Thread: My Series III 88"

I would NOT be using any plastic product,but it really should not be that hard to get a laminated glass one, I've got family in the trade and they recently dropped off some glass for one, whether they have the template for the back window or not I don't know, I have. Pm me if you really can't sort it out..

Cheers
James

Originally Posted by mick88

I have a perspex cat flap on a series 3 that needs replacing as it's faded/turned white and you can't even see through it.

Mick,
Did it pass a Roady with the perspex fitted ?


Colin

Originally Posted by mick88

Where do i source polycarbonate Gav?
What did you use to cut it?
I have a perspex cat flap on a series 3 that needs replacing as it's faded/turned white and you can't even see through it.

Cheers, Mick.

Ok, just checked and it looks like I was telling porkies with the van windows - they were acrylic (Perspex) I get it from a supplier in Tullamarine - Acrylic Sheets | Greater Melbourne

I had a sheet of Polycarbonate for another job and I'm struggling to find out where I got that

Modern acrylic is easy to work with - maybe with the exception of drilling holes very close to the edge, but can be cut with a jigsaw or scored and snapped.

Remember also that acrylic doesn't block UV, whereas Polycarbonate does. Poly is more expensive though.

Also - modern acrylics won't go opaque like the older ones will - or will take much longer, they are much better these days and have much better light transmission than glass.

The old one on mine was a perspex but not sure whether it was registered with that or not.

It now needs replacing as you cannot see through.

Originally Posted by shack

I would NOT be using any plastic product,but it really should not be that hard to get a laminated glass one, I've got family in the trade and they recently dropped off some glass for one, whether they have the template for the back window or not I don't know, I have. Pm me if you really can't sort it out..

Cheers
James

Where are you located James?

Thanks
Gus

Originally Posted by shack

I would NOT be using any plastic product,but it really should not be that hard to get a laminated glass one, I've got family in the trade and they recently dropped off some glass for one, whether they have the template for the back window or not I don't know, I have. Pm me if you really can't sort it out..

Cheers
James

Just wondering why not? Modern plastics are much better than the old perspex that used to cloud up. They also transmit more light and are stronger than glass. As mentioned, not sure if a vehicle would pass a RWC with this in it, but it wouldn't both me at all to have it as a back window in a Series LR. If you're worried about safety, that's not a car you'd be driving anyway as it would kill you as soon as look at you in an accident.

As it is flat glass, any decent glass place can make you up one from either laminated glass or tempered glass - some cane even etch on the numbers and certifications on the corner if required.

I have had a couple of tempered flat glass pieces for my 101 made at my local glass works and it was not not all that expensive.

Garry

From Vehicle Standards Information 26 :-

All glazing used in motor vehicles built after June 1953 is to be safety glass or other approved material. The glazing that is necessary to allow the driver to see the road and other road users is not to be damaged or altered to the extent that it prevents the vehicle being used safely.

I wonder what 'other approved material' covers.


Colin