive like everyone else on the road is actively trying to kill you, and you should survive the trip from point A to point B.

Keep your BMW X3’s windscreen clean and clear at all times

Dirt and moisture getting into even the most minuscule of a crack can erode and chip away at the composition within, causing the tainted crack to degenerate at an extra speedy pace. Clear up and dry any cracks up, and cover them over with a clear tape to protect them from other damage sources until you can get them repaired ASAP.