windshield and roof for Kubota RTV 1140

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wyndham6

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Waiting on delivery of our new Kubota RTV 1140. Couldn't stomach spending $700 on a roof or $500 for a windshield. Anybody have any experience/plans with making one that looks decent and works well? Thanks!
 
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You may save a bit by building your own roof if you can find some cheap sheet metal and have a metal brake to bend it so it has some strengthening creases to prevent vibration and sound amplification, but as for windshields, I would stay away from the plexiglass (factory or otherwise). They scratch up so easily that in a couple of years you will be replacing it if you want to see thru it. The factory glass is the only way to go on this and it is going to run you more than $800 but barring a rock slung thru it from a bushhog or something, it will last forever with no crazing or scratching. My brother in laws Gator has plexi windshield and it is absolutely dangerous to drive into the sunlight as you cant see a thing thru the scratches and it is only about 3 years old.
I suspect that if you have to pay going rates for the metal for the roof, you will end up spending as much or more for the material as the factory roof costs. You can go with plastic factory roof for cheaper cost rather than metal. I have the plastic roof on my 2006 model 900 and it still looks new although I do keep it inside when not using it. We had a bunch of the AC cab model 1100 in Nigeria and after about 3 years the paint was faded badly on all the metal cabs but they never saw a cover.
Good luck in finding some cheap material if you elect to build it yourself. Be sure to put some rubber insulation washers under the metal roof if you use that and maybe use some stick on sound insulation to absorb the vibration noise that will come with the metal skin.
 
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Great comments. Thanks! Sometimes you get what you pay for I guess.
 
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We just made our own roof for the Rhino and I'll try and get a pic of it today...
I work at a commercial truck dealership and we had some thin, plastic liner for dump bodies laying around and it actually looks pretty darn good...just zip tied it to the roll cage and that was it. Cost us 2 bags of corn to get it from the guy in the shop as he was going to use the piece we cut it from for roofing on his stand.
 
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Just got the Rhino back from shop...thought carb needed to be cleaned, but it was a pinched/clogged (dirt dobber) line causing it to bog down when throttle was applied...

Anywho, here is the roof we made that I was talking about. Plastic is 3/16" or 1/4" and bends easily. Turned out much better than I thought it would. Windshield was a hand-me-down from a buddy, but it got so scratched up you couldn't see through it when the sun was shining at certain angles so I just cut it off at the point it folded down.
 

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worked out great, and I particularly like the cost in corn; thanks for the post
 
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worked out great, and I particularly like the cost in corn; thanks for the post

No prob...a good pair of scissors/shears did the cutting. If you're interested in what the material is, exactly, I can ask one of the guys in the shop here if they know. I've only seen the heavier 3/8 or 1/2 liner before until stumbling on this stuff out there.
 

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