Tear-offs?

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So I know that Most, if not all WEC teams have some form of Tear-off, where the car comes to the pits, and they pull off a layer of plastic from the window and BAM, it's clean again. F1 Drivers have the same sort of thing on their visors.

But! Do they have this for normal road cars? I haven't seen it before, and was thinking it would be a good idea for Road trips or track days.

Does it exist, and I'm just to lazy/non-attentive to notice?

Good idea? Bad Idea? How much would something like that cost?
 
hawkeye122
So I know that Most, if not all WEC teams have some form of Tear-off, where the car comes to the pits, and they pull off a layer of plastic from the window and BAM, it's clean again. F1 Drivers have the same sort of thing on their visors.

But! Do they have this for normal road cars? I haven't seen it before, and was thinking it would be a good idea for Road trips or track days.

Does it exist, and I'm just to lazy/non-attentive to notice?

Good idea? Bad Idea? How much would something like that cost?
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Get a garden hose and wash it and/or use windshield wipers.
 
Plus, it's not as fun without a full pit crew tearing one off whilst refueling and changing your tires.
 
R1600Turbo
Definitely a good idea for road trips.
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Check your state laws on windshield coverings. Any sort of covering over the windshield is illegal in some states whether it's clear or not. Here in Ohio it's not even legal to put that UV-protection film on the windshield despite the fact that it's perfectly clear.
 
Tear-offs are hardly needed for road cars. There's no advantage to cutting seconds from a road trip. An extra layer, or layers, of plastic on your screen is only going to make your vision worse.
 
TheCracker
Tear-offs are hardly needed for road cars. There's no advantage to cutting seconds from a road trip. An extra layer, or layers, of plastic on your screen is only going to make your vision worse.
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While I respect the fact that it would only save around a minute compared to just washing it, it would still be more fun.

The wipers rarely actually clean the window, but the liquid helps everything to sort of smear, giving you less visibility than before.

Good heavens. A single stack for a Toyota Celica is nearly $150.
 

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