I've heard that some race cars use polycarbonate film over their lexan windshields and use it like the tear-offs you can get on helmet visors. Has anyone tried this as an alternative to replacing the windshields when they get scratched up?
I've heard that some race cars use polycarbonate film over their lexan windshields and use it like the tear-offs you can get on helmet visors. Has anyone tried this as an alternative to replacing the windshields when they get scratched up?
Calling Karl La Follette to the courtesy phone...
I know you can get tear-offs for your windshield that will save them from "sandblasting" damage but I don't know what they're made of. You can also get a coating for lexan panels that will make them at least as scratch-resistant as glass but they're $$$$.
NASCAR uses this. I know we (army aviation) researched this for our helicopter windshields in desert ops and we went to NASCAR for how they did it.
To hopefully reduce confusion, Lexan(TM) is a polycarbonate. So it would make some sense, in that it would just be more of the same material.
Im going to try window tint as the sacrificial layer. Static cling stuff as its thicker and easier to replace.
In reply to Dusterbd13:
Good idea. The question is whether it'd stand up to high speeds without flying off.
In reply to Kreb:
Ive had it in the outside of the miata rear window now for 1000 miles. Mostly interstate. No lifting or peeling yet. This, however, is not a windshield.
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