Anybody making fiberglass or preferrably carbon fiber doors for our cars thanks in advance
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I'm not sure about carbon fiber, however, www.vfnfiberglass.com makes a wide selection fiberglass parts for our cars. Front clips, rear clips, bumpers, hoods, deck lids, dashes and doors.
The doors are listed at 13lbs ea. They are out of Addison IL.
http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/8187regal.htm
The doors are listed at 13lbs ea. They are out of Addison IL.
http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/8187regal.htm
Thanks have any experience or know anybody that does just curious of quality before purchase if you know what I mean
Grassroots Motorsport magazine used VFN parts on their project S197 Mustang a few years back. They said the parts showed up and fit fine right out of the crate.
But they're not going to be Spoolfool quality gelcoat. You'll have to prep and paint them.
But they're not going to be Spoolfool quality gelcoat. You'll have to prep and paint them.
I'm sorry, I don't have any experience with them. They've been in business since the mid '90's, so they must be doing something right.
Ultra Carbon may be a future source on the carbon fiber doors. They are making Gbody carbon pieces but they aren't dollar friendly. The best fiberglass doors arent in the immediate plans to make yet per Token Fiberglass.
Thanks for the replies guys trying to lighten car a little bit supposed to be having a 10-5 Street Outlaw show in my area so thinking about bringing out the Buick to represent our bricks
There are some in the for sale section.
https://turbobuick.com/threads/stock-appearing-fiberglass-doors.459862/
https://turbobuick.com/threads/stock-appearing-fiberglass-doors.459862/
You can get the metal doors fairly light also. Once you take out the crash bars and do a little Swiss cheese on them. I am sure that you can drop 20+ lbs per door.
yeah I know you can I just don't want to tear up a good set of doors I did the same thing on my 69 Chevelle and it's shaved a lot off but not near as much as fiberglass looking to get my car a lot lighter thanks for the reply
Here is that thread I believe: https://turbobuick.com/threads/weight-reduction-list.105295/page-2
Post #27 in that thread says that going from stock to fiberglass saves approx 125 lbs.
My glass doors with lexan weigh 24lbs each. Now this is a race car no roll up street car stuff. Bare minimum. No door handles ect
They are vfn and you will have to work them a bunch to make them the way you want them
They are vfn and you will have to work them a bunch to make them the way you want them
Question..... anyone buy new replacement doors and do they have the crash bars in them? Or empty?
I got really lucky when I found a guy selling a pair of TOKEN Doors in Toronto. I have them on the car. Fiberglass and look like originals and I have the Electric Windows working. I think I paid like $600 for both.
if you can find some, you're set.
if you can find some, you're set.
I was lucky to find a set of token glass doors that I have been sitting on for about 3 years. I hope to have them on my car next summer
I did speak to him a few months ago and he told me why he wasn't producing the fiberglass products in the near future. He said that "if" he starts back up he would notify Canadian club members in his area first to spread the word.