chrisg
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 11:15 AM |
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Plastic windows
A friend of mine is wanting to replace the glass in his classic mini.
The question is are plastic side windows road legal and if so whats the best material to use from a durability point of view?
Cheers
Chris 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 11:17 AM |
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this might be of interest Chris
http://www.gcip.co.uk/FAB/boat_car_windows.htm
Craig
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indykid
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 11:17 AM |
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yes and polycarbonate. lexan or makralon are two common brands.
they'll scratch pretty easily but are very impact resistant. perspex is less prone to scratching but will shatter if impacted.
tom
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Humbug
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 11:20 AM |
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Side windows should be legal. I would go for polycarbonate though, as noted, they will scratch quite easily. May not be so much of a problem if they
are not going to be windup windows?
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nitram38
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 11:32 AM |
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Had blacked out poly on my anglia but that was long before the laws changed.
Removing the rubbers means that they won't scratch but you need to make sure that the inside of the door is weather-proofed and that the drain
holes are all clear.
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chrisg
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 02:48 PM |
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Thanks everyone, It's going to be fixed with a little slider in the door window.
It looks like polycarbonate then!
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 03:47 PM |
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I'm going for perspex on the sidescreens for my indy, fitted with securlux film to minimize the risk of shattering. That should given me
"safe" windows with improved scratch resistance over lexan (and at a lower cost!)
[Edited on 27/6/09 by sebastiaan]
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wax-it
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 10:02 PM |
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I used plastics4performance when I did the windows on my mini (all bar the windscreen) and have used them to custom make them for my kit.
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