I wonder how well it would hold up on the street?

[Ken]

1984-96 Lexan Rear Hatch Window

• Saves 32 Lbs. (Stock 47/Lexan 15)
• Direct Fit
• For Racing Only
• Lexan Has MR2 Hardcoat To Help Prevent Scratching
  

If a good fairy gives me some money ($449.99 + S&H :eyerole), I was thinking of going even lighter and was eyeballing these - only fifteen pounds! What do ya think?

 

[Seahorse51]

I think it would be great if you kept it out of the sun. Doesn't Lexan, though strong, show that funny looking cracking after extended time in the sun?

 

[rrubel]

It also scratches if you look at it funny (odd for something so strong). Amtrak was replacing windows in its dome cars with lexan for a while, but found they got sandblasted to the point of opacity fairly quickly. Now they use a safety glass of some sort.

Lexan *IS* strong... someone once dropped a tie plate (used to hold a rail to a tie, weighs about 25 lbs I think) off a bridge onto the dome car I was riding in. The plate BOUNCED off the Lexan (scratching it, of course) and proceeded to dent the metal roof of the car. I saw the window flex...
[RICHR]

 

[Ken]

Thanks for the first-hand experience feedback, Rich.

 

[unknown1]

Lexan is what a majority of aircraft have for windows. Never clean with amonia based products or wipe with a paper towel. Permatex makes a kick azz cleaner for this and cheese cloth works good as a polishing rag.The stuff just has to be treated right. Also fairly flamable,thus not DOT aproved last I knew for auto use(Take and landing speeds) are higher in your car that lots of small aircraft,so go figure