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Hi all with the official go ahead to repair and not write the fisher fury off it is at a state where I need to decide if i want to go for a new tub with full screen or to go aero screen. What I'm asking is for your views and experiences.

I can save quite a bit of weight losing the glass wipers heater matrix and fan but the safety concerns on a aero screen is my only worry.

I think the answer here is up to you. Try to get a ride in the one you have no experience of, I assume a aeroscreen car? I have a Phoenix which as you know never came with a screen option. At the start of my respray, I temporarily bonded on a Fury windscreen and surround, and took it for an extended 40 minute drive with a mate who drives my car a lot too. We were amazed and revelled in the ability to be able to hold a converasation at speed (despite being bike-engined), and not having to wear crash helmets. And we then taked about the future ability to add a full canvas roof and be able to read maps etc. in relative wind-free comfort. A big improvement over an aeroscreen. Then we in balance discussed the negatives which seemed to be only a weight penalty, looks and losing the sheer exciement of an aeroscreened' car.

Thats why my Phoenix still has an aeroscreen....

Mazie, I bought a fury without a screen and it feels very vulnerable being that low and with nothing to hide behind, think chippings, wildlife, wind and rain. I have to wear shades for cruising and a helmet for thrashing. I have got used to it but I would have the full windscreen if I had the choice, also if its a bit cold the wind chill over about 20 mph is pretty severe. Funnily enough on a trackday I didn't think about it at all, so it depends on your adrenaline levels and how hardcore you are; these are toys after all !
Lee, where did you get a screen surround from ? The perfect solution would be a removable curved screen and molding, nothing too complicated and quick to remove for track work.

BTW if you opt for no screen I'm in the market for 2nd hand bodywork inc windscreen:)

It was from Dean Rokers old damaged bodywork, but the screen had seen better days. I will try to upload some images of it on the car, but the photo need to me resized first as too big

Send it across Lee and I will sort it out.

Captain Sensible would opine: road use, full screen; track, aeroscreen. Think about it

i´m driving one since years with an aero screen. 99% road use.

besides the necessity wearing a (half shell)-helmet i enjoy it every second.

recently i came across a car with a "normal" windscreen:

1. it "looks" boring
2. without sidescreens there are more turbulances than without a screen
3. with sidescreens its even a bit of a yawn

so guess which car i prefer more?

Thanks for all your feedback guys, I've decided the sensible route of a full screen purely for the safety aspects of not having a stone travel through my head at 80mph. I dont want to wear a helmet unless for trackdays and most of the time its driven on the road including motorway journeys .
Steve at fishersports is about to start the repairs soon so it will be back on the road in a month, it's been a good opportunity to decide on a new colour scheme too! All I need now is a set of 285 cams for a silvertop if anyone's go any to sell!