Acoustic glass SR5??

[brumey]

Does the SR 5 have acoustic glass? If so, how would I know from the markings?

I suspect this is another “bate and switch” from the Toyota team at San Diego along with heated seats and other stuff that did not appear in the production models.

UPDATE - GOOD NEWS
Thanks to "Timelaps" and the tip to look at the glass edge. I checked my SR5 and both front doors have laminated glass. The edge clearly shows two sheets of glass. I then noticed that the front driver and passenger windows had the words Lamisafe. The rear windows have tempersafe. So, that might be a quick indicator.

I also removed my comments made about Toyota switching and baiting based on the test vehicles provided at the San Diego even. That should probably be its own thread.

Thinking positive here and hoping to love my 4Runner. I was also planning on getting a Tacoma or Tundra in 3-6 months but, if the costs go up, will have to look at Ford and the 150 with the 5.0 V8.

 

[timelapse]

I've confirmed the double pane glass on my ORP. If you partially roll down the window and look at the top profile, you should be able to see two layers of glass for confirmation.

 

[brumey]

Thanks, I will check. I was hoping tge glass would be stamped or etched showing it had acoustic qualities.

 

[Skiddy]

Does the SR 5 have acoustic glass? If so, how would I know from the markings?

I suspect this is another “bate and switch” from the Toyota team at San Diego along with heated seats and other stuff that did not appear in the production models.

I have to say, as a new Toyota owner, I am not impressed or trust the heritage quality that they are riding on.

Unfortunately if you drive a Toyota long enough, you will have a hard time switching to most other brands. (Its a curse at times) My entire family has only driven Toyotas for the last 25 years. We have made attempts to try other brands due to having fancy bells and whistles and such, or just for something different but each time we did we almost immediately notice the differences in build quality. And then there is the reliability Toyota is famous for.

No brand is perfect and I obviously cant vouch for the 6th Gen 4runner yet but we bought one and as of yet I can only say so far so good.

Never been afraid to buy a 1st Gen Toyota, I had the first Gen Tundra in 2001, 1st Gen FJ cruiser in 07 as well. Both were amazing.

 

[Hacksaw]

There's probably some coded marking on the window to indicate it. Lower right corner is usually where the markings are. You'd probably have to look up the brand (shown in the markings) to decode it, but sometimes there's and icon, e.g. an ear with a line through it.

Probably only the premium models would get acoustic glass on some of the windows (e.g. windshield and front driver/passenger).

Unless every single window in the vehicle has acoustic glass, it probably doesn't make a major difference. You still have big "acoustic openings" on all the non-acoustic glass windows that let sounds into the cabin. So the acoustic glass only really helps on highly directional sound in that case.

There is a Youtube content creator who uses a sound meter in every cabin of the vehicles they test, but they don't do a controlled test so their results aren't very useful. For example, the sound level they measured in the cabin of a Tacoma Limited (which I believe has acoustic glass in the driver/passenger window) was actually higher than the SR5.

 

[LLL1990]

I have to say, as a new Toyota owner, I am not impressed or trust the heritage quality that they are riding on.

What other brands of vehicles have you owned?

 

[brumey]

What other brands of vehicles have you owned?

Ford primarily. Had two VW TDI's, one over 300K and still running today for another owner. I loved the diesel MPG and power but, lots of regular small component failures.

Fords (Focus, F350, Escape) have been reliable for me but I dislike the dealer service department experience.

It does seem like Toyota have gone cheap on certain items and it was dishonest of them to include vehicles in the press event only to not be installed on the production vehicles. Only time will tell for me. I purchased for reliability. Hood struts and hood insulation would have been nice.

I want to like it

 

[LLL1990]

I have a 2016 Camry which is my first Toyota and I also currently drive a Ford F-150 but I've also owned Honda, Acura, Nissan, and Mitsubishi. I got the Camry because my Acura was totaled in an accident and I needed another fuel efficient work car. I didn't go out looking for a Toyota, I needed a fuel efficient car that wouldn't cost me a lot on maintenance and repairs.

