I was thinking about using lexan in my rear hatch since my glass was destroyed before I got the car. My only dilemma is what about my rear defroster.

Opinions/Ideas/Experiences welcomed.

BTW, I searched, only 2 results came up.

 

well obviously a rear defroster is out of the question with a lexan piece... i think FAL makes a pretty nice piece

 

couldn't you just paint in your own rear-defroster somehow?

And I like Speedglass from Percy's HP...some good scratch-resistant and form-fitted Lexan there

 

I have an FAL rear window along with a carbon fiber hatch on my ITR and I love it

 

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thanks man, I was hoping you would chime in.

 

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Yea - let me know when you are ready to let me have that....j/k

Actually, I am interested in where you picked yours up. Weight is the #1 killer of speed (as you sooooo know).

 

Hmmm....

 

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Actually, I am interested in where you picked yours up. Weight is the #1 killer of speed (as you sooooo know).</TD></TR></TABLE>

curious on price for both pieces as well. carbon/lexan hatch and a carbon hood all paint matched mmmmm. unfortunately the teg is pulling daily duty and until i get a beater, i wanna keep my defrosters.

 

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I'm also curious where you got it.

 

Check with quickchris, he just recently picked one up...I think it was Auto Salon, or something like that.

 

Interested as well. What kind of wait savings are we talking about?

 

would the sun make the lexan glass get foggy after a while? Can this be use on a street car?

 

I found these... There seemed like there was a lot of interest.

http://store.summitracing.com/...w=sku

 

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wait savings, depends on who they ship with weight savings i'm taking a logicated stab at this but i'm pretty sure a good CF trunk w/ lexan will save around 60-65LBS if not more, the factory stuff back there is heavy ****.
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don't think the sun will do anything to it, i'd contact FAL just to make sure of it though, and i don't see anything wrong with streeting a set up like this

 

hmmmm....i might consider getting the FAL hatch window....

 

good bye rear wiper and maybe brake light. Might not be strong enough to support both.

 

do we eliminate the molding around the window if we use this?

 

Lexan is a bad idea for a street car. You need to use a special cleaner, it scratches easily, no defroster can be used as mentioned earlier and the weight savings aren't enormous (hatch glass is 22 lbs).

 

Here is a pic of my setup....




If I had to GUESS,I would think the weight savings would be in the 80lbs range.You will lose rear wiper/defroster.I bought this setup from Options Auto Salon in Cali.The hatch is a VIS,the window a FAL,Options doesnt deal with VIS anymore so I guess you would have to find someone that deals with them.I used 3M window weld to put the FAL window in.

 

glad to see the dent still there.

 

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glad to see the dent still there.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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glad to see the dent still there.</TD></TR></TABLE>

YES SIR it is......she is doin great

 

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I'd use speedglass anyway. The hatch weight change should be the biggest part of this weight issue.....and I am considering it for a racecar.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by quickchris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here is a pic of my setup....




If I had to GUESS,I would think the weight savings would be in the 80lbs range.You will lose rear wiper/defroster.I bought this setup from Options Auto Salon in Cali.The hatch is a VIS,the window a FAL,Options doesnt deal with VIS anymore so I guess you would have to find someone that deals with them.I used 3M window weld to put the FAL window in.


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Thats just too pretty

 

Here's a few of my rear, LOL









Sorry for the large size. I'm not the best at resizing, but if anyone can, please feel free