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Make patterns and have the glass cut and tempered. Gray should be available. We leave the frame mounted to the van. Some will fit channels, some will need to be glued in, but 1/8" is easy to bend (that's what Creation does) and the lock strip wedges in place to hold the glass.
I agree that that will get job completed, but doesn't all glass in a street registered motor vehicle have to have a DOT code on it?? Or did I miss something here. Privacy tempered glass is AS-3 and I am pretty sure that designation has to be on it also, just like AS-1 has to be on a windshield and AS-2 has to be on a regular tinted side lite. Do you send an extra piece or 2 to have them do test breaks, to make sure that the broken pieces are meeting DOT specs?? If you do, do they even know what the specs are, regarding the maximum size of the broken pieces, if they have not been assigned a DOT Code? Potentially a really big liability issue here.
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thanks for all the info, looks like we are goin with DCM van conversion windows, they have windows that look like creation but no vent. so no big deal. thanks again