Single piece door windows Options

[nsyr]

Anyone try this or know how to go about doing it. I think it would look really good having all one piece window compared to having the wing part.

[r_towle]

lexan wont work for a movable window, it sratches way to easy.

Side windows are tempered glass...this glass is cut and shaped first, then tempered. It cannot be cut once tempered or it will shatter.

Overhaulin used laminated glass, like what is used in widshields. This is the common solution for making up side window glass that has some measure of safety and will not shatter on your shoulder.

Most glass manufacturers can make custom pieces provided you give them a buck.....common bucks are made from either sheet steel or aluminum.

If the buck has bracing, the glass can be heated and layed on the buck while hot to attain the correct shape.

cutting laminated glass is just like cutting regular glass,,,,cept its two sheets, so it must be scored on both sides of the glass, and...while you are breaking it, you must burn away the plastic sfaety coating in the middle.....thus the alchohol lit on fire to melt the plastic while you bend the cut piece off....can be tricky, but doable .

We played with a Pizza oven and some lexan for a bent rear window, got a thorough custom glass education during the research phase.

Rich