CSL Windshields // Non Safety Glass?

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A few years ago I used the worn windshield from a CSL I had replaced on another street car. After several years of use the windshield got a small rock chip and then one day subsequently literally exploded into thousands of bits of glass, spraying the interior and the driver with 1/4" bits of the thing. Scary business. Discovered then that not all German cars had to have laminated 'Safety' glass, as cars in the US do, and my CSL windshield clearly had not been.
Have another CSL in my domain now, an early ultralight with supposedly the original windshield. Non BMW marked, made in Sweden, mfr SIETEX or something similar.
Wondering if any of the CSL specialists other side of the pond know a way to tell if this is indeed a light gauge CSL windshield? Was SIETEX a known glass maker for BMW?
While I like the idea of original light gauge glass in the car, I'd not look forward to another exploding windshield.
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Peter
 
hmmm

can't help with regard to Sietex, but I have some questions about windshields, as I have long needed to replace my pitted front.

You're in the business - what is your recommendation for a replacement windshield? BMW is of course the default, perhaps W&N (expensive to ship) but at this late date are there any others?

Is it useful to consider fabricating a replacement from Lexan? I know this would be more susceptible to scratching than glass, but...?
 
Dealer is the only option.
W/N does have some windshields but there is not a feasible and economical way to get one to you here stateside. Only bet is to have your dealer order one up for you and see how friendly a discount you can get off the $850 retail price. There is no aftermarket glass available here--USA--at all that I can find.
As I already make the rear glass in plexi, I have molds for those bits. A windshield would be the same thing just more expensive for Lexan as a base material. Not sure how Lexan would wear in a street car, and price to make a mold and do a few windshields would not be much different than the $850 dealer cost for new Safety glass.
I have no solution. Sorry.
Peter
 
Original ultralight windscreens are laminated, have only 2 layers of clear glass and are marked "Glaverbel".

That was the name of the factory producing the windscreens.
Glaverbel also made the winscreens of the Carrera RSRs.
 
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