[jaczook]

Just resprayed my hard top, was white now JET BlACK. Cannot wait till I fit it on. Anyone know where to buy a new rear glass?

[bohuler]

I'm also chasing after a rear glass section for a flexiglass canopy. Bought on without a rear door glass to put on my trailer and was going to replace it with a timber/ply one, but if someone knows where to get the replacement glass ones, that would be awsome!

[Rusho]

I needed a piece of glass for mine. Looked everywere. I ended up finding a place that made custom auto glass. The hardest thing was finding someone who would make it out of 3mm and be able to toughen it.

[jaczook]

I was hoping to find an old canopy with a rear glass that I could cut down to fit my rear door frame.

[Rusho]

It's probably going to be tempered glass and therefore cannot be cut down, it will shatter

[Damo]

Rusho wrote:

I needed a piece of glass for mine. Looked everywere. I ended up finding a place that made custom auto glass. The hardest thing was finding someone who would make it out of 3mm and be able to toughen it.

What did that cost you Rusho?

[Rusho]

$88....Pete has the details of the company, can't remember. Out near archerfield somewhere

[Fatzook]

MC auto glass. They have their own waterjet cutter, so you get a good quality product. And the owners daughter is SMOKING HOT!!!!

[MacDaddy]

Would you consider an alternative to glass ?

When i had my Hard Top 1L Sierra, someone smashed one of my side windows... 2nd hand spares back then just werent that common back in the 80's... so i got a bit of Perspex made up... you wouldnt have known it wasnt glass until you looked closely, and it never faded or went smokey, in the years that i owned it...

[JrZook]

Fatzook wrote:

MC auto glass. They have their own waterjet cutter, so you get a good quality product. And the owners daughter is SMOKING HOT!!!!

How old? Single? And can you pass on her number?

[shakes]

MacBear wrote:

Would you consider an alternative to glass ?

When i had my Hard Top 1L Sierra, someone smashed one of my side windows... 2nd hand spares back then just werent that common back in the 80's... so i got a bit of Perspex made up... you wouldnt have known it wasnt glass until you looked closely, and it never faded or went smokey, in the years that i owned it...

Anything other than glass with the 'AS' etched into it is possibly illegal... not that it matters much in the back of a sierra but emergancy services cant get through it as easily and if it does get an impact good enough to shatter it ends up pretty nasty.

[MacDaddy]

shakes wrote:

MacBear wrote:

Would you consider an alternative to glass ?

When i had my Hard Top 1L Sierra, someone smashed one of my side windows... 2nd hand spares back then just werent that common back in the 80's... so i got a bit of Perspex made up... you wouldnt have known it wasnt glass until you looked closely, and it never faded or went smokey, in the years that i owned it...

Anything other than glass with the 'AS' etched into it is possibly illegal... not that it matters much in the back of a sierra but emergancy services cant get through it as easily and if it does get an impact good enough to shatter it ends up pretty nasty.

Pretty sure that only applies to doors and windscreen... i was in Fire and Rescue for a while, if they have any difficulty getting to people, they just cut the whole roof... and their cutting saw would have no trouble getting thru it... personally, i would prefer high impact perspex over glass any day...

[Fatzook]

MacBear wrote:

personally, i would prefer high impact perspex over glass any day...

Seen what happens to it when it breaks? I would not like to be a back seat passenger coping a long sharp shard of that shit in an accident! Thats why they use tempered glass. It granulates on impact. Much safer.

[johnt57aus]

Hi all,
I broke the glass in daughters canopy rear door, and was able to have 4.5mm Lexan cut and fitted for $120. Better than glass as it will flex more, but it can be easily scratched. I just sealed around it with silastic, as the rubber seal was buggerred. Hope that this helps. Regards John T.

[MacDaddy]

Fatzook wrote:

MacBear wrote:

personally, i would prefer high impact perspex over glass any day...

Seen what happens to it when it breaks? I would not like to be a back seat passenger coping a long sharp shard of that shit in an accident! Thats why they use tempered glass. It granulates on impact. Much safer.

Yes i have seen what happens to it, but it takes a hell of alot of bending or twisting to actually break... i had a friend who had a bad t-bone car accident last year, its a year later, and they are still picking out bits of that granulated glass... safer is a relative term, auto glass codes havnt changed much in a quite a few years...
But anyway, this is for a canopy/removeable hardtop, its gonna be flexing a fair bit, it comes down to personal choice, and how much one has to spend...

[salih]

hi guys i want to spray my canopy 2
can it be done with cans ?
dont lol
if i do it with gloss black cans from super cheap can i make it look good ?
or will gloss black after clear be to shiny ?

i dont care if i fuck it up i can always sand it down and get some one to spray it.

[johnt57aus]

Hi Salih, I sprayed the daughters canopy with the cheap paint from SCA. I rubbed the surface back and then bought an etch primer for fibre-glass, followed by 2 coats of the Export grey primer from SCA and then about 4 coats of Export Satin Black from SCA. I like satin black as it gives a sheen and not the gloss shine. My daughter is happy with it, and if it looks like needing a new coat, it will be cheap to respray. I am not a spray painter, so I have to rely on spray packs as I don't have the finances for a professional to do it for me. Hope that this helps, regards John T.

[shakes]

salih wrote:

hi guys i want to spray my canopy 2
can it be done with cans ?
dont lol
if i do it with gloss black cans from super cheap can i make it look good ?
or will gloss black after clear be to shiny ?

i dont care if i fuck it up i can always sand it down and get some one to spray it.

Some pressure packs can leech in and cause issues with getting someone to do it later. cant give firm advice but worth looking into further before creating more possible costs for yourself

[salih]

johnt57aus wrote:

Hi Salih, I sprayed the daughters canopy with the cheap paint from SCA. I rubbed the surface back and then bought an etch primer for fibre-glass, followed by 2 coats of the Export grey primer from SCA and then about 4 coats of Export Satin Black from SCA. I like satin black as it gives a sheen and not the gloss shine. My daughter is happy with it, and if it looks like needing a new coat, it will be cheap to respray. I am not a spray painter, so I have to rely on spray packs as I don't have the finances for a professional to do it for me. Hope that this helps, regards John T.

ok il give that a go
thanks for the advice mate

[salih]

yeah shakes even if i fuck it up il just get one of my mates to spray it for me.
there all to busy to spray it now but if i fuck it up then they will help lol

[Joe]

G'day guys
I just bought a hardtop for my vitara and it has a few hair line cracks in it, i'm going to respray it but what should i use to fill in the cracks????
I'll get some pics tomorrow after work

[jonno_racing]

i bought a polycarbonate piece and cut it down for the rear window in my maruti cab. strong and cheep and wont shatter.

[Chop]

Joe wrote:

G'day guys
I just bought a hardtop for my vitara and it has a few hair line cracks in it, i'm going to respray it but what should i use to fill in the cracks????
I'll get some pics tomorrow after work

Nice one, the black one?

[Joe]

Chop wrote:

Joe wrote:

G'day guys
I just bought a hardtop for my vitara and it has a few hair line cracks in it, i'm going to respray it but what should i use to fill in the cracks????
I'll get some pics tomorrow after work

Nice one, the black one?

Nah white one