Guest Your Car is Slow Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Just from holding it up (the damn shock is toast) this rear hatch is obscenely heavy for what it does Out of pure curiosity...how much of that weight is the glass...and how much is the hatch itself? The defroster doesnt work anyway....a plexi or lexan replacement would be simple enough if the glass is the majority weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAW Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I don't know the individual wts of glass vs hatch but the hatch without glass seems very heavy. A fiberglass hatch with Lexan would be a far better overall investment in wt savings than fiberglass fenders or even the hood. The door shells are also very heavy. DAW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Just a wild guess, but since I pulled the galss out of my hatch to do bodywork, I think the glass weighs 80% of the glass/hatch combo, and I am not exaggerating. That hatch, even with the spoiler on it, is wayy light. I bet no more than 15 pounds. The glass is hellava heavy. If you want to save weight, leave the hatch and get rid of the glass (lexan etc). Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I agree with Tim on this one. the hatch is feather lite without the glass. if you want to go way-cool on your car, spirit garage in JP sells a carbon fiber hatch that weighs in at 10 pounds! of course....it costs and arm and a leg...then just try to ship that thing! but yeah, the glass is the majority of the weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 What I needed to know....Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I would also say that the hinges that hold the hatch on are heavier than the hatch (without glass). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Juday Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 18 lbs. with the rubber gasket. The rear glass that is. The windshield weighs 25 lbs. Like the guys say, the hatch itself is much lighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Like the guys say, the hatch itself is much lighter. Unless it is half lead... eh Scottie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAW Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Like you said, Sparky, the hinges are very heavy and I'm considering them as part of the hatch. DAW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 So being that lexan weighs 1/3 of glass...thats an easy way to shave 12 or so lbs Wonder if one could fab up some different brackets if they weigh that frikkin much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Drax, I ditched that monstrosity a while back and now have a temporary stock hatch. I was hoping Les Heath would come through with his promise on a fiberglass hatch, but......... If anyone in my area is going to do a Lexan hatch glass, let me know as I might be interested in getting one also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Car is Slow Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 They sell lexan at home depot....I was going to swing by there and get a sheet. Shouldnt be difficult to trace the dimensions of the stock glass and cut it out. Its a very subtle bend. You have any ideas for new brackets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Scottie, did you ever weigh the old one before chucking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Drax, you are taxing my memory for something I want to forget If I recall it was something like 52 or 55lbs. It would not stay up with 2 shocks so I had to carry a shortened broomstick. The brackets eventually started seperating from the hatch itself and I put it and myself out of its misery. Actually my wife is the one that forced the issue on getting rid of it because she personally hated that hatch. One day she was loading stuff in the rear and accidentally hit the broomstick and the hatch came down on her face. Left her with a permanent scar on her upper lip and a new scar on my ass every time she brings it up Imagine the scene when I rushed her into the emergency room with her holding her face and both of us drenched in blood. "Mr Scott, you got some 'splaining to do". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Oh my, sorry to bring up something so terrible! I knew that hatch was heavy, but... 55lbs. 2 shocks. Seperating under its own weight. Scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Damn Scottie I always knew that hatch was heavy I just never knew it was lethal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 if anybody makes an oem styled hatch i'd be very interested in buyn' one Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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