Fuel cell and lexan windows, pass NCT?

[Spartacus]

Right lads thinking about installing one of these, anyone know if the nct will have issues with them? I'd imagine there would need to be some sort of firewall?

Also anybody know about Lexan/polycarbonate window's and NCT? Front screen will be original, more than likely just back 3 just lexan.

It will be a track car mainly but i'd like to have it nct-able to take it out for the odd meet and drive etc.

Thanks

[Keli]

I'd say don't bother making it NCTable if its primarily a track car but if you must ring the NCT center and see what the nice people say Only way to find out for sure

[paulr5]

Cant see why it wouldnt pass if its all a tidy job? try see and report back

[PeterT]

Rally cars have to be nctd don't they? And they have fuel cells

[silverbullitt]

I direct you to the passages in bold

Item 10: glass

Reasons for refusal:

(1) windscreen is not fitted or is not marked as safety glass.

(2) in a vehicle registered on or after 1 January 1986, windscreen is not marked with approved Standard Mark or equivalent as set out on pages 16 and 17 of the National Car Test (NCT) Manual 1999.

(3) objects or stickers on windscreen are in the driver's direct line of vision.

(4) windscreen is damaged beyond acceptable limits by reference to page 18 of the National Car Test (NCT) Manual 1999.

(5) glass side or rear windows not marked as safety glass

(6) windscreen or windows insecure.

(7) opening mechanism of drivers window not operating.

(8) non-glass windscreens, side or rear windows made of material that, if fractured is likely to produce fragments capable of causing severe cuts to a person.

(9) side or rear window so damaged that it obstructs the driver's view.

[paulr5]

^^^you deserve a gold star........ but as peter_t said, so how do rally cars get away with it?

[tweek]

How many rally cars do you see with a nct???

[Spartacus]

Cheers lads.

@Keli - Don't want to be limited to just track use, want to be able to drive on road.

@ Silverbullit - "glass side or rear windows not marked as safety glass" is it only the standard OEM window's that are marked as safety glass? Or would lexan window's fall into that catagory as "safety glass"?

"non-glass windscreens, side or rear windows made of material that, if fractured is likely to produce fragments capable of causing severe cuts to a person." - Should be ok there as it's probably less shatterable than glass depending on the grade of lexan used.

Still seems a grey area though.

[shaneS14]

far as i know no front windscreen is a pass or used to be ,

[Spartacus]

far as i know no front windscreen is a pass or used to be ,

A front lexan screen?