S 2 rear door in fibre glass

[dal2.0litrefrogeye]

Hi . I've been looking around but I can't find any companies supplying rear fhc door in aluminium or fibreglass ? Does anyone know of a supplier that can . Cheers for any ideas.

[christopher storey]

There aren't any. The weight saving of an alloy one anyway would be minimal as the steel one without glass weighs no more than perhaps 15 lbs ( it may even be less than that ) . If you want to save weight use perspex which looks hideous but is light

[dal2.0litrefrogeye]

Thanks for the reply . Thats a shame . :(

[Heuer]

Can I ask why you would want one in anything other than steel? You could always ask RS Panels if they have one or can make one: http://www.rspanels.co.uk/parts.php?cat=2

[dal2.0litrefrogeye]

Hi I'm just starting a build of a S2 fhc , but I will be building it light weight ali bonnet , doors , stripped interior etc , and I was just serching for a lighter rear door , I will be sprinting / hill climbing it when finished

[Moeregaard]

The weight saved by going to an alloy tailgate will be negligible. A stripped-out steel tailgate weighs very little. Christopher says, the glass is a major percentage of the weight so going with Perspex would probably make more sense--and save some money.

[jag68]

I had a local panel beater make up a shell for me for my race car, and put a 1/8 Lexan rear window in. You can see it at:

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/116 ... 6-Cylinder

It required 4 duz fasteners (at each corner) as it was not stiff enough to use hinges. It was very light. My experience in race preparing a coupe was that they are tail heavy, will oversteer, and need substantial weight reduction in the rump particularly if you've taken weight off the front - like bumpers etc.

[christopher storey]

I presume you mean dzus fasteners ?

[PeterCrespin]

I presume you mean dzus fasteners ?

Or better still, Dzus, since that was the inventor's name, as in Newton, Watt, Pascal etc.

[jag68]

I kind of thought that wasn't spelled right.