Fiberglass doors

[lazylongboarder]

After pulling the doors off my beetle, I noticed they weigh like 75 lbs each! And the fiber glass doors weigh 11 pounds each...thats a huge amount of weight savings. I've seen fiberglass doors on race cars and the 1303 rs super has lexan with sliding windows.

Is this possible for a daily driver to adapt fiberglass doors with a 1 piece roll up style window?

Also i remember reading about a red Street/Drag car in europe that made the stock doors weigh only 9 lbs! How is this possible?

This seems like one of the easiest ways to lighten up my car.

Other suggestions on how to lighten up the car and get a better weight distribution besides putting the battery up front, losing the spare, lexan, carbon fenders, carbon hood, carban decklid, no back seat, no headliner, no carpet, an aluminum tank, and finally no stereo, are very appreciated.

Also I live in the states so shipping here from europe is rediculous, thats why i'm not getting a heigo cage.

Thanks

[Uber Affe]

just my opinion, but I wouldn't lose the spare. The rumor is that it may actually absorb quite a bit of abuse in a wreck....at least if it's laying flat other wise...ditch it I guess. As far as the fibre-glass doors. yeah, they're heavy, but you may want to check the laws in your area regarding this conversion. in most places they are illegal for street use, but what they don't know won't hurt ya...I guess.

What year/model car are you driving and what engine are you going with?
This will make a bit of difference in your choices. Let me know.

[lazylongboarder]

Originally Posted by Uber Affe

just my opinion, but I wouldn't lose the spare. The rumor is that it may actually absorb quite a bit of abuse in a wreck....at least if it's laying flat other wise...ditch it I guess. As far as the fibre-glass doors. yeah, they're heavy, but you may want to check the laws in your area regarding this conversion. in most places they are illegal for street use, but what they don't know won't hurt ya...I guess.

What year/model car are you driving and what engine are you going with?
This will make a bit of difference in your choices. Let me know.

I'm going to be using a 6 speed g-50, 550 hp ecotec sr20det or rb20det (I'm commited to the 500 hp mark [on pump gas! {not a word Jason }]), full 14 point cage front bumper to motor mounts, 6 piston 14'' brakes front and rear, 993 multi-link rear suspension assembly, wishbone front, lexan, carbon sparco pro 2000 seats, sparco "D" steering wheel, prototype data logger/gps track info/gps lateral g-force in-dash e.m.s. (neighbor worked for nasa, builds engine diagnostic computers for jets and private planes and went to sema and now has a contract with a big BMW tuner[he won't tell me who yet] and wants to put them on cars, I'll keep you guys updated)... = Not so standard 74' Type 1.

I want to utilize fiberglass doors with roll up style lexan windows and use door rubber for insulation. Stock look and function but weigh close to nothing.

I will have "X" door bars on each side so the doors won't be much of a safety factor. As well as the front end braced, and i wouldn't be able to fit 255/35/18's or 315/30/18's in the trunk of my bug if i tried.

Thanks

[starmember]

remmele got fiberglas and cf doors. and i think it is a copy of a stock door.

can wait to see youre conversion compleet. :agree:

peter

[tom'72]

I'm going with Remelle's cf doors in a few months and will have a bar from the roll cage that protects on the door side on impact (otherwise I wouldn't do it).
cf ones are expensive but you don't really need to paint them (especially on a black bug) and get a nice cf inner door shel.

[lazylongboarder]

How would these doors work? It's just the outer skin. I really like the idea, just the shipping to the states...