View Full Version : How Rain X could affect your radar detector's sensitivity
SoulRider4Ever
05-23-2005, 05:06 PM
Do you guys think that a few layers of Rain-X on the front/back windshields would deflect any radar signals?? I was reading my Bel RX-65 manual and it said to watch out for -
"Instaclear, electriclear or solar reflective windshield which may deflect radar signals."
I was just curious if RainX was a similiar product or could cause the detector to be less sensitive.
brick
05-23-2005, 05:13 PM
Rain-X won't do anything at all. The InstaClear, etc. involve metal films built right into the windshield. Rain-X is just a liquid coating that modifies the surface properties of the glass...no metal there.
laserblaster
05-23-2005, 07:27 PM
yes i agree...
under a microscope the glass is rough! this is why water doesnt repel from it!
alls rain x does is coat the window in film.... which temporarely fills in the rough surface! until it wears off or gets washed off...
only metal blocks radar...
rain x is good stuff i use it myself!! it makes driving safer.... i remember why i first brought some after reading it a mag... and did which was at the time my bros gti! i remeber him driving down a duel carrageway doing 70mph with the rain and wind blowing with would be in 1998... it was good to see the rain bouncing off the window i remeber it well.....
i remeber the sitting in the gti at that time..... it was really good... it felt really safe and the heater use to get really hot..... :o :D it use to be the good times..... i really do miss them......... :cry:
kai445
05-23-2005, 08:16 PM
just dont use Rain-X Anti-Fog, that stuff is horrible. I had a small leak problem that made the moisture in my car crazy so to help until I got it fixed I said "hey, I should get this".
So I washed the windows with stoners invisible glass, and coated them with a nice thin and even application of antifog to all my windows (interior only, of course). At first it was amazing, practically a miracle...
...over time, the film degrades and attacts dirt particles, and gets very hazy. In fact, after 2 weeks I had to rewash all the windows because it was causing a bad glare problem with all the gunk in my rear window.