Flush Lexan Window Install❗️ How to aluminum window flanges 🔩

In this video I go over how to install lexan into a Mercury comet / ford maverick. These ways will apply to other cars also. I also show how to build aluminum window flanges.
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[@mikemontgomery7337]

You needed your little boss lady out there supervising you !!!!

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Oh she was out there lol just didn’t get a lot of film time 😂 she makes herself known on tomorrows video

[@michaelcasella4774]

I only consider a car a "race car" when you take the water out of it. if you have coolant you can street it. in my opinion anyway. I probably would've used dum-dum instead of foam for a little extra adhesion and support either way it came out so awesome. Do really appreciate the dedication to the late edits. I hope this turns into something great for you your family and your shop.

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Thank you. And yes I agree lol mines not a race car

[@southmountainautomotive5919]

Looks good. I’ve got to replace the lexan in my maverick, may steal some ideas since I’ve never been happy with how the previous owner installed them.

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Absolutely that’s what I do this for is to help others out. It’s never about me and what I’ve done but instead it’s about let me share how I done it to help you. Thanks for watching.

[@jeffyoung2089]

Looks great! Enjoyed the video!

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Thanks

[@timothygoodsell1446]

Great video thanks

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

You’re very welcome

[@leonhartz5392]

U did a good job. I still like the real glass and trim but it is a race car so I understand. One bad thing is if u clean it wrong Lexan will show swirl marks. I forgot to us the right cleaner one day at work😂😂. I can’t wait to hear that car run.

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Yes that is downside to lexan but I wanted the weight savings. You can actually use a heat gun to remove swirls and scratches in lexan btw.

[@leonhartz5392]

@@ThePaintPaperHustle thanks for the info didn’t know that.

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Yes sir. You can also use a small hand held propane torch

[@southmountainautomotive5919]

@@ThePaintPaperHustle might wanna add there’s a learning curve to the torch method, ask me who almost melted a window with a torch and I’ll deny everything and demand proof 😂😂

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

😂 yea I have no clue with that stuff

[@killerpanda8399]

Very nice looks great.

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Thanks

[@philmygroin6601]

What sucks is to do all this work and tub and cage a car then if u can even find a track that’s open all they will have is bracket driving so a person in a v6 convertible will write 17.76 on window run a 17.80 and if we write 9 and do 8.99 that v6 convertible can tell everyone they won in a drag race.

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

This is true

[@mikeday852]

Great work !!!

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Thanks

[@bobpratt8224]

Looking good man...

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Thanks man

[@drewdyson9735]

What thickness of aluminum do you use for the flanges?

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

I honestly can’t remember I’m sorry. It’s so thin I can cut it with thin snips by hand. You don’t want it so thin that it’ll bend when you drill through everything but doesn’t need to be thick either

[@menoaz]

Did you use 1/2" foam?

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

I honestly don’t remember unfortunately

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

I’m pretty sure I did though

[@cherylbowers262]

Enjoying the build, got one here. It had a bad day with some trespassers/thieves. Had planned to keep all the glass in the car but have a literal butthole in the front windshield and busted the rest. Can you reach out on messenger, please

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Yes absolutely look me up on Facebook. Courtney Waller or look up my business page CRC AutoBody & Paint

[@jasonsimmons9146]

How much weight savings?

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

I go over that in the next video. Going to edit it tonight and post for 6pm tomorrow

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

It was a decent amount

[@cathygambill1554]

Those wood screws are not fo me #6 or #8 Stainless machine screws with nylock nuts so I can control compression of the foam without worrying about clamping power of the fastener

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Yea everyone is different. I wanted to go Allen head but don’t want to deal with climbing inside car to hold a wrench on each bolt. You can tighten these down just as slow as a bolt though and don’t need anyone holding a wrench on inside. I installed each one by hand with a screwdriver. I thought about using nutserts and Allen head bolts but decided to do this for now. However I may go back and nutsert every hole later and change to a bolt which still will allow me to remove and install by myself.

[@cathygambill1554]

@@ThePaintPaperHustle then use rivet nuts with a drop of lock tight

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

I don’t want to have to drill rivets out every time I want to remove the rear window. It’s nice being able to remove it in 3 mins to clean inside or to remove my quarter panel interior panels as they have to come out through back window due to cage.

[@cathygambill1554]

@@ThePaintPaperHustle I guess you should look into what rivet NUTS are?

[@ThePaintPaperHustle]

Yes that’s what I refer to as a nutsert. Maybe my terminology is incorrect which it probably is.