Lexan still cracks and breaks if it gets hit hard enough. I cracked
two lexan air dams this season. Being low to the ground it does take
a beating. Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Hensley <racespit@netzero.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 4:24 AM
Subject: Spitfire windshields
> Hi all!
>
> While at CVAR this past weekend, I noticed Bob Kramer had a
good-looking
> windscreen on his TR4 and commented on it. It was flat and held in
> place at about a 45-degree angle with "L" brackets bolted on one end
to
> the car and the other end into the windshield material. He said it
was
> Lexan, which will not crack like Plexi does (Tristan's windshield
> spoiler is testimony to the fact that Plexi DOES crack, and how),
and he
> got a large scrap from a shop and cut his own out. It looked really
> good and performed its function well. Apparently you can get smoke
tint
> as well as clear, and there may be other color/tint options as well.
>
> (Lexan is what they make bullet-proof windows out of, by the way.)
>
> This sounds like a very simple and cost-effective way to make a
> windshield, and I will certainly be doing this as soon as Tris's
> windshield gets too bad.
>
> Hope this helps! Thanks for the inspiration, Bob!
>
> Keep Triumphing,
> Susan :)
>
>
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