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Posted by: bondo Jan 10 2007, 04:46 PM

I've got a windshield sitting in my shed that's brand new, and I've come to the realization that I will not get my LT1 914 done before I move 300 miles south to Escondido. Most of the project is packed away in plastic crates, but the windshield is bulky and fragile. I know from experience that windhsields can crack under their own weight if set down wrong. How the heck do I make sure it gets to the new place undamaged?

I've shipped rear glass in a custom expanding foam filled crate, but it was flat, and the rear glass is much stronger (tempered instead of laminated). I'd worry that pressure exerted by expanding foam could crack the windshield, and because it's not flat it would take quite a bit of foam.

Posted by: Jenny Jan 10 2007, 04:52 PM

move it yourself. Seriously. On one of your trips south, make some room in the car for it. Have someone hold it. Whatever you do, don't stick it with the rest of the stuff that needs to be moved. Think 'carry on' as opposed to 'checked luggage'.

Jen

Posted by: r_towle Jan 10 2007, 04:54 PM

place it were is goes in the car with foam insulation tape insted of butyl behind it, use duct tape to hold it in.

Rich

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 10 2007, 05:01 PM

a crate.... wrap the windshield in trashbas full of packing peanuts... then fill the entire crate with expanding foam

Posted by: faux916 Jan 10 2007, 05:34 PM

QUOTE(r_towle @ Jan 10 2007, 02:54 PM)