Anyone have any good tricks or tips on how to shape and cut plastic like material, like plexiglass and that stuff that covers florecent lights?
I have some of that florecent (sp?) light covering stuff I'm going to make clear corners out of but I cant cut it without breaking it and I need to curve it for my corner lenses. Also I am making my car into a T top and I'm thinking of using plexiglass or something for the glass but I need a way to shape it to the conture of he roof so it dosent look like $hit.
And does anyone have any sugestions on what I should use for the glass on the roof? I was thinking plexiglass but if anyone has any other ideas.......
Actually I just thought of a good idea......What would happen if I placed the "window material" on the roof were I wanted it and used a heat gun on it until the "material" melted down to the contur of the roof. The only problem I can see with this is plexi glass might fog up after its heated to much, wont it? I think it will, does anyone know for sure.
So I need a clear material thats pretty strong and can be formed without fogging up if I heat it. Or if anyone knows any other way to form a clear window like material I'd really apreciate your input
thanks in advance.
well i know some guy in v6z24 forum did clear headlights with plexiglass lenses, it might be an idea to peek in there and look around for that, L8r
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ok for the corners rotozip them or just cut them(it doesnt have to be perfect i used cracked ice styrene so the cracking where i cut with scissors blended right in) as for the roof your gonna need a piece of glass or gonna have to get a custom molded piece of plastic if you try to mold it yourself your just gonna discolor it, go to a decent plastic shop take your idea to them ask them to mold one for you if they will, if not go to a junkyard find glass that will work and mold it in)
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Yeah, I thought about putting in t tops from another car but its hard to find a car with a similar roof line to our cars that came factory with a t top, but I have been looking. The only reason I wanted to use plexiglass or something similar is cause its really strong and I never have to worry about it being smashed or something, but I will use glass if I find a t top that will fit in there good.
well i have an '86 turbo-z daytona w/ t-tops and the roof lines are almost identical to that of my cavy however my cavy is a 4 door as yours is a 2-door. i don't know if theres a difference or not . personally your best bet would be going to the bone yard and pulling the glass off of a t top monte carlo , daytona or possibly a firebird and cut your roof to fit the glass you acquired. just my 2 cents
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do the t top daytonas have a piece of roof that go down the middle of the tops that you can see with the tops on? thats the style I want, not just two pieces of glass on each side touching and having a post down the middle with the tops off. Its hard to explain, I'll try to find pics if I get bored later, thatnks for the tip on the daytona, I know a guy whos a real dodge guy and he has tons of EEK's (daytona, shadow, K car etc..) in his backyard, I'll see what hes got
yes the daytonas have the center piece down the middle and it is visible w/ the tops on. i know what you're getting at but i'm having a hard time explaining it. i seen lots of t-top daytonas at the boneyard today so i know the r out the at least in my area. would be the ideal size for a cavi in my honest opinion
People say that what doesn't kill you in this life
will make you stronger. I'm not sure if that is true
or not, but i do know one thing-You have to learn from
it and it has to make you better.......it has to.......
Do you have a T top daytona? if so could you take some measurments for me when you have some time? I just need to know how wide the roof is on a daytona from the left glass to the right glass and how wide the galss is from front to back.
http://www.grmotorsports.com/board/index.php
Has alot of good info on DIY plexiglass work. Alot of the people there have made panels for there own windows. Do a search there. Or shoot me a message on AIM later (about to run to class now) I think have some of the better threads bookmarked possibly somewhere.
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Hey I'm alreay a member there, lol I havent been there in a while though so I must have missed that thread.
I found a glass shop a few blocks from my house today, lol I havent been in there yet, I was on my way to school and I saw the stickers in the window that say the make custom glass for a huge list of things one being older custom cars, chopped tops etc.. So I'm going to swing by there soon and see how much it is to do my roof.
