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tommarbru wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:41 pm Sold my Viper 8 months ago and was fortunate to get an allocation for a 2023 GT3. The car was delivered to my home 2 weeks ago. I have been reading on other sites that many have experienced spontaneous glass breakage on not only the windshield but on other sites as well. I just joined the club. the car has less than 500 Miles on it and I just noticed a small crack on the drivers side door glass at the top right. I think I might know why that happened. If you own a 2022 or 2023 GT3 you might check the gap between the outer and inner glass partitions at the top of your window glass. Lower the window slightly and look straight down on top window edge. I could run my finger nail in the empty channel between the panes. I would estimate that the depth was 2-3 mm. The outer pane is quite a bit thicker than the inner one. As i closed the door I think that the thin inner pane section got wedged against the rubber molding as the window rose the last few millimeters. As there was no filler between the panes, the thin section was left unbraced and simply cracked due to the pressure against the window seal. You might check your windows to see if that condition exist for you GT3. If so, perhaps some filler could be deposited in the channel to better support the thin inner glass pane. I am presently submitting a warranty claim as this glass fault is a factory defect. I am told $1500 for glass + labor. Hoping for the best.

tommarbru wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:57 pm Your glass may be different as mine has the light weight type. Roll down the window half way and look at the top of your window glass. Straight down, and you will see 2 layers of glass with some type of sealer in between.
The inside glass appears to be super thin while the outside is fairly thick. The 2 layers do not rise to the same height which leaves a 2-3 mm. gap between the layers in the middle. This allows the inside thin glass to stick up without any middle support which then caused it to crack from the lateral force when contacting the rubber window gasket.

tommarbru wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:20 am I'm not sure how i go about posting pictures but my commission # for the build was G27231. It's 2023 silver with every option except buckets. You can access the build using that number. As to the allocation. I live in Southern California and trying to get an allocation here was impossible. Dealers were also asking for a 100K ADM. In August I started calling dealers all over the country that had new GT3's in their inventory and getting prices + their ADM. I did not call dealers in large metro areas but mostly smaller dealers in the mid west and east coast. After weeks of calling I soon got a return call from a dealer in Connecticut that offered me an allocation with a reasonable ADM. Once I had the build order I sent them a 10% down payment and then 3 months later the car was delivered to me here in San Diego.