Lightweight doors 4th gen

gb-lude · Post by **gb-lude** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:17 pm

Ash.Z wrote:I stripped mine right back and saved around 12kilos per side.

He Ash,
Yes mine look about the same..you can drill some big holes in the bottem aswel.
This is the door I'm gonna use now.,

got them from a friend, they have lexan windows in it already. My own doors are stripped the same but no windows yet. Dispite the 12 KG they are still heavy. And in Holland we neet to cover the edges or have a inner plate.. So will have to find a way to do that.

At the end, this is what we want!

I have spoken to acefibreglass and he will give me a price estimate.

will let you guys know!

and stop hacking my topic

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:24 pm

if you read through the forum you will notice that nearly all threads are "hacked" at some point

gb-lude · Post by **gb-lude** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:33 pm

mercutio wrote:if you read through the forum you will notice that nearly all threads are "hacked" at some point

I know just messing

Post by **Ash.Z** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:06 am

I needed to pass msa scrutineering, so for the cut edges I've used rubber U channel. I also have the lexan window. But to be honest the glass ones aren't really that heavey. If I could have found a way to secure them then I may have kept them.

gb-lude · Post by **gb-lude** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:21 am

That might be an option for me aswel, rubber U channel..
Problem with the glass is , if you want to be able to open them you need a system en innerskin.
Manual system conversion is possible and smile alu plate will do..
In holland , by law, you need to be able to (re) adjust you side mirror.
Making a lexan window isnt hard, especially the side one. Slider window is fine for me at the moment.

About the doors:

Have the first reply of a fiberglass company:
Moulds 1000£ ex vat each.. After that about £200ex for every door.
Its very expensive ( labour intensive) to make the moulds.
If we have 5 orders and split its ok.
I'm willing to take a chance and get two sets of doors.
But going to wait what others say first.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:28 am

gb-lude wrote:Have the first reply of a fiberglass company:
Moulds 1000£ ex vat each.. After that about £200ex for every door.
Its very expensive ( labour intensive) to make the moulds.
If we have 5 orders and split its ok.
I'm willing to take a chance and get two sets of doors.
But going to wait what others say first.

So I presume that's fibreglass and not carbon fibre at that price?

And is that for a 100% fibreglass door (not including the window obviously), but including inserts/reinforcement for the hinges?

gb-lude · Post by **gb-lude** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:03 pm

Yes and yes. When I have a reply from all compagnies I will start asking targeted questions.

Also I will start a topic in the groupbuy section.
Need a price first. Might have guys in holland who might be interested.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:59 pm

what about door skins ? rather than the whole door might help ? be cheaper to produce you could put holes in the frame to lighten that up but keep strength/wind up windows?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:24 pm

I expect the weight of the door skin is only about 10% of the doors weight anyway, if that.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:55 pm

Yes, I've replaced may door skins in the past and they weigh next to nothing.