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Old 08-14-2008, 04:07 PM
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Hey! rear sunroof made of old Tupperware!
Only noticed this last night. I always thought it was a glass panel, but it is developing a littile wrinkly distortion, so I investigated and it seems to be polycarbonate from these dudes:

http://www.freeglass.de/en/index.php?inhalt=historie
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Cool. I'll bet it's safer than glass in an upset as well.
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It's also the cover for the SAT radio and GPS antennas.
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It's also the cover for the SAT radio and GPS antennas.
I thought those were in the spoiler, cus moving the tailgate up and down seems to alter reception. But I guess it could be cause by RF reflections off the tailgate itself...
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That is really cool.Must be safer than glass. What are the panoramma roofs made of?
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What are the panoramma roofs made of?
Old Corningware.

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It's also the cover for the SAT radio and GPS antennas.
See https://delphi.com/shared/pdf/ppd/au...t_multiple.pdf
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Pretty awesome. It beats an exterior antennae that can risks being damaged being stuck on the roof.
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