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vauxal
03-01-07, 11:50 AM
Any one know where would be the best place to get perspex rear windows from please ?? :thumb:
Stuart
03-01-07, 11:57 AM
polycarbonate.... NOT perspex.

the usual palce is plastics4performance.co.uk (or .com)
or there are a coupld of other places that i cant remember. go to the pvg site as there is a thread there with it all listed.
vauxal
03-01-07, 12:03 PM
Brill thanks m8!!
Chunky Lover
03-01-07, 11:36 PM
if you are Riveting them on make sure there are no tiny metal fillings left on the window edge as it rusts very easily and makes em look quite rotten!
LUV2XLR8
04-01-07, 12:13 AM
polycarbonate.... NOT perspex.

lol god al, how stupid ! get it right son!
scott.parker
04-01-07, 01:02 AM
lol god al, how stupid ! get it right son!

Err well theres quite a difrence..:roll:

Scott
LUV2XLR8
04-01-07, 12:29 PM
sorry im not in to my plastics or pvc
db_1.2
04-01-07, 02:45 PM
so uh, what is the difference, you know for people who dont know (not me!)lol
Matt2107
04-01-07, 02:53 PM
One shatters... one doesnt?
dannyb
04-01-07, 03:15 PM
Perspex discolours and scratches easier than polycarb
Stuart
04-01-07, 03:42 PM
perspex is approx 10x stronger than glass, but will still shatter. It will discolour (go nicotine yellow) if its not been UV treated.

polycarb is approx 100x stronger than glass and it will sort of crumble (for want of a better word) when it breaks... ie the edges are all soft and not as dangerous as perspex. polycarb can also discolour unless uv treated but most is treated as its used outdoors far mroe than perspex for saftey reasons.

there is also Leaxn which is just a funkier polycarb.
Bouch
05-01-07, 06:52 PM
if you are Riveting them on make sure there are no tiny metal fillings left on the window edge as it rusts very easily and makes em look quite rotten!


There's no need to rivet the windows in. It's looks sh1t, p1sses water in and, as said above, helps the little tin termites eat your car just that bit quicker.:cry:
Just use the existing seals on the rear.:thumb:
nova---chris
05-01-07, 09:06 PM
Perspex you can get slight scratches out of. (i mean slight)
Polycarb scratches and thats really it.
Polycarb will go of colour eventually. will scratch eventually. but wont shatter like perspex.

you can get either a clear polycarb or a smoke type poly.

i dont know nothing tho. ( just had them fitted for a few years) :)
vauxal
10-01-07, 10:42 PM
Thank's for all your info on this! I will soon post pics up of my nova turbo project once the shell comes bk from paint! Thanks

Vaux'Al