racerxr wrote:Why plastic? Lemons is an all weather endurance racing series. If the a-pillars and roof line are still intact, search for a local auto glass installer that comes to your home for the install. They are usually about as cheap as buying the glass yourself.
Glass will last a lot longer. Especially if you are using wipers. Take advantage of the opportunity to install a rear window defogger and never have to worry about visibility again.
The plastic is lighter, but I agree about the durability and price of a factory windshield. The defog fan in the front is a great idea too. Rain-X is the way to go, wipers or not. For those that have never tried it, you should. I also like glass because it lets you run some duck tape on the top of your windshield as a visor late in the day, and then remove it. Just clean the rainx off where you want to put the tape.
I recently bought a solid clean low mile 86 Mercury Cougar XR7 5spd with clean title for $100.. not running and with a windshield that looked like the Lemons tech drawing of what is not allowed. It was about $165. including tax to buy AND have them come to my home, remove the old one and take it away, clean the frame, and install the new one. The best price on a used one was almost 100 bucks and a few hour round trip to get, then I would have needed to buy the glue.
BTW: If the past owner put the spark plug wires in the correct places after he did the timing belt I doubt I would have gotten it that cheap. As soon as I got the plug wires in the right places she fired right up and runs great. The car is just too nice to gut for here, but who knows.....
We plan on installing a good factory windshield in our new Lemons car, and use the butyl tape to install, but add metal tabs to hold it in as well.
Bill
2020 I.O.E. CT #36 The Rootes Of All Evil,1958 Sunbeam Rapier Convertible (YES 1958!!) & 2019 Judges Choice NJMP
2016 Thompson Speedway #36 Sabrina Duncan's Revenge, IOE Trophy, 5th Place 'C' Class 1977 Ford Pinto
2009 Stafford Motor Speedway #16 Team Teflon, 11th Place (overall) 1997 Saturn SL2