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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:26 pm    Post subject: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

Right now I just have a piece of plexiglass I cut but was wanting something a little better. I'd like to be able to remove it too.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:47 pm    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

It would help if we knew what its in or a pic would be even better.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:37 pm    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

I figured by now everyone knew I have a buggy.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:57 pm    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

Automotive glass. Maybe put it in a frame that you can install and remove. Or, EMPI makes a rubber seal still under the BugPack name by their current online catalog that lets you install a glass windshield directly in the 1.5" round tube roll cage tubing without any modifications to teh tubing..
EMPI part # B604900
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:43 pm    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

Yup, safety glass is the only good answer.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:49 pm    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

Some friends of mine put a plexiglass windshield in their Baja Bug with Velcro strips for a day of on and off road driving with a group. By noon it was getting difficult for them to see through the scratches from wiping off the dust that was attracted to the static of the plexi.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:40 pm    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

Use only LAMINATED safety glass for windshields, and nothing else.

Don’t bother with poly carb, etc. It won't hold up. Plus, it is dangerous when you hit something. I have seen first hand what can happen when you clobber a bird at 50MPH, and it isn’t pretty. Trust me.

Most auto glass shops can easy cut you a laminated windshield from a flat sheet and have it installed in an hour so long as you have the rubber gasket material for holding it to the frame. They typically glue the gasket onto the frame with Urethane glue. It sets nice and strong, and won’t go anywhere. Most laminated glass is 1/4” thick, or there about.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:25 am    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

I'll back up Dusty's first inkling here. Automotive safety glass in a removable frame. Amazon Impact sockets welded to the front hoop to capture a nut and hold the windshield by tabs.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:37 am    Post subject: Re: What's a good idea for a windshield? Reply with quote

I like it, thanks.
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