RS man

If any of you guys are overweight, I suggest losing weight would be much more cost effective and would be better for your health

Harry

N51

Wonder how that compares with SHIELDS "Supercoat", advertised to reduce scratching and hazing. Same thing?

Noah

LA964RS

That RS glass is rare and v.expensive. I'd get it if I could find it...need to sell another valuable internal organ though to buy it.

Schtoolee

Spotted in a book I have that Mukilteo Motorsports has replacement Lexon windows for 911. But coulden't find on web, Search here under Mukilteo an found a site that has them for sale. They don't give any weight compaired to glass, but maybe If you give them a call they would know.
http://spektrproducts.com

LA964RS

I looked at the spektr products and they rear glass doesn't look like what I'd want to go with. Anyone know who makes a piece that actually uses the oem seal?

Thanks

N51

That's something I hadn't considered with the SHIELDS polycarbonate. They advertise the weight as less than half of glass, but they offer thicknesses from 1/8 to 1/4. So, where the truth lies weight savings and using the OEM seal will take some calls. I hadn't considered your California addy in my previous comment. If the third brake light is a neccesity, then the RS glass would seem the best option?

Noah

LA964RS

3rd brake light is getting the boot...that thing weights about 2 lbs...so no need.

Tom W

Why would you want to use a heavy rubber OEM seal for in a situation where you want minimal weight and the polycarbonate is thinner than the glass it replaces?

LA964RS

Keep it looking as stock as possible. Goal is to keep it looking like a street car and not have it morph into a track car on the street. The least amount of clues that the car is the business the better. The more humility I can heap onto Ferrari, Vette, Viper and other Porsche drivers the better. It's fun to see the faces, if and when they catch up, after they've been smoked by a narrow body 964.

pete000

I am thinking about going to a pre 85 rear window to loose the black ring where the thirld lamp used to live. PPG glass is fairly cheap. Not light weight but cleaner look. I wonder if they are available with out defroster lines?

JasonAndreas

Supposedly there is no comparison, with the Exatec coating polycarbonate windows can be certified to the various DOT/NHTSA FMV safety standards for rear and side windows. And next year for the first time several(?) manufacturers are going to be shipping cars in the USA with coated plastic instead of glass.

N51

Wow! Thanks for that, Jason. There's good weight reduction and safety in your thoughts.

Noah

ThomasC2

GT-racing.com says they have plastic windows that will fit in the OEM seals. Not that expensive either.
FVD also has windows in macrolon with lightweight frames that looks really nice, very clean and no screws but very expensive....

JS Correa

Hi Guys. I operate Spektr Products. We have all sorts or windows for the 911/C2/C4/993 tubs. IF you change all the glass in the car to plastic, the 911 will shed right at 46 lbs. The big hitters are the Windshield and he Rear window. We have coated windshields and molded rear windows. The rear windows will mount in the original rubber, the fiberglass flush frames available from a few different folks, or a complete drop in flush mount window assembly that we preassemble in a jig.

The old Mulilteo Motorsports products are what we started with, and we have expanded our offerings from there. If we can help you, just give us a call.

Scott Correa
www.spektrproducts.com

deoxford

I changed out the glass and hardware in the doors of my 72 , and there was a big diffrence in weight.
About half of the weight was the stuff to make the window go up and down.

I was really happy with the results, But I would not buy the doorglass from someone(GT RAcing) agian and do it.
I would buy the sheets of lexan and cut them out my self, that is all they did simple.