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Geesh, Dan, you sure know how to spark a topic. When i went to work today, you just started this, and now i get back home and its almost 4 pages long! Anyways, this does look fantastic, but (as always) as Def pointed out, really expensive and highly impractical. But then again you and many other equally ambious folk should try it!

The glass in old cars isn't tempered, which means you CAN cut it. Newer cars have all that safety glass that CANNOT BE CUT. I have done chop tops before. I went to school to build hot rods, so I kinda know what i'm talking about. The only way on newer cars is to lean the glass but then it will throw off your side windows. If you notice on that website the back window on the greenish-yellow truck sits well below the front of the bed. You can't cut the glass so the glass has to go somewhere if you want to use the stock glass. You just won't get a good quality job out of it without spending tons of money. Getting the glass made will defenitly cost more than your car is worth. You might be able to find glass from some other car that has smaller windows, but good luck getting the right curve too.

nvm right before me lol sorry

PS: for the front windows, can something be made to just stop them from going to high?

This post has been edited by Toyoca: Mar 28, 2006 - 12:25 AM

Thats a nice look
Definiately a show car mod.
Dan you are a mod freak

actually tempered glass can be cut...not always with success though..

some people have used a very fine nozzled sandblaster with other things
alcohol then ignited inside a cut...
there are a few ways i've seen just from minor minor research..
but i'd agree if you want a quality job and are willing to do this having glass made is probably a great investment for a quality job

(and yes i also saw people who lean the glass and sink it down into the actual body)

This post has been edited by playr158: Mar 28, 2006 - 12:31 AM

dan- obviously not everyone reads all of the post....i know that i have said to use the stock front and rear and i know YOU have said it atleast twice.

for those who don't read...

slant the front and rear make a template for the sides....they are alot cheaper than front and rear and you can prob use the stockers and cut em down if you use this method. the roof(i think) may only have to be cut fron side to side...not solid on that but just thinking about it maybe.
and yeah it would be expensive if someone was paid to do it...but what's the fun in paying someone to do something that fun?!?!


side note i bet the coupes would be easier
and here's a link to chopped fiero!!! http://www.v8archie.com/choptop.htm

This post has been edited by b1gr3d: Mar 28, 2006 - 12:43 AM

coupes defenitly easier i would assume...

but yea youd have to section off the roof from front to back and add in the center..(to keep the a pillars and c pillars in alignment i suppose)

very true...dunno i guess i thought the sides dont go in but most everything since the 30's does.

the coupe....?

i thought about this before. i love chop tops. a astrovan and cady cts looks nice. however on the celica it kinda reminds me of a 2 dr. jag.

Chop-top Fiero looks like a Lotus Esprit

Am I the only one who says it's ugly?
I destroyes the shape of the car!

if you get the sides and back glass made out of lexan, its ok they make race car windows out of that, the front has to be winsheild glass no question. but they make bullet proof glass using lexan inbetween sheets of glass.
http://ask.yahoo.com/20031204.html
stop being so stuborn, just cuz your wrong

This is one of those mods you'd want a pro to do. There's lots of people here in cali that chop old cars (50's / 60's) I'm shure they have the experience to do our cars too (at least know how do to glass etc).


~J~