76brkracer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 was thinking the front fenders on a z car are so long that they maybe a place to save weight,any one know were to get glass fenders fairly cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Someone was just wanting to sell some.http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=109939. If not here's a place. http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/240z.html. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boodlefoof Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Also check over at www.vfnfiberglass.com VFN has been around for awhile and makes mostly parts for older American musclecars. Their reputation for quality is very good. Their webite says that they will be releasing Datsun fenders soon. They may even be out already. I've read some pretty negative reviews of parts from Showcars-bodyparts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj paul Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 ditto on that man, his parts look good but a few people have said they dont get the parts and hes irresponsible or something to that effect. post wanted ads for them on here and people should send you offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=103472 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 One other thing, has anyone weighed a stock fender? I have two hanging in my garage right now but it's raining and I don't want to go out there to weigh them. I'd estimate the weight at 15 lbs. They're pretty darn light. So how much weight are you really going to save? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76brkracer Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 wow thats pretty light maybe i"ll look somewhere else.but thanks all of you for getting back to me might look at those other fenders anyway because my headlights are covered over with fiberglass.p.s.jmortensen you deside where to move to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannji Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I have read somewhere that the FG fenders are approx. half the weight of a steel fender, but it would depend on who made the fender and to what spec. I had the full California Z FB kit on a car, and had to repair fenders several times due to careless neighbors backing into them. There were times when I felt the weight savings was not worth the extra work. Of course, I think the CalZ fender was closer to the weight of a stock fender than a stock appearing FG fender would be... it certainly was after I got done repairing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76brkracer Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 not bad $169 a piece.cool cool people thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 wow thats pretty light maybe i"ll look somewhere else.but thanks all of you for getting back to me might look at those other fenders anyway because my headlights are covered over with fiberglass.p.s.jmortensen you deside where to move to? Not yet. Visited Boise, ID. Mixed feelings. Still looking. Check the "where should I move to" thread for more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 One other thing, has anyone weighed a stock fender? I have two hanging in my garage right now but it's raining and I don't want to go out there to weigh them. I'd estimate the weight at 15 lbs. They're pretty darn light. So how much weight are you really going to save? I have not weighed the stock fenders as I have not had any for quite some time but my stock looking FG fenders weigh 11 lbs without anything attached to them. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaconsultants Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I just noticed from this thread the showcars (http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/240z.html.) url. Is this company making all or many of the fiberglass body parts for Z's and others are reselling them? Like Motorsports, Jm Cook Racing and others. Are Showcars products any good and what is their reputation and quality. If they do things right this could save some weight on our cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I just noticed from this thread the showcars ([url=http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/240z.html]http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/240z.html[/url'].) url. Is this company making all or many of the fiberglass body parts for Z's and others are reselling them? Like Motorsports, Jm Cook Racing and others. Are Showcars products any good and what is their reputation and quality. If they do things right this could save some weight on our cars. Just search on showcars as stated above. Some people get parts, some don't, and a local person that got a g-nose from them took a LOTS of hours to get the damn thing to look and fit right. Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I just took my bathroom scale out to the garage. According to my maybe not so accurate scale (but it does usually match the Dr's office), I gained 11 lbs picking up a stock metal fender. So you're swapping an 11 lb fender for an 11 lb fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Yeah you don't save much with fg fenders.... if you want to shave weight. go fg/cf hood fg/cf hatch there should be some weight there you can save Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Yeah you don't save much with fg fenders.... if you want to shave weight. go fg/cf hood fg/cf hatch there should be some weight there you can save I've got CF/Nomex hood and CF/Lexan rear hatch from John Coffee and that saved me alot of weight. The FG fenders were more for no rust and IMHO easier repair of any damage (I've had my car hit and run more than once now). Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNeedForZ Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I just took my bathroom scale out to the garage. According to my maybe not so accurate scale (but it does usually match the Dr's office), I gained 11 lbs picking up a stock metal fender. So you're swapping an 11 lb fender for an 11 lb fender. I weighed mine (off of a 240Z, includes headlight bucket), it is 17lbs each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Mine had no headlight bucket and was completely bare FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 you also have to remember that not all weight is created equal. It's much more valuable to shave 5 pounds off the roof than 8-10 off from the door, becuase shaving weight off the top lowers the CG producing results that you'll see in more places than the drag strip. It's the same principal as trying to get the weight on the inside of the car not the outside. Example being removing the bumper being better than removing the passanger seat. This makes the hood and hatch prime canidates for weight reduction. It would also be nice to remove some weight off the roof but that requires alot of work and some pretty insane engineering/fabricating. So I'll leave the roof to the real insane people here that actually have skills, in wich I'm left in the dust... gratefuly of course. I'm just glad to be here to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I had to remove a door back before my car went to chassis jail and i was really surprised how heavy they are. So after a hood and hatch upgrade the doors would be next on my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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