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12. Windshields are safety glass -- a laminate -- not shatterproof.

Sat May 16, 2020, 01:32 AM

May 2020

Side and rear windows are tempered -- they resist breakage, but shatter into tiny pieces instead of shards when they do break.

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There's a nationwide shortage of acrylic sheet, Lexan and glass [View all] jmowreader May 2020 OP

Can you use glass instead? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #1

Glass is very heavy, so it would have to be framed MineralMan May 2020 #2

We're going to frame the plastic, if we can ever get any jmowreader May 2020 #5

Sure, but it can be framed with lightweight materials. MineralMan May 2020 #7

Well, they're using Saran wrap... dchill May 2020 #3

It's not available either but we wouldn't jmowreader May 2020 #4

Well, there's that. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #6

Windshields are safety glass -- a laminate -- not shatterproof. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #12

Whatever works. Side and rear windows might be too small The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #13

Your clear acrylic might have gone to Las Vegas. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #9

Among other places jmowreader May 2020 #10