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02-24-2009, 12:01 PM
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Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
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I need your opinion on windshields...Please
If you had the choice of a DOT Approved traditional Tinted Glass Windshield or a DOT Approved Tinted Lexan Windshield which would you choose? If both windshields were heat pressure formed and had identical costs and as I stated D.O.T. Approved?
Tell me which one and why, please.
Clois Harlan
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02-24-2009, 12:05 PM
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When did DOT approve Lexan for windshields?
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02-24-2009, 12:05 PM
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I'd go glass - simply because it has better scratch resistance over any plastic.
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02-24-2009, 12:06 PM
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Glass for me. I've never seen Lexan or any other plastic that wouldn't scratch, in spite of advertisements to the contrary. That's why I prefer my optical glass lensed Ray Bans..
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02-24-2009, 12:20 PM
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get both......install the lexan, if it isn't what you expected you have the glass as a backup
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02-24-2009, 12:56 PM
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Clois, I sell the windshields/glass, let me know if you need something.
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02-24-2009, 03:07 PM
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Street or Track?????
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02-24-2009, 04:30 PM
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Glass for durability.
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I replaced mine with Lexan after 2 glass ones cracked from rock chips. Now the rocks bounce off and scratching has not been a problem. Just clean it with a microfiber cloth.
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02-24-2009, 05:01 PM
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I was just ask this by a glass mfg and like you said I had never seen Lexan that was D.o.T. approved or scratch proof. If I wanted just a track car then, yes Lexan for sure.
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02-24-2009, 05:21 PM
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Mine came with a lexan windshield and I have had the car for 5 years. The Lexan has fewer scratches than my truck window and none of the rock chips that the truck has. The one caveat is that I don't use the wipers (wiper motor removed to reduce weight  ).
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02-24-2009, 06:20 PM
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Lexan for me
I have been upside down twice and the lexan window only scratched cant say glass would have done the same.  Hmmm wonder if I should post that vidio 
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Lexan is available in a scratch resistant/windshield quality grade. It is legal in many states for street use, including here in New Hampshire. It is far safer in a race enviroment. I have driven one of my cars for 2 seasons with the lexan with out any scratches.
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Lexan
MR10, scratch "resistant" both sides. After replacing 3 windshields for very minor rock chips that turned almost instantly into cracks from one side to the other I installed Lexan. Use Maquires #18 plastic polish, micro fiber towel and it will take a 1" rock at 70 and only leave a minor scratch. Nope, sorry, not DOT approved but neither are my tires .
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Clois;
The only other thing I've noticed and not mentioned yet, is depending on the appication, I've seen Lexan windshields "vibrate" a lot at high speeds if there is no center brace, made for a "blurry" sight I could not get used too,looked like everything was out of vocus,went back to good ole glass for the race car and anyway, Lexan for my cars was about $350.00 compared to $105.00 for glass............
David
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03-24-2009, 01:13 PM
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need a glass windshield
Hi Guys,
I need a new windshield for a customer who is restoring his Cobra. I also need the lower rubber seal on the frame too. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rich Dominguez
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03-24-2009, 01:18 PM
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Rich,
Shoot me an email....I sell them and I'll give you a good price.
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02-25-2009, 05:44 AM
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Interesting David, These windshields are being considered for the HCS Coupe as an option but the cost is less than $300.00 for either choice. I have caught a large piece of rubber right smack in the middle of my windshield at speed and not even a scratch just a nice black streek that cleans off with lighter fluid (3M adhesive remover).
Clois
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Clois;
No doubt Lexan is the safer of the two, and the price seems very reasonable, perhaps because they hope to sell them in quanitiy.....
I haven't used Lexan for a number of years and I'm sure the w/s now are better than when I used them. Mine did scratch easily when cleaning if not careful and was badly pitted from sand and grit. I guess that happens when the Vintage cars are the slowest of the 4 classes in our run group, always following someone and catching a lot of debris (sand/grit/tire rubber), but my biggest problem was the vibration....Pretty much anything over 100 mph, it would start vibrating and after about 120 mph, vision was real blurry.... I added a center brace from the top to the bottom and that cured 90% of the problem....didn't really like the center brace either, for some reason, it always bothered me......
This may have been because of the size/shape of the windshield as well as the air flow hitting it.....The Coupes should be a lot better airflow wise and maybe, just maybe, you would not have much w/s vibration....
I just decided it was easier and cheaper to stay with glass....
David
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02-25-2009, 01:23 PM
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Thanks David, that is exactly why I asked for others opinions. Mine will have glass (at least at first).
Clois
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Track the lexan would be safer. Not sure if they would let you drive on the street with a lexan and a couple of plastic covers to keep the scratches out of it. It's just like Nascar, 500 miles and throw it in the garbage. 
The wieght different is only a couple of pounds. Both will crack under high vibrations from the car. The question is do you like glass splinters or plastic???
