1987 Scarab Windshield Mold?
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1987 Scarab Windshield Mold?
I am looking to get my front windshield made. Two companies near me are say they need to make a mold of mine first, then they can heat and mold a new one. When they are done they said the mold is mine to keep. I am looking to see if anyone has a mold OR if anyone else is interested in sharing the mold cost?? I have a 1987 Scarab 3.
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you should be able to cold form that one. I had the screens out of my 89 Scarab III and its really not a tough piece to bend. I have a good friend that did the ones on his 88 Scarab III without issue. What does the shop want to make the mold and screens?
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Probably because they want to charge money for something they dont know anything about... go get big cardboard scraps and make a cardboard windshield. 3rd or 4th try when you get size right, Then use it as a template to cut the plexi or lexan. Since it is curved, you can probably get away with thinner plexi. I think the radius you can bend to is 100 times the thickness of the plexi. So thinner will accept a tighter bend. Lexan also bends better, but is softer and scratches much more easily. The orig coke bottle green color of most boat glass is 2111. Although a grey tint would probably work better with your boat.
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The company estimate is around a $ 1,000. for the mold then another $ 1,000 for the windshield, probably around $2,200 complete
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