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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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?? Is it feasable to make your own pollycarb windows, rather than spoon £300 quid on buying them??
Anyone done it ??

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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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i'd like to know this to? i'm wanting some for the ibiza, i know you can buy the sliders seperatly but tbh by the time you buy all them its probably not worth the hassle
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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id guess you can bend the plastic using a heat gun and a glass window as a template and then cut them to shape using a jigsaw?

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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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thing is Fuzzy , the cheeper kits are flat anyhow, thats why i am thinking of making some.
For a set of contoured windows your talking over 350 quid,, flat 250 quid
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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we were on about it for the ibiza, just never actually got round to it lol.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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ye will probably be the same for me lol
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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i need a set for my cossie

maybe a group buy??
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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I did it. A lot easier than I thought to be honest, bought some 4mm polycarbonate cheap, and found it very easy to cut with a decent hacksaw. Just a load of trial and error to get the shape just right but fit nicely. Took most of a day down my lockup with some card to make as a template of the old glass and a hacksaw.

Going to make me own sliders soon as looking at it, it really isnt that hard by the look of it.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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if theyre flat do it yourself easily buying an 8x4 perspex sheet and using a jigsaw.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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just buy the proper ones Clive.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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just priced up the sheets, and the side windows and doors would come to about £60, will have to measure the rear screen, seems to be to large for the sheets available on the bay.

Dave i want t o buy a heated front screen now to do away with the blowers,.
If it was for the black 3 door i would buy the £400 quid set with black outers but its for the track car mate

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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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Don't use perspex lol.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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polycarbonate then....
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
Don't use perspex lol.
you know what i meant lol
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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cheap http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...I#ht_500wt_956
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fair enough then Clive.
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Cheers for the link Roosie. i have sent them a message asking about a set for the 3 door.
Dave i aint worked for 6 weeks either, i ripped the ligament off the forarm that holds the bicep in place, had an opp 3 weeks ago, skint mate lol
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Most windows have a bit of curve but the polycarbonate will happily bend to it I found.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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Cheers for the link Roosie. i have sent them a message asking about a set for the 3 door.
Dave i aint worked for 6 weeks either, i ripped the ligament off the forarm that holds the bicep in place, had an opp 3 weeks ago, skint mate lol
so did i maybe if we say we will have 2 sets we can get a good price!!
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Roosie
so did i maybe if we say we will have 2 sets we can get a good price!!
see what they say mate, cheapest i have seen
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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has best offer on there
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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well they aint sent a reply, i have found 2.4x1.2 sheets of lexan pollycarb for 52 quid may give it a go myself
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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he said to me £180 is the cheapest he will do!!

so if you do a offer of that you will get them
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by righthooker
well they aint sent a reply, i have found 2.4x1.2 sheets of lexan pollycarb for 52 quid may give it a go myself
will that do all the windows?
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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so he dose do the 3 door set then mate ??

not sure , but think not , but 2 sheets is still cheap and allows for mistakes lol

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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Will those windows fade/discolor with age?

What is the expensive stuff?
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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righthooker did u buy a set in the end??
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Old Dec 14, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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Decided to buy some , placing the order tommorow mate
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Old Dec 14, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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If anyone else in the North East is looking for a supplier of polycarbonate sheet, or any other plastic type material i've found these about the cheapest and most reliable stockist

http://www.bayplastics.co.uk/polycarbonate_sheets.htm
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