I was just wondering if any one has or had a rear hatch polycarbonate replacement. If so, any problems with scracthing, cracking, or any other problems.

http://www.iscracing.net/Fiberglass.htm (at bottom of page)


Thanks,
kevin

 

those WBK look anygood on a normal street car? lol sorry its off topic

 

i think your best bet would to be call ISC, is this going to be for the street or track. if its for the street im not sure its street legal!

 

im just curious, did u knock down that cone???ive ran over a cone in revere cuz i dint see it, it was smaller than my car and i found out when i felt like a went over a small curb

 

well, I have already ordered it. I am not woried about it being legal (arkansas), but I was wondering on the upkeep of it and how long it is going to last. The car is mostly used as a freeway and autox car, but I do drive it to work quite a bit.

 

No, that is a pointer cone. The cones usally used in autox are pretty soft, well enough that I harldy notice them.

 

do those replace the glass hatch with polyurethene??is that like a type of plastic or something??

 

It is lexan which is basically plexiglass

 

ive hgeard the lexan isnt too good for the street bc they scratch but im not too sure about the polycarb.

 

Its made out of a polycarbonate wich is clear, and yes it dose replace the rear glass hatch.

 

o thats cool, i can see its quite a bit lighter than stock, thats probably y u want it right?

 

I think that thing was made for race only, i don't think they had street in mind when they built it.

 

anyone actually have one?

 

i acually have one. just got it recently but havent gotten around to instaslling ti tho.

 

Lexan is the street name for polycarbonate. One and the same. Lexan does scratch very easily. You can get a clear mylar coat put on your lexan to make it more scratch resistant. Search for it. Otherwise your lexan will start scratching once it's installed and you peel the protective coatings off. If you don't get the mylar be sure to spray water on the hatch and get as much dust off it before washing. And get the lexan clean, polish, and scratch removal kit from http://racerpartswholesale.com/

Plexiglass is much more durable and weighs more. Plexi is what fish tanks and bullet proof windows are made from.

Neither would be considered DOT legal and neither shatters like saftey glass. OTOH no one will be breaking thru your hatch. It'll fog up too but the Rain-X anti-fog really helps here.

 

Drop by your local airport and talk to the guys who rent and service aircraft. They have Plexiglas cleaning supplies that buff out scratches on aircraft windscreens that will work perfectly on either Plexi or Lexan. Just a trick from my flying days, HTH,

 

any 1 try to go to home depot and buy a large piece of lexan and made their own hatch??? i think i might try to do that

 

Good luck getting the contour right.

On side note, I wonder if you could take a piece of factory glass, set a peice of lexan on it, and heat it up somehow to make it lay with the contour of the stock piece. Maybe with really hot water or something? I dont know. Makes me wanna try it though.

 

getting lexan to countour is tough for the average joe. you end up sandwiching it between two stock 1st gen hatches and heating it up in an oven. i don't think a heat gun would work for that.

 

A heat gun will shatter the glass due to localized heating before the entire sandwich warms up enough. A 500 watt halogen work light would work better. Might take a few hours though.

 

Thanks for the advice

kevin

 

Kevin,

Greetings from Downunder! I just wrote to ISC to buy a poly rear hatch - do you have any photo's of it?? And are they the only supplier of these hatches??

Cheers
Brett