Is300 Windscreen Type

[Flutefriend]

I'm hoping to buy a portable Sat Nav, probably a Garmin NUVI 1490T, for my '03 registered IS300. However, I have read that cars with UV resistant windscreens may need external aerials to get good satellite reception. Please can anyone tell me if my car has a UV resistant windscreen, or how I can find out? I think it is the original - ie has not been replaced.

[shorty]

No mate plain screen

Ade

[alamkhan3980]

I have never had any issues with Sat Navs in my IS and I have an OEM windscreen.

[Asi]

same here mate never had any problems

[Parthiban]

As above no problems at all with the IS windscreen, I think UV type screens have a sort of mirror coating on the outside (like polarised sunglasses) so easy to spot.

[Flutefriend]

As above no problems at all with the IS windscreen, I think UV type screens have a sort of mirror coating on the outside (like polarised sunglasses) so easy to spot.

Thanks to you all for your encouraging replies. On the potential downside my local Lexus dealer (Swindon) suggests that I may well have UV resistance, but on the plus side tells me that they've had no reported problems with using portable sat navs without antennas. I've ordered the Garmin and will try to remember to let you know how I get on with it.

[matt-c]

Old thread I know, but no IS had "UV" windscreens. The polarised look (as someone mentioned, is easy to spot because it has a purply/blue/green effect, a bit like neat petrol) is whats called a "clear coated" screen - the two pieces of glass are clear, and the laminate in-between has the UV resistant coating. A standard screen, as the IS has, are two pieces of glass with a plain tinted (green) laminate in between.

Source : I'm a windscreen fitter ;)