Also, if you can get the glass out in one piece it can aid you in shaping the new windshield going in. A friend of mine said when he was shaping his pecan windshield, he would spray pain the old windshield black, let it dry, then set it out in the sun with the lexan on top of it for a day. It would curve the lexan to the old windshield and then trim the edges to fit.
Edit: this was in Arizona, so maybe the climate helped.
Anti-stance wrote: Also, if you can get the glass out in one piece it can aid you in shaping the new windshield going in. A friend of mine said when he was shaping his pecan windshield, he would spray pain the old windshield black, let it dry, then set it out in the sun with the lexan on top of it for a day. It would curve the lexan to the old windshield and then trim the edges to fit. Edit: this was in Arizona, so maybe the climate helped.
Mmmmm... pecan windows.
A heat gun works pretty well when you don;t live on the surface of the sun. FWIW, I did it on my race car with the window still in the car. I set the panel on the window and taped it down and evenly "warmed" it with the gun starting in the middle and working outward. When it cooled it held the shape pretty well. I drew a line with a Sharpie and cut along it... then hand trimmed to fit afterward.
The last time - I bought one from 5 star bodies, pre-cut to fit perfectly for an extra $200 and saved myself a whole weekend of not berkeleying around with it. I must be getting old.
The windshield is a pretty simple shape, so I'm not worried about shaping that much. The rear glass on the other hand, is going to be a bitch, which is why I chose much thinner lexan.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Mmmmm... pecan windows.
Damn autocorrect on iPhone. Lol
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