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The windshield thing:  The Speedster windshield is the Achilles Heel of this car.  When assembled properly it is still prone to cracks from torsional stress and/or point stress.  There are literally four little screws holding the upper frame in place and one big bolt at each corner.  The center strut rod should only be tightened finger tight and then one more turn NO MORE.  Any more causes torsional stress at the center that can trigger a crack from road bumps.  Never use a metal tool anywhere near the glass, either.  

On the one hand, I have put some serious stress on the windshield glass and was surprised that nothing happened to it.  OTOH, I've seen them installed "correctly" (not by me, but by others who were careful) only to come out the next day to find one or more cracks in the glass.  

I've broken two on my Spyder. The one that came with the car, Carey said they'd had issues with after it broke when they installed it. He replaced it for free, being the great builder he is, and I cracked that last summer.

100% my fault. I hadn't used it as a grab handle, but yeah, just to steady myself on egress. And like you say, it happened in the dark. I drove it, put it away, and the next time I got it out for a drive it had cracked.  

Just sorry I didn't re-mount the lexan screen before I busticated it.

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