info on windscreen glass wanted

[neals34]

probably been posted before,what type and thickness glass for front of 34 coupe with speedway frame that has 8mm channel.lam or toughened?any tips for installing in frame?sikaflex?also thickness and type for side glass?can anybody recommend good glazier in stoke/midlands area?phew!

[weemark]

laminated for a windscreen toughened for side/door glass.

I used something like sikaflex (it wasnt sikaflex but cant remember the name of the stuff now) but find it doesnt really stick to chrome very well so it was redone using glass setting tape.

[langysrodshop]

Screen shoud be 6.4mm laminated, sides should be 4.8mm toughned.
Don't use Sikaflex as it will be a pig to remove if it ever gets damaged, Use windscreen sealer, Also don't use regular silicone as it will rot the steel frame.

[Doubledoyle]

Not sure if you can get a 4.8mm toughned glass? prob best go for 6mm

[langysrodshop]

You use 4.8mm or 5mm normal glass and get it toughened, 6mm is a bit thick for most channels that you can get.



Not sure if you can get a 4.8mm toughned glass? prob best go for 6mm

[Doubledoyle]

Not sure many people stock 5mm glass, ive worked in a glass shop for 6 years plus and haven't come across it yet, and same with 4.8mm, they do a 4.4mm laminated but no good for side glass. 4mm or 6mm are your best bet, then get it toughned.

5mm might be available from the main stockists pilkington, saint gobain, but 99% of glass shops i expect won't stock it.

[langysrodshop]

Thats odd my usual supplier keeps it in stock, Maybe he keeps it for car guys as he does a lot of them.



Not sure many people stock 5mm glass, ive worked in a glass shop for 6 years plus and haven't come across it yet, and same with 4.8mm, they do a 4.4mm laminated but no good for side glass. 4mm or 6mm are your best bet, then get it toughned.

5mm might be available from the main stockists pilkington, saint gobain, but 99% of glass shops i expect won't stock it.

[neals34]

thanks for info everybody

[martin]

I had a windscreen made for my Roadster, using a Fiat Panda screen that was cut down.

Martin

[GasolineScream]

I know this doesn't happen but heres the facts last time i looked for my Masters in Automotive glazing

By rights you should be using whats called WHP laminated in a front facing screen and should be marked up accordingly. The difference is that normal laminated glass has an interlayer of just 0.32mm. WHP (windscreen high penetration) has an interlayer of 0.76mm. 6.4 should be fine. The stamp should state the fact it's WHP , has a BS number and an E number for country of origin.

As for side glass laminated drop glasses they will break(crack) sooner than later , especially if wound down halfway and the door slammed. Fine for a fixed glass and personally i wouldn't want a laminated drop side glass due to safety issues. Flat toughened glass can be made to order if you have a good pattern. I wasn't aware that you can take a piece of plate glass and simply get it toughened and i'm not sure you can to be honest, not in small numbers anyway. I have had toughened made to order and it wasn't dear. All side glass should again be kite marked accordingly by rights.

Finally windscreen sealer , Arbomast etc is not the right thing to use. It has no structual strength to it and doesn't go off like a bond does. You will need to prime the frame and the glass with the correct primer that goes with the bond. Its a chemical sandwich your trying to make and if one side is not primed it will come lose or worse fly out. Bonding frames is abit of a cop out anyway as you should really use a glazing rubber suited to the job. Its alot harder job to do but hey ho. That way no chemicals are likely to mess up your frame , though that would take years to rot a frame anyway, even if fitted poorly.


Cheers Dan