Anybody using GT racing fiberglass doors, opinions on durability and how you mounted please |
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Anybody using GT racing fiberglass doors, opinions on durability and how you mounted please |
byndbad914 |
Dec 17 2010, 04:19 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
Anybody using the GT Racing fiberglass doors on their cars? I don't want to go skins and have to climb thru a small window - I want a full door I can attach and open.
http://www.gt-racing.com/pdfs/GTR914.pdf I am just looking for general fitment and sturdiness - whether the gaps and overall surface finish is perfect doesn't matter as I can bodywork that, just want to know if they have held up well and if the mount locations for the door hinges were in the right spot. GT is not known for overall fit and finish so I am expecting those issues (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Also interested in seeing what you used to actually hold it shut since there would be no more handle and latch mechanism - what did you tie into to hold it shut and has your mount concept held up over time. Just screwing a hook into the fiberglass can pull pretty easy so interested in seeing what folks came up with. Thinking of hacking the longs out of my car finally (only kept them to support stock doors and they are welded to the tube chassis, so I have a full chassis there), mount my rocker covers on a couple Dzuses and have a lightweight door that I can weld a couple bars in to hold the mounting brackets. I think I can get about 100 lbs out of my car without going too crazy. What is left of the longs might be carrying about 50-70lbs based on some other info I got about what they weigh. |
byndbad914 |
Dec 22 2010, 01:47 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
yeah, that is what I have right now, about 12 lbs. I hacked the living daylights out of my early doors. Cantilevering 6lbs off of a couple mount pads and tubes v. 12 lbs probably isn't that much difference, so I am already weighing (how funny, reread for grammar and caught the pun) the idea of just using what I have, keeping just enough door frame to hold the latch and ID tag, and the front door mounts and just hack the longs out from under everything.
I think you and I talked before and you did the same thing to your doors as I did - hacked em up, and then you added back in some bracing. I just let mine flop around when open, when closed they stay in place without any bracing. |
Randal |
Dec 25 2010, 04:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
yeah, that is what I have right now, about 12 lbs. I hacked the living daylights out of my early doors. Cantilevering 6lbs off of a couple mount pads and tubes v. 12 lbs probably isn't that much difference, so I am already weighing (how funny, reread for grammar and caught the pun) the idea of just using what I have, keeping just enough door frame to hold the latch and ID tag, and the front door mounts and just hack the longs out from under everything. I think you and I talked before and you did the same thing to your doors as I did - hacked em up, and then you added back in some bracing. I just let mine flop around when open, when closed they stay in place without any bracing. I took all the hinges off and replaced them with aluminum channel so saved some weight and (like you) took everything off the doors, including the cross bar braces. BTW if you want the same strength as cross bar braces just use wire and aluminum turnbuckles. Mine are now bolted to the car and don't open, but not sure whether I want to go the next step of fabricating all the bits to fit a door skin. If i wanted them to open (like you) I'd keep the original hinges , which is so much easier as the door still functions properly and latches correctly. I think the biggest weight saving thing I can do now is to remove the sail and replace it with fiberglass. |
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