Since I cant find any fiberglass ones, thought about replacing my glass t-tops with the lexan parts the oem offered for them, removing the oem latching mechanism, and dzus-ing them on, then painting them black, and have them airbrushed to resemble oem. Car is a big tire / backhalf bracket car.

Anyone know a actual number for weight of glass vs lexan

 

I'm going to assume you are running a big mph in the quarter. If I can get out to the garage I'll weigh the 2 diff types for you.
Just to let you know tho I have had the lexan tops center part pop out of the center bar at "elevated" speeds. I think it was around 150-160mph ish..
I would prolly stick with the glass even tho they weigh a bit more..

 

I appreciate your time.

The car has been 140, at 3300lbs, and should come in around 2700lbs if i ever get it back in one piece.

I plan on removing the entire latch assembly from the lexan (if possible, i havent looked at my glass ones yet) and using 4 Dzus fasteners in each corner, of each insert.

 

ttt

 

I'm not sure of the weight differance, but I don't think you would need to paint the lexan tops if you did not want to-they are dark. I seen some over the weekend and i thought they were painted over till I look from the inside.

 

seems the ones i have seen in the past werent real nice, if i can clean them up and polish them, leaving them "clear" is fine, but rough ones that need work will more than likely get painted. now i just have to find a set.

On a side note, i will have 2 passenger side, and 1 drivers side glass t-tops that will need a new home if i can find lexan ones, just sayin

 

I'm sorry, I ran out of time before my wedding and honeymoon.. will be home soon.

 

Glass T-tops 22.4lbs
Lexan T-Tops 16.5lbs

 

thank you

 

Is this each t-top, or both together? If together 6lbs up top is decent, but individually 12lbs up top is significant.

 

I dunno. I just collect weights when people post them. For those, it was not listed as each or in pairs. If anybody can weight theirs & confirm the weights & clarify individual or pairs, that would be great.

 

I would assume 6lbs each.. Lexan must be lighter than 3lbs each I would think?

 

From my bathroom scale I get:

Lexan = 11 lbs
Glass = 16 lbs

That is for each one individually, not by pair. Sorry if that makes things even more confusing. :dunno:

 

Looks like both my #s were right, sort of. #s were good but not quite labeled right. I only had down what others had Posted & if they didn't specify Single/Pair? That was all I had to go by. Sorry. Excel chart fixed now.

22 would be good for a pair of Lexan & the 16 would be good for a single glass.

 

just to verify, i just weighed mine with my scales and they are indeed 11lbs for the lexan and 16 for the glass.

 

Good to know that actually cleared things up.

(Thanks for double checking 86TA.)

 

That is 10lbs of savings all the way up there in the CG. This is a pretty good mod if you're just racing a t-top car, I don't think they would hold up to street abuse and weather elements. Plus they tend to crack from tons of power I am guessing that's why GM stopped using them?

 

Take them out and save yourself 32 lbs. LOL

 

Not sure if it's allowed during racing?

 

Was just joking.

 

Won a set on e-bay for 50.00 plus shipping, we'll see if what i have in mind as soon as they come in,

Thanks again for all the replies

 

Good luck!!!

 

Does it come with the keys for the locks? If it's the one im thinking of the guy told me he lost the keys.

 

nothing was said about keys, but I dont need them anyway.

 

well they have the keys, i dont need, but the drivers side was broken in shipping, so here we go again,
i need a drivers side lexan t-top, these were the only two the seller had. i dont need show car condition,
and i have 3 glass t-tops that need a new home, 1 driver side and two passenger sides

 

I thought lexan was pretty much unbreakable??? I guess not...lol.

 

does lexan t-tops come in the hook style? does anyone have pictures of what each looks like in terms of appearance