It's not an exciting car to drive and it doesn't have a lot of features but I find myself driving it more than I expected. It's a comfortable, gets great MPGs, easy to park and maneuver in the city, roomy trunk and interior, has the coldest A/C I've ever had, transmission shifts smoothly and is low maintenance. It's a really good car. I've owned it 5 years now and put 100,000 miles on it and it's only needed one repair which I did myself, quick and easy job. Unbeknownst to me, 4 cylinder Toyotas are very DIY friendly and parts are easy to find.

With that said, I'm not a Toyota fanboy so here are some of my negative observations about Toyota. Honda makes better 4 cylinder engines. The Camry's 2AR gets the job done and has been reliable but it's not a smooth operator. Foot to the floor it sounds harsh, whereas Honda's K24 was silky smooth all the way to redline. The seats lack sufficient padding and are hard. And people are complaining about the 6G4R price but to be honest Toyotas are and have always been expensive. I got a good deal on my Camry but in all honesty it's basically a big Corolla. My Camry is lacking features that other cars in its segment and price range came with as standard equipment at the time. There isn't anything on my Camry that wasn't also standard on a Corolla of the same year.

 

[nubbins_]

Does the SR 5 have acoustic glass? If so, how would I know from the markings?

I suspect this is another “bate and switch” from the Toyota team at San Diego along with heated seats and other stuff that did not appear in the production models.

UPDATE - GOOD NEWS
Thanks to "Timelaps" and the tip to look at the glass edge. I checked my SR5 and both front doors have laminated glass. The edge clearly shows two sheets of glass. I then noticed that the front driver and passenger windows had the words Lamisafe. The rear windows have tempersafe. So, that might be a quick indicator.

I also removed my comments made about Toyota switching and baiting based on the test vehicles provided at the San Diego even. That should probably be its own thread.

Thinking positive here and hoping to love my 4Runner. I was also planning on getting a Tacoma or Tundra in 3-6 months but, if the costs go up, will have to look at Ford and the 150 with the 5.0 V8.

From the early media coverage people were saying that the SR5 has acoustic glass around (unlike LC, which is just embarrassing), but that the higher trims would have acoustic glass on the windshield which the SR5 supposedly doesn't have. Don't know how true any of that is, never heard anything on that topic again after that.

I really don't know why Toyota saw fit to showcase all those Canadian spec vehicles in San Diego. To this day it seems they're still handing out those same vehicles as US press vehicles? And some youtubers are still confused as to the heated seats thing

 

[brumey]

The windshield has a “Lamipane” name. Maybe laminated seems silly to do both fron doors but ot the windshield.

 

[nubbins_]

The windshield has a “Lamipane” name. Maybe laminated seems silly to do both fron doors but ot the windshield.

Does that mean laminated in the same way as the acoustic glass on the doors though, or as a synonym for tempered glass like some automakers seem to do

I mean, what you suggest certainly makes sense, but one cannot be too sure in this era of costcutting

 

[Hacksaw]

All windshields have to be laminated glass in the US. But not all laminated glass is acoustic glass. It depends on the material used in the middle sandwiched layer for the sound reduction properties.

 

[nubbins_]

All windshields have to be laminated glass in the US. But not all laminated glass is acoustic glass. It depends on the material used in the middle sandwiched layer for the sound reduction properties.

Damn, learn something new every day. Thanks for the info.

Finally found where the lower-trims-no-acoustic-glass comes from, right from the website:

I assume all the hybrids have it, and SR5/Sport/(possibly OR?) do not. Though really, with the 4Runner's front glass being much more sloped than LC, it may not be a big deal? Subaru Outbacks have stupidly thin windshields that simply can't stop themselves from cracking, yet they are known to be pretty quiet on the highway.