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Ou-yang Liang Qing
Tinkerer
Melbourne
V8
Posts: 15
Reg: 04-2010
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Has anyone tried or knows about door switching? Stock ones being too heavy, anyone knows the costs, effort involved? And is it possible and legal to get it? |
Gary Poloskei
DieHard
A.C.T
Soarer JZZ30 GT-TL
Posts: 568
Reg: 01-2008
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Any weight saving efforts you do need to be made in major steps not minor ones in my opinion.
Lets say you save 20kg by getting different doors.
Great your car now weighs 1780kg instead of 1800kg.
If your going to go to such lengths to do this you may as well gut the interior get a new bonnet. pull the fuel tank and remove the sound proofing for maybe 100-150kg difference.
But then its not a nice car anymore it's a track car.
Just get more power mate. and more torque.
Torque will carry any extra baggage you are carrying. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2312
Reg: 04-2006
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Between $1000-$2000 per door for carbon fibre ones from Japan. No idea how light they are, and don't care. They cost more than my whole car did to purchase.
You should buy them, fit them, get defected, and sell them to me for $500.
Andrew (well his fibreglass guru) was looking at making some from fibreglass but ran out of momentum after his work of art bonnet and bootlid. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 2696
Reg: 09-2007
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$1700USD a pair last i checked Ben. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2315
Reg: 04-2006
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Well, half the price of my car then.
In that case I'll give you $350 once you get defected. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 2697
Reg: 09-2007
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haha CF doors in a daily soarers = you dead in a side on collision. stuff that |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2316
Reg: 04-2006
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Screw you Ali, you drive a hard bargain. I'll give him $200 and that is my final offer.
Now, where do I pick up my $200 defected and crashed carbon fibre doors during the deceased estate sale? |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 2699
Reg: 09-2007
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hahah mmm i dont think they would be worth $200 after theyve been crashed into lol.. |
Matt Sartori
DieHard
Western Australia
Rx7
Posts: 763
Reg: 08-2008
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Ali Saeed wrote on Friday, August 06, 2010 - 06:13 pm:hahah mmm i dont think they would be worth $200 after theyve been crashed into lol..
patch it up with bog it'll be fine |
Daniel Blomfield
TryHard
South Island
Soarer Limited V8 UZZ31
Posts: 134
Reg: 02-2010
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bog at least use some duct tape and zip ties ! |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2318
Reg: 04-2006
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Ali Saeed wrote on Friday, August 06, 2010 - 06:13 pm:hahah mmm i dont think they would be worth $200 after theyve been crashed into lol..
you've seen my car, right?
Bog- too heavy.
Duct tape. |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 2701
Reg: 09-2007
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..just going to have to refibreglass it |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
E36 Coupe
Posts: 4892
Reg: 11-2005
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Haha, why would want the doors to be lighter.
The soarer is a big heavy car so it has big heavy parts.
Compare the soarer door to a normal car door, its far bigger, especially in length.
I suggest just go get used to it, especially if it's a road car, by making it lighter all you are doing is making it less safe on the road. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2320
Reg: 04-2006
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Mike, you are the last person I'd expect to try getting this thread back on track... |
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31
Posts: 2707
Reg: 09-2007
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looked on yahoo jap yesterday. doors are 1600 EACH without posting. american ones are 1700 + postage for both. odd. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2321
Reg: 04-2006
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Quality?
Japanese parts 'premium' pricing? (eg. Greddy branded oil coolers are 11-12 times more expensive than Nippon Denso branded ones of EXACT same size, shape, fittings.) |
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