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 29 2010, 10:07 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 |
I don't mind the hijack, interesting convo. Probably more of an issue that it is buried in a thread about doors and others won't see it.
I suspect the GT doors are pretty poorly finished - based on everything I have heard about GT to begin with, the only thing I ever bought was a wing and thought that couldn't be that bad, and again, I was pretty surprised at how much work it will take to make that thing smooth and nice (didn't care that much since it is a race car with a rattlecan paint job, but would be ticked if I wanted a decent part). Actually it just dawned on me I forgot that I had a couple of the inserts that mount the wing loosen and begin pull out (bit scary, caught it before it blew off - that could kill someone) so I took them out, cleaned up the pocket in the foam and used some quality aircraft bonding material to put them back in. |
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