where can I buy perspex

[oilandwater]

As the thread says, does any one know where I can buy perspex (for a windscreen) from please, in the Cheshire area. Thanks.

[Surfr]

My local FOCUS DIY has various sheets in various sizes and thicknesses. I'm sure some of that would suffice. It's not that cheap though.

Edited by Surfr on Monday 4th August 14:28

[SwissCamel]

You can't, it's illegal.

[oilandwater]

SwissCamel said:

You can't, it's illegal.

It's on a racing car.

[clonmult]

Surfr said:

My local FOCUS DIY has various sheets in various sizes and thicknesses. I'm sure some of that would suffice. It's not that cheap though.

Edited by Surfr on Monday 4th August 14:28

Either Focus or B&Q - I bought a bit from the latter a few years back.

[oilandwater]

clonmult said:

Surfr said:

My local FOCUS DIY has various sheets in various sizes and thicknesses. I'm sure some of that would suffice. It's not that cheap though.

Edited by Surfr on Monday 4th August 14:28

Either Focus or B&Q - I bought a bit from the latter a few years back.

Thank you. I have tried there, but it wasn't quite big enough.

[absolutely]

It isn't perspex is it? Plexiglass or something?

Astley's in Coventry had it, one of my tutors got a massive piece for his Mini competition car and I bought the remains of it off him.

[oilandwater]

absolutely said:

It isn't perspex is it? Plexiglass or something?

Astley's in Coventry had it, one of my tutors got a massive piece for his Mini competition car and I bought the remains of it off him.

Thank you, I will give them a call.

[sleep envy]

oilandwater said:

SwissCamel said:

You can't, it's illegal.

It's on a racing car.

racing car or not, I doubt it's good practice based on the way it fragments under impact.

[absolutely]

oilandwater said:

absolutely said:

It isn't perspex is it? Plexiglass or something?

Astley's in Coventry had it, one of my tutors got a massive piece for his Mini competition car and I bought the remains of it off him.

Thank you, I will give them a call.

Read the blue book, I have never fitted it to any of my racing cars, apart from a single piece from the big sheet, the windows have always been fitted to the car before I have bought them.

[GTIR]

Try any car windscreen repair place, they use it for emergency and I have bought some (pretty thick) for my secondry glazing in my house.

It was about 2 metres long and cost about £4 a pop.

[oilandwater]

Thank you.

[benzo]

ready made kits.

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDeta...

[Rollin]

http://www.theplasticshop.co.uk/erol.html#1267X128...

[absolutely]

There is a place in Lancs or Cumbria do perspex for certain cars. "Airedale Plastics" or something like that, they advertise in Motorsport News and Autosport now and again.

[Simpo Two]

Real Perspex (TM) is made by ICI and quite expensive. The stuff you see in DIY shops is acrylic, but probably just as good for the purpose.

[Fatboy]

Personally I'd want to use Polycarbonate (Brand Name is Lexan) rather than perspex (Acrylic), due to the previously mentioned behaviour of perspex when hit with rocks etc...

[Busamav]

Makralon is a similar product that you seriously cannot break.

[JP_Midget]

I use plastics4performance.co.uk they've always helped me out with lead times, with me in about ten days during a busy period. That included time for me to send off a pattern as they'd not got one for a Midget screen.

I can say that they stand up to gravel impacts much better than laminated glass, as it bounces off rather than damaging!

[Cyote]

clonmult said:

Surfr said:

My local FOCUS DIY has various sheets in various sizes and thicknesses. I'm sure some of that would suffice. It's not that cheap though.

Edited by Surfr on Monday 4th August 14:28

Either Focus or B&Q - I bought a bit from the latter a few years back.

yes B&Q have it in various thicknesses and sizes