Any idea who can produce custom laminate windscreen to a design? I think IVA still requires a glass front screen?
James
[Edited on 10/11/11 by cloudy]
There's a thread in the pistonheads kit car forum thats just been resurected this week about custom 'screens. There's some contact details in it I think. Sorry, for some reason I can't open the relevant page to check or do a link.
If its flat glass then it can be cut from a pattern in laminated by your local glass shop.
The GTM owners club have had a couple of batches of coupe windscreens re-manufactured.
I think they were made in Australia.
The screens were made from a sample sent to them.
The screens also have heating elements.
Obviously there was an MOQ to make the price worthwhile.
Still googling like mad!
Is there a legal way of adding a windscreen after IVA?
James
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Originally posted by adithorp
There's a thread in the pistonheads kit car forum thats just been resurected this week about custom 'screens. There's some contact details in it I think. Sorry, for some reason I can't open the relevant page to check or do a link.
Cheers
T W Windsceens Ltd
http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?id=SB0002516224000050
Everyone i've found so far just means cutting out a piece of bought in glass when they say custom or bespoke screens 
James
If its a flat screen you can get it cut by RAC Specialist glass 0800 443399. They do the glass fo plant and machinery etc.
I had one cut for a Marlin some years ago.
The glass you would get from you local glass merchant would be for domestic use only and would be dangerous to use in a car.
Alas no - it's double curvature too
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Originally posted by cloudy
Still googling like mad!
Is there a legal way of adding a windscreen after IVA?
James
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Originally posted by adithorp
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Originally posted by cloudy
Still googling like mad!
Is there a legal way of adding a windscreen after IVA?
James
Don't think there's any ruling to prevent you adding a screen after IVA as far as I know. If it's present at test it has to meet the requirements but there's no rules about retro fitting a screen. So what isn't illegal, must be legal... ?
I suspect that a windscreen is something you should choose and then design your car around it! If you include rear screens then you have a wide
choice.
I recall that the winscreen in my Lotus Europa for instance was a rear screen from a Ford Capri coupe (the original one from the sixties)
Ricky Evans Motorsport - http://www.heatedwindscreens.com
I vaguely remember one of the classic mags using Auto Windscreens for a custom screen for one of their projects, also....
Tried Auto windscreens - they don't do it!
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Originally posted by cloudy
Tried Auto windscreens - they don't do it!
What about these guys?
Good spot - thanks