Does anyone know where I can get Lexan Door windows that are NOT the bolt in types. What I want to do is to remove the mechanism & glas windows but keep the window channels & rubber. I want to run the windows up & down in the stock channels with a strap or something simple.

the problem is that everyone that I have found that makes windows makes them short so that you can just screw then into a frame & lose the ability to put them up & down.

Thanks mucho
BW

you would need to make them, i dont know of anyone that has pulled off making them go up and down (and i've seen MANY try) also the side windows really dont save a ton of weight anyhow, its the front and rears that make the most diffrence.

Cool, thanks. A local plastics company is going to give it a try. I used them some time ago when I was CC'ing my heads, so on a whim I called them. They said that they would charge $35/hr (shop labor rate) to build them. they are pretty simple so this ought not be a big deal. The doors are fiber glass (as is pretty much the rest of the car) so we cant put the glass windows back in them. I will let you know how they come out.

I told him to do it himself, but he is not interested. whatever I suppose.........

thanks again
BW

Trouble with our cars is that they are not post cars. This means there is no framework around the window. Lexan isn't as stiff as glass. If you want it to roll up and down you'll run into a few problems.

1. Even margaurd Lexan will scratch. Rolling it up and down will put scratches in it. When you see how much it costs you'll want to keep from scratching it.

2. Not being a post car the Lexan isn't stiff enough to seal properly against the upper dorr seals (the ones on the body). You'll have constant leaks and wind noise.

Having a framework to hold the Lexan is for a reason. It holds it up and keeps it in position.

Since you have fiberglass doors why are you bothering to have windows that go up and down?

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In short it is a street car. when on the street it is going to have the windows down & when @ the track they are going to be up.

it is not my car, or I would put them in & take them out, when going from one mode to the other. I think that he is planning on some kind of latch @ the top to keep the windows from bowing in & out @ speed, but not sure. He is providing them to the guys that are going the rest of the interior (panels, head liner, carpet & windows), & they are going to make them go up & down.

I did not think about the scratch issue. I bet that you are right & after a few times of going up & down they are going to end up staying up.

thanks

BW