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Offline TheDigger

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CVX-17 Windshield Needed!
« on: December 21, 2022, 11:37:43 AM »
Hello,

I'm reaching out to see if anyone has a spare CVX-17 windshield they want to sell. Unfortunately, I bought one from UPD Plastics and it doesn't fit. It's the correct shape and size but it looks like it wasn't cured long enough. The compound curve is wonky and uneven, I had to sand off an inch on the port side, and the overall shape needs to be bent with a heat gun to wrap tighter and fit in the mounting tracks of the boat. It seems like the acrylic was either not allowed to cool/cure in place long enough or the acrylic warped during shipping. I chose the darkest tint down from pure black but it is still lighter than the original, which is another let down.

Since I didn't mail them my windshield, UPD Plastics won't take it back; I'll continue reshaping this myself but I figured I would reach out to share the experience I had with UPD and see if there was another one lying around.


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Re: CVX-17 Windshield Needed!
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2022, 02:17:02 PM »
You could try the Facebook Glastron groups for a used one ..

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Re: CVX-17 Windshield Needed!
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2022, 11:49:07 AM »
Thank you Hyperacme!

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Re: CVX-17 Windshield Needed!
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2022, 03:10:19 PM »
Your boat looks like my C500 metric and I also ordered a windshield from UPD Plastics and it looks just like yours.  Horrible fit and shaped like yours, lower on the passenger side.  I can?t even attach mine to the boat.  And I can?t return mine either since I didn?t send in the old one, even though there was a picture of my exact boat model on the order site.  800 dollar learning mistake.  Do not use this company.

There was a guy in Lakeville, Mn that used to make them, but he retired.  I wish I knew what happened to his oven.  There is a place in Germany that makes them called American Runabouts.  They have a Facebook page, but I can?t figure out to order from them.
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Re: CVX-17 Windshield Needed!
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2022, 05:55:51 PM »
According to UPD plastic's , C500 & C537 Metric & 1986 CVX17's use same windshield.

Glastron/Carlson windshields info ..
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=2901.0

You can contact Achim Schloeffel here ..

https://www.facebook.com/achim.schloeffel

https://www.facebook.com/bootrestauration/about

https://fa678dc2.multiscreensite.com/


Offline aquamaniac

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Re: CVX-17 Windshield Needed!
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2022, 08:28:36 PM »
C500, C512, C535, C537 and all years of the CVX-17 (1983-1986) use the same windshield.