Sounds

Hi guys.

A couple of quick questions about the moon roof:

1. Is it tinted?

2. It's massive. Anyone worry about it breaking?

Thanks!

spinedoc777

Slightly tinted, not sure on the grade I'd guess maybe 70%. It is massive, I love it because 1) it opens all the way, other vehicles I've owned with pano mr it would only open 3/4 of the way, and 2) the headliner closes from the back to the front so you can close the sun from the back passengers but keep it halfway open for yourself. I wouldn't worry about breaking it, how do you think it would break?

Sounds

I was hoping it would be tinted a bit darker, to let some light in but keep the heat from direct sunlight out. As far as breaking it, I really don't know. It's the first thing I thought of when I saw how big it was!

spinedoc777

It might be darker, we haven't had many sunny days in the couple of weeks since I've owned it so it's tough to tell.

DWG

I think the amount of tint is about right given the presence of the sunshade. Too dark of a tint somewhat defeats the purpose of having the panoramic roof, and you can close the sunshade when the sun is too bright.

Sounds

Okay,, thanks guys!

specie

gtssenior

For your second question: It looks like there are two panes by the seam in the middle, so I would think that stresses on the glass due to temperature expansions and contractions would be less than if it were a single pane of glass. I don't know if it is shatter proof like a windshield for say a rollover or a large hail storm, but I assume the design engineers would have thought about that.

romer

I also like that the sunshade is solid with such a large glass roof. Many other cars have shades that are porous and allow light and heat to enter the cabin. It's why I haven't liked the panoramic roofs in my previous vehicles and preferred the traditional sunroof with the traditional shade. This one is perfect for me.

B25Nut

In the IIHS safety test the roof held up to a 50,000 lb weight.

Wander

But maybe not the glass. I've had moonroof glass broken by birds and rocks bouncing downward off a roof-top box. The darn bird left a softball-size imprint on the windshield, bounced off the roof-top box, and shattered the moonroof. Two pieces of silicon with one bird.

BTW, the glass is "safety glass", so it has a sandwiched layer of plastic in the middle to hold it together, more or less, if it is damaged. The bird incident happened in the middle of Montana on the way to Glacier National Park, Waterton Lakes and Banff. It was non-reassuring to be touring bear country with a moonroof held together with duct tape. Especially when we actually saw three grizzly bears about 50 yards from the parked car at Moraine Lake in Alberta.

spinedoc777

I looked again at my pano roof tonight and it's definitely less tinted than the rear side windows, for what that's worth.

acuraada

That's roof, not glass. Almost every cuv has panorama sunroof now, could it crack? Yes but unlikely. And if you worry about roll over, that's what the IIHS simulates with their roof pressure test. I wouldn't worry about it.