Mine have lasted 20 years. I'm happy with that. Kevin1
--- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > Ed is right, you want Plexi for the rear windows. They'll last longer. > > > > Hartmut > > > > To: ebengui...@...; [email protected] > From: e...@... > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:14:53 -0600 > Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Rear window (not the movie) > > > > > > > > > > Prof. Ed asked: > > I'm trying to locate where to purchase clear Lexon for the right > > rear of my "G" coupe. (please not Home Depot- I want it pre cut > > to size) I checked with Univair and they only have Plexiglas. > > I was told that Lexan is better by many in the groupe ???? > > Lexan is less brittle and less prone to break. But, how often do the rear > windows break? Not often, I think. > > Lexan is also much more easily scratched. > > Wearing polarized sunglasses greatly reduces reflections from the inside of > the windows, reflections that show you the inside of your plane rather than > the view outside. Lexan makes for weird rainbows and patterns of dark areas > as the material's optics interact with the polarization. > > Lexan can even give distortion to your view when you look directly through it. > > Plexiglas has no optical distortion, no problem with polarization and is > harder to scratch. > > For me, I'd definitely choose Plexiglas for my rear windows. (And side > windows and windshield. That's just me.) > > Oh, yeah, Plexiglas is much easier to break out if you ever get trapped in a > flipped airplane. With Lexan, forget it. > > I don't know if the windows they sell precut would fit your plane. Do you > know for sure that your window holes are original? You do have the > old-style, slightly smaller windows with a gazillion fasteners around the > rim, don't you? (If you have the larger rear windows with only the rubber > grommet around to hold it in place, you'd better cut the new windows to match > the old they may or may not be exactly standard.) > > If I missed on any of this, will you experts please comment. > > Ed > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ebengui...@... > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Rear window (not the movie) > > > > > > Hi everyone. > I'm trying to locate where to purchase clear Lexon for the right rear of my > "G" coupe. > (please not Home Depot- I want it pre cut to size) > I checked with Univair and they only have Plexiglas. > I was told that Lexan is better by many in the groupe ???? > Any info shall be appreciated > Thank you & Happy New Year > Prof. Ed > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Keep your friends updatedeven when you're not signed in. > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_5:092010 >
