P500 Plexiglass or Lexan Roof

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mhhman

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I'm new to the forum and just purchased 2017 P5. While looking for a roofs, I found SuperATV has a plexiglass tinted roof for the P1000. Has anyone had any first hand experience with this type of roof. I think it would be great to see out and not get sun burn or wet. Any thoughts?
 
FuzzyGrub

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No experience with this type of roof, but here are some of my initial thoughts:

- An opaque roof provides true sunblock and hides items stored there. It can get hot behind plexy, but not sure how much the tint will lower that.
- I go through allot of tree/brush branches that slide over the top of the roof, which will scratch a plexy one. It would look fairly ugly in a short time on the trails we ride.
 
BeerMonkey

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seems like a cool idea until you ride through the trails and it gets scratched up so bad you cant see through it, or a tree limb breaks it and it cracks. but i dont know how much trail riding you do in UT. Also i would be iffy on buying plexiglass for a utv. Factory Windshields use polycarbonate because it is softer than plexiglass. meaning it will give a little more and not shatter all over you should something smash into it.