Question, after you chop a top of a late model car let's say a pinto wagon how do you cut the glass to size.
I would like to custom my pinto wagon by droping it two inches both front and rear, and chop the top of it four inhes to give it that low down look. the problem is how do i cut the glass or reshape it . It’s a 1979 so it has safety glass. And i here it will shatter if i try to cut it.
Gunship
on November 30th, -0001
The side and back glasses are tempered glass. They cannot be cut. Your best bet is if the back and stationary side glasses are flat a glass shop can cut new ones from your pattern from laminated glass. The windshield can be cut by taping and sandblasting a thin line completely through the glass although the loss rate on this is high to moderate. As for the roll up side windows you will probably have to have new ones made (because of the thickness involved) and tempered by a glass manufacturer, again you will have to furnish a pattern.
Gideeup
on November 30th, -0001
you may have to have new custom windows fabricated from scratch to replace the windshield and windows…
…oh, and a Pinto wagon can hardly be called “late model”…mine was a ’78, and before that my hatchback was a ’75! congrats for having one that still runs!
ReadyToLaunch
on November 30th, -0001
go to a custom shop and they will need the measurements to cut it for you
Xfactor
on November 30th, -0001
you will most likely have to have new glass custom made. some places will come to your house and measure and make a template and then come back and install it.
Fractalfallout
on November 30th, -0001
A lot of people that drop the roof of there car don’t cut the glass. they bend the front and rear pillars so the glass will lay lower. yes the front glass will crack and the back glass will explode into a million little squares.