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someguy_240 · 04-20-2005, 08:26 PM

is there a such thing as a lightweight door(s)?

I have never seen it, wanted to know. Nothing carbon cause i still want to live but definetely something lighter than stock cause its heavy