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Hi all, what is the minium thickness it should be for a road car, rich

I think competition is 4mm but you could easily use 3mm if nothing you do is scrutineered.

Cheers for Sunday.

Ian

PS. Two PB's but then they were my first two runs ever

Hi Ian, i only do drag racing, but not sure why im doing anything else to the car as next year my nephews might be using it more than me .Will go 4mm ,thanks for the reply rich

can window tint be put on lexan ??

Take the lexan and use an offcut

Get a big baby bath thing and mix up some Dyola fabric dye (your choice on colour)

Stick in the offcut
give it a few minutes and check the tint
If not dark enough stick it back in

Take the total submerged time

Then use this time for your pieces you need to use - you can make it darker but not get the stuff lighter again

Ian

Thats interesting, something I never knew, you could Dye lexan,

i never knew that either, i was planning on buying some tint film and sticking it on, rich

let me know if you find a good supplier of 3-4mm lexan. thanks

Plenty of suppliers, but no cheap ones, dont get mixed up with perspex and lexan, totally 2 different materials.

yeah I know the difference, but haven't been able to find a reasonable cost supplier!

OK got to 'fess up.

My company supplies both Acrylic(Perspex) and Polycarbonate(Lexan). We can only supply rectangular shapes off the panel saw until we get our CNC router. Not sure of our competitiveness against national suppliers but if someone wants to give me some sizes then I'll TRY to give a good price to Forum members (and if not you can all talk about me behind my back later ).

The problem is you need to buy in multiples of half sheets

The full sheet sizes for 4mm Polycarb are

PC 000 Clear 4mm
3050 X 2050
2440 X 1220
2050 X 1525

Half sheet sizes are

PC 000 Clear 4mm
1525 X 2050
1220 X 1220
1025 X 1525

Use Polycarb for motorsport and Acrylic for cheap mirrored bedroom ceilings.

If you can't make a half or full sheet then get together for a group buy. We cut to size free of charge (rectangular only).

Hope this helps

Ian

this is what ive found so far, 4mm ,2050x1250 £108.80, 2440x1220 £126.39, 3050x2050 £265.47. all prices are plus vat, rich

Rich,

to Forum members 4mm European Polycarbonate

PC 000 Clear 4mm
3050 X 2050 162.26
2440 X 1220 77.24
2050 X 1525 81.12

plus carriage plus VAT in whole or half sheet multiples.

Hope to be doing window kits once the router arrives

Cheers,

Ian

Good thing to get into is light covers and windows for GT40s

Need to heat mold them into a small curve though!

Ian

Hi Ian, how much is delivery , and can tint film be put on the lexan??. i will have to measure up how much i will need, cheers Rich