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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Nov 2011
      Location
      College Station, TX
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      Country Flag: United States

      Double Pane Side Glass

      Forgive me if this is the wrong section but didn't seem to fit in interior and the main reason I'm considering this is to lower the solar heating to compensate for having a smaller compressor due to suspension clearance with setting the engine back.
      Back to puttering on my '64 Riviera and in the process of fixing the floors I did a total dumb-dumb and didn't cover the side glass so now it's full of pitting from grinding splatter. Since it's just flat plate glass, replacing it isn't terribly difficult despite the off mainstream nature of the car. Now since I've been around here last I breifly owned a 98 Mercedes CL600 that the state of CA ruined by making me pay $1000 to get the title because it had be sitting abandoned for 5yrs when the owner died. While I was driving it around to test out the various systems and get the smog monitors to set if I did end up registering it I noticed just how quiet and cool the double glazing (double pane glass) made the car. I went as far as eyeballing putting the rear windows out of the CL600 in the Riviera but they were far larger. Poking around on the internet I found a company that does custom double glazing (One Day Glass) that can make the oddball shapes needed for the door and quarter glass. Overall it's not that much more expensive than laminated glass (Sanders Repo Glass) which is the other option I was considering for the same thermal and noise reasons.



      Yes it'll be heavier and thicker but it's a Riviera with no cage; I'm not exactly super worried about the weight and 10/10ths performance. The door skins on the Riviera bolt on from the outside so adjusting them for a thicker piece of glass isn't a huge deal for the doors, quarter glass might get a bit more complicated but they do have a huge piece of trim cover the body opening as well. Already thinking of going with fiber glass door skins which would buy back some of the weight.

      Thoughts from the crowd?
      Central TEXAS Sleeper
      Experimental Physicist

      '64 Riviera T-type: 4.1L Buick Turbo6, 4L80E, L67 OBDII SEFI swap

      ROA# 9790





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