One day i woke up and i couldnt stand looking at the crx with glass windows, so me and my buddy decided to do lexan on it for our project.

tools needed and products
sharpie pen
Masking tape
sand paper
philips
5/8s self drill screws about 100
rubber washer about 200
Spira Cut <-- forgot the name
And all the lexan i forgot all the measurements but measure for youself ( u want something smaller then a quarter inch ) ( but for the rear windsheild quarter inch thick would be great or something smaller )
Drimal
some paint and primer ( depends on what u want )
steel cable lines, make sure its small
drill

Be really easy on the lexan because it breaks easy!!!!

1. take all the seals around the windows off break the tabs






2. a knife or a drill can put a hole through the rubber seal inside


3. use the steel cable lines to plug through the seal so one person gets on the other side and the other stays in side so you can swing it back and forth to cut the rubber seal inside




4. now with the drimal u can use it to resurface the area where the rubber seal use to be. what i mean by that is smoothen it out with the drimal.






5. After smoothing it down, wipe it down and put your masking tape around it and spray the primer, after that drys up spray your paint depending on what you want, we used white ( because thats all what we had ) should have went with black.




6. I didnt get pictures of us cutting the lexan but we used that spira cut <--not sure the name but close to it. but for this step use the sharpie and line up your holes for the screw make sure the hole is bigger then your self drill screws. due to failure your lexan will shatter.



7. place the lexan on, with the holes u drill on your lexan, put dots on the metal of the chassi, next take off the lexan now use your self drill screws and make the holes.

8. now after all the holes are on the metal wipe it down a bit, now take your rubber washer and place it over the hole of the metal, next place the lexan over it make sure they dont slide off the metal, basicly i what you want to do is have rubber support on both side of the lexan window, so when the car vibrates, it vibrates on the rubber washer, place your washer in your screw and plug them over the lexan and use your philips to self screw instead of using the drill.


tha dah......( i think black would look way better on the inside...... )
still in the process of doing the rear wind sheild i'll get some update soon when its done..

guys give me some feedback
just to let you guys know i did most of the work, just that its my camera so i am taking the pictures.......


Modified by Miles85916 at 5:14 AM 1/25/2004


Modified by Miles85916 at 11:32 AM 1/25/2004

 

looks dope how much lighter are the 2 corner things?

 

to tell u the truth they arnt that heavy, but i'll weigh it sometime when i have the time, but the rear window is heavy...i'll get some pics of the rear window when we have the lexan in

 

how much lbs u think u saved?

around 50LB or more??

loooks like a great job. can I see some pic off the back windown the heavy one installed lexan

 

i think we should get that rear window in tomorrow so stay tuned...

 

host on cardomain or some where better.

 

I'm not seeing any images either.

 

word none of the pics work

 

lexan wont shatter, you must be using plexy glass or something

 

same ****.

 

thats crazy man...nice work.

 

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sorta.

acrylic is cheaper than polycarbonate.

polycarbonate = lexan
acrylic = plexiglas


I just did this recently. Instead of rubber washers, I used a clear silicon from home depot. it was an adhesive used for windows and doors. Once it cures, you really don't need screws to hold it to the car...but, it's probably smarter to do so.

Good write up! what you could do to make it look more like factory glass is, paint the edge of the acrylic/polycarbonate black.

Also, pre-drill the holes with a small bit, then drill the larger holes with a bit that's just a bit bigger than the screws/rivots. If you use self-tapping screws, you won't need to pre-drill the holes on the car...as long as you hold the window in place when you're driving the screws.


My window

 

if it is lexan, pick up some black paint for an r/c car body to paint the outsides for a stealthy look. krylon seems to flake off.

 

lets see that rear window, and whats with the all the duct in that last crx pic?

 

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air duct for cold air.

and even if the window isn't polycarbonate, you can use any paint to spray the edges for that OEM look. just make sure you spray either primer or something to rough up the surface so the paint can stick

 

been really busy today so i couldnt work on the project, due to some gay stuff that happend last night at a house party, yeah my car got towed, just for having my alarm sounding off, so today i went and got my car out and it was a busy day. so check by the end of this weekend, i should have some pics up

 

 

 

Id like to remove my rear windshield and lexan that. How muhc does a piece of lexan big enough for rear window cost? Im not that good at body work and ****, is it hard to make a rear window?

 

depends i cant really remember but our rear one cost us 28 bucks for 42-72 i think but yeah about 28bucks at lowes,


whats under the hood stays top secret classified, untill i finish the rear window, then i will show u the engine bay....


Modified by Miles85916 at 7:24 AM 1/26/2004

 

Hey yo chai why do you write dumb **** like this "just to let you guys know i did most of the work, just that its my camera so i am taking the pictures" wtf dude!!!
Are you ******* serious!! Also "untill i finish the rear window, then i will show u the engine bay" ummm no dont post my **** dude!!!! OO yea and why didnt you want to go to Shanes again, hmmm i dont know why you had to lie and say you were staying home when you could of told me you were going to go drink somewhere else. I dont know man but this **** really pisses me off.

 

u cant take a joke ? thats my camera i know " all three of us did it, the reason why i didnt go to shanes because you have an attitude when you pick up the phone and wait... its only your buddy that call....that pisses me off when your own buddy give you an attitude about some bullshit.....you get mad over some other **** and you take your attitude on your own buddys.....what a nice buddy.....dude and you know what, beers on me cheers mate, beers yours i dont want it...

 

Lexan shouldn't shatter at all and if you are going to paint it, paint the inside, just like RC car bodies.

 

i've got a set of this stuff that i took of my crx for sale if anyone is interested.

 

i've got a set of this stuff that i took of my crx for sale if anyone is interested.