To whom it may concern: Several years ago I used Lexan to make the sliding side windows for a 415-C. At the time the only Lexan that I could find was .125 and that is what I used. The windows were so stiff that they never were satisfactory so I would recommend that you don't use that thick of material. Then later on I was able to find .080 and that made a good set. Those Lexan windows are still in good shape but just today I made some more windows for another Coupe and set out to find more Lexan locally. Lexan is made by General Electric and they are the only ones who can use that name on their product. I was only able to find Lexan in .125 and I knew from the past that I did not want to use that thickness.
The dealer told me that if it said Polycarbonate on the sheets then it was
generic Lexan and would be just as good. I live in a small town and all I
could find anywhere locally was a brand called Duraplex High Impact
Acrylic in
.093. I found this at Lowe's (Building Supply Stores in the S.E.) and the
salesman said that it was just as good as Lexan. I bought it in 2 -- 32 X
44
sheets ($22.15 each) which worked out good because I was able to get the 2
sliding side windows out of one sheet and the 2 back windows out of the
other.
I cut the 2 sliding windows 19 & 5/8 inches by 32 and the back windows out
of
21 X 18 3/4 inches squares. I still ended up with a pretty good sized
piece
left over for a total cost of $46.96 including tax.
The Duraplex appeared to be very flexible and was fairly easy to cut and
work
with and I was real proud of myself until I got a short crack as I was
putting
in one of the last screws in the back window. So Duraplex will crack and
don't let anybody tell you it want.
NEXT TIME I WILL WAIT UNTIL I CAN FIND LEXAN !
Kim
2523H
NC
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