I had a disaster happen and am pleading for help. I BROKE my RH/Passenger side (V8 Archie Glass Chop Top Door Window), My car is about finished, just had to get it painted... and I broke the window... I am desperate and begging, If anyone has a spare or a set that they might be willing to part with I would be grateful, I know its a long shot but I have put ALOT of time and effort into this project ....
There is a solution for every problem. Make a template of the broken window after removing it. Obtain a standard Fiero door glass take it to a glass shop and have it cut to fit . Just make sure that the window glass that you start with is the correct side .
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[This message has been edited by Dennis LaGrua (edited 02-21-2017).]
Originally posted by Dennis LaGrua: There is a solution for every problem. Make a template of the broken window after removing it. Obtain a standard Fiero door glass take it to a glass shop and have it cut to fit . Just make sure that the window glass that you start with is the correct side.
Thanks for the thought, Unfortunately making a template of the broken window would be impossible... its in tiny little pieces.. it was tempered glass. An option for a template is to make a mirror image of my remaining LH window. But, I don't think its possibly to have a OEM Tempered window cut, it too will just shatter. I appreciate the input.
There is a solution for every problem. Make a template of the broken window after removing it. Obtain a standard Fiero door glass take it to a glass shop and have it cut to fit . Just make sure that the window glass that you start with is the correct side .
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A quick Google search says yes. Anneal the glass by baking it to 900°, let it cool for 8 hours, clean the heck out of it, then dip your glass cutter into kerosene (makes a cleaner cut) and make one pass with a firm touch to score the pattern you intend. Lay the glass on a dowel rod along the length of the cut and press on the excess side with gloves while wearing safety glasses.
A wetstone is used to smooth the new sharp edge, which supposedly also strengthens it.
Just a silly Google answer, I would expect several attempts to be made before succeeding.
You then need to re-temper the glass. I did not look that part up.
Interesting thought, most "practice" windows would likely be scored/gouged from the fuzzies that eventually gouge our windows. Probably makes this a very difficult task, and a new glass would be expensive to practice on.
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A person i know, who has a spare set, has seriously considered investing and getting a run of them made, but so far he is holding out.
I’m ready to get a set. I sold a set a few years back and have been kickin myself since. I now have a chop but with lexan. I have considered doing a run and may start researching in the next year. I’m moving back to Florida this summer and should have more time to do so.
Success rates for a DIY at home will be less than 5%. Eventually you might get lucky with the right tool, pressure, feed rate, and cooling to pull it off, but you will be standing in 24" of shattered glass by that time.
The issue with side windows for a chop done using the Archie method is the curvature. Just cutting down the stock side windows will not work because they will not have enough curve to seal at the top.
Absolutely not. Windshields can be custom cut so can windows. There was a couple of episodes on Wheeler Dealers where they had custom glass cut and it was tempered. One was for a windshield that was long out of production. They matched the contour and cut a Chevy Impala windshield to the size of the original. It fit perfect. Dave Horst (Skitime) had a custom tempered glass window cut for his decklid. Point is that glass can be custom cut. In your case a standard Fiero window is the starting point and it can be cut. .
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I have cut various hardened, brittle technical ceramics over the last twenty years using diamond blade. Get a 220 grit diamond blade or finer. Cut slowly at 1000 surface feet per minute translated into RPMs. Keep coolant on the blade and don't let the material heat up. I'm sure there are glass cutters who could do it. Certainly don't try the score and snap method.
Windshield glass is safety glass. Not tempered glass. Two different things as it pertains to a Fiero. One breaks and stays in place. The other busts into thousands of little cubes that pose less risks to cutting us as opposed to larger shards.
Dennis While I appreciate you trying to help.... why would you post that ?!? have you build a chop top ?!?!
There is NO way a cut down stock Fiero window, will work on a chop top on a stock Fiero door
OP if you are unable to get the window, you could use the other window to make a flat template then make a curvature template and try making it out of lexan/acrilic just an idea