Getting Glass Made: 78 Mitsubishi Colt

Ideally id like to try and find one in this country to make it easier. Importers etc are a last last resort.

What I meant was an import car parts place. Might be worth ringing around a few places that import Japanese car parts just to see if they happen to have one? I would try wreckers first though, someone has to have one of these things! Tin worm can't get the glass!

Getting a curved toughened window isn't going to be cheap.
Try windscreen companies and even Mitsubishi for NOS glass.
Do you have windscreen cover on your insurance (it also covers all other glass) as insurer could have "contacts".

Paul H

Head to a scrappy, find a window bigger than the one in yours but with the same curvature.

Make an accurate template of the window from your passenger window...then find an engineering company with a waterjet cutter. They should be able to cut the larger window down the the exact shape of the one you need, even adding any mounting holes (if the window uses holes to mount/locate)

Waterjet should be able to manage a nice clean cut without shattering the window.

That's certainly what I would be doing anyway.....

That's strange. I've actually seen it done (first hand) but it was only a small piece of glass....a small quarterlight window. I didn't think to ask them what the success/failure rate is though?

in fact, I think if it was mine, i think id be able to cut one out of the centre (the flatter bit) of a windscreen. might take a few goes but its gotta be cheaper than getting one made, the kustom boys do sh1t like that all the time. then get the edges ground to finish it.

You definately can't cut toughened glass without de-tempering it first. Think of toughned glass being like a balloon. Cut it or try to drill it and it'll pop. The problem with laminated for side glass, is that it'll most likely crack when you slam the door, especially if it's not fully wound up. That's the main reason it isn't used for that purpose.

Personally, I'd just get one sent over from Oz. A door glass isn't that big and being toughened, it's much less likely to get broken in transit. Wrap it in a few layers of bubble wrap then some stiff card and it'll be fine. I've sent side windows abroad before without a problem.

I've used Uroglass for a short run of heated Series One Landrover windscreen panels and they were friendly, professional and honoured their price - even though they made about 50p on each one in the end.
The guy I spoke to said they did quite a lot of one off compound curve windscreens for competition cars.
As it's a 'mass' produced part I presume that someone, somewhere will have the dimensions / technical spec. of the glass that would make sense to a specialist ......

can you use the sandblaster method of cutting toughened glass? might take a while though as I'm assuming it is quite tough.