foofighter

Aren't all glass water repellent? LOL, i remember reading this on the brochure and online at the lexus site and thought it was odd to highlight this "feature".

Did Lexus do something special to the front glass that makes it more water repellent than other glass?

jwaters

The glass has a special coating that makes water run off the glass more easily. Sort of the same thing as if you applied Rain-X to your windows, except it's permenent.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

yeah there is a special coating. my sc430 the water runs away much faster than my 98 gs400, which doesn't have the coating

foofighter

interesting...i learn something new everyday...here i thought it was some marketing derived spin.

rheiy

The water repellent front glass feature was on the 01 GS430. When you wash your car, you can see the difference in how water reacts between the front side glass that has repellent and the rear side glass that does not. Too bad Lexus did not do this on all windows for the 01...Does the new 06 have it on all windows?

rominl

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well, why would you need it in the rear window i thought the point of having it on the front side is to help on seeing the side view mirrors?

rheiy

Actually, having it on all glass would help visibility in the rain. Rain X will do the same thing but you have to re-apply it every month or so.

chuckb

rain -x leaves a black film after time too.

I agree it would only improve visibilty if all the windows had this.

flipside909

Yes this actually works. It is the same on our RX330.

Mz L*Tuned

Wow, that's awesome!!! I learn something new every day! THank god for ClubLexus!

BobsGX

The 06 GX470 has the coating on the front side windows and the outside side view mirrors. It does actually work pretty well.

jlin101

All newer Lexuses have this on the front side windows--LS has it on the windshield, too. It's convenient but not nearly as effective as Rain-X. The downside of Rain-X is that it may leave smears on the glass if you don't wipe it really clean.