Glass vs. lexan ttops

[Frosty]

I have both for the GTA, which are better and why?

My 3 other 3rdgens had glass, never had lexan.

Which ones should I use?

[alamantia]

Lexan are obvioulsy lighter, but the 3rd gen T-tops had a problem delaminating, GM issued a bulliten stating that any customer who came in to a dealer complaining of the lexan delaminating (spots of the protective coating flaking off) that glass ones would be issued to the customer to replace the lexan ones. I like the look of the glass ones, they were less squeeky, but due to their weight I never raced with them and in the summer time whei i took the t-tops on and off it was easier to place the lexan ones in the bag, lexan was lighter so they didnt rip teh bag up as much either.

[maroman88]

lexan gets fadded cracked and scratched, but glass are heavier... id go glass personaly

[madness410]

i have both for my camaro...the lexan are a lot lighter, but they look faded and scratched. the glass are a lot heavier. i like the look of the glass better

[Frosty]

Ya know, I haven't even looked at the lexan ones, they're still in the bag. I guess I should look at them and see what shape they're in...I personally like the look of the glass but I'll check out the condition of the lexan

[Tru2Chevy]

If the lexan is in good shape, you should either run them for the weight reduction, or if you don't care about that, then sell 'em. Lexan tops in good shape can be sold for decent money.

- Justin

[cdacda13]

Glass looks so much better.

[NastyEllEssWon]

go with the lexan ones. i have a set of lexan tops (no hardware) under my living room couches. never did use them lol

[NJSPEEDER]

Check to see which ones are in better shape and use them. The glass has the advantage of being able to have imperfections polished out, lexan is vastly lighter if you are concerned with racing.

[SamhainZ28]

The lexan tops on my old 92 used to squeek insanely! I broke down and bought glass tops, fixed the problem lol.

[ws6 jim]

my lexan squeak too but its better than the early 80's latch style ttop I was running when I got the car

[madness410]

how much do lexans go for these days?

[SamhainZ28]

I have a passenger one you can have for seriously $10 bucks if you want

[madness410]

I have a passenger one you can have for seriously $10 bucks if you want

really? are they worthless? lol i hear they are harder to come across than glass

[FBODS4EVER]

ill take a set if in good shape. ill use them on the track car.... anyone pm price and shape?

[NastyEllEssWon]

pm sent

[SamhainZ28]

really? are they worthless? lol i hear they are harder to come across than glass

well its worthless to me because I went the way of the 4th gen.

[madness410]

if anybody wants to buy a pair of lexans

http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42291

[HeadlessNorseman]

For me
Lexan = leaked, looked like crap
Glass = fixed the leak, look much better