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458 Italia Rear Glass

Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by jahdish, Feb 19, 2024.

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  1. jahdish

    jahdish Karting

    Aug 9, 2004
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    Was just out for a leisurely drive on a sunny 67 degree day. Stopped at a light and heard a loud bang and looked back to see the glass over the engine of my 458 Italia shattered completely. Not sure if someone threw something at it or if it broke on its own. Has anyone experienced this? Getting a price now to replace. Any guesses on costs? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
     
  2. Nsd991

    Nsd991 Formula Junior

    Jul 19, 2012
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    Oh man, sorry that happened. I suspect something hit the glass….
     
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  3. Mrpseudonym

    Mrpseudonym Formula Junior
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    No obvious point of impact. From the craze pattern that looks like it just shattered, perhaps due to a combination of vibration, temp fluctuations + mfg fault. Hope the replacement isn’t too painful.
     
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  4. mikey64

    mikey64 Formula Junior
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    That’s wild, sorry to see! You mentioned no obvious point of impact but the whole top edge is missing and a section from the lower right area. Not sure what it takes to do this, but seems something with appreciable velocity had to have hit it. Unless the car managed to produce some natural frequency harmonic vibration into the structure. But such an incident would seemingly have been observed before and potentially been a recall issue.
    Look closely for projectile damage under the missing areas of glass.


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  5. mikey64

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    Any update on this?
     
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  6. jahdish

    jahdish Karting

    Aug 9, 2004
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    Paul Dziadosz
  7. mikey64

    mikey64 Formula Junior
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    Glad you already got it done. Also good to confirm external forces were at play.
     

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