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Offline johnson6672

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poly carbonate or perspex???
« on: 16 May 2010, 09:19 »
which one to use to replace the glass on my mk2?????
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Offline Paul86S2

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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #1 on: 16 May 2010, 12:00 »
Polycarbonate and Perspex are the same weight. Polycarbonate should be stronger and you shouldn't be able to crack it with a hammer or similar, Perspex should withstand the hammer blows but will eventually crack if you keep at it.

Info nicked from Mike on ClubGti who sells window kits.

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Offline johnson6672

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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #2 on: 16 May 2010, 12:09 »
So either or then really.
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Offline gazpowells

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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #3 on: 16 May 2010, 15:47 »


I would say Polycarbonate is better that perspex, as its so much stronger
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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #4 on: 16 May 2010, 23:05 »
Polycarb.  Perspex is nasty and easy to shatter in comparison.
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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #5 on: 16 May 2010, 23:15 »
+2 Polycarbonate is a much better bet.
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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #6 on: 17 May 2010, 08:52 »
Looks like i need to find some sheets of polycarbonate then, ah wel give me something to do :smiley:
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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #7 on: 17 May 2010, 10:43 »
Got mine from these guys:

http://acwmotorsportplastics.co.uk/default.aspx

They were very helpful.
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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #8 on: 17 May 2010, 12:02 »
Cheers DH, been nice and local aswell, been looking into buying the materials and making them myself, so i will see what happens with that.
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Re: poly carbonate or perspex???
« Reply #9 on: 17 May 2010, 19:18 »
i made my own,

hardest thing is fitting the rear window, if you cut it to the same size as the hole it's easy to fit but it may wobbel, so cut it to the same size as the glass out of the rear windown,  thins makes fitting it somewhat more intresting as you have to force the curve into it whiles fitting but once fitted it stays and won't wobbel
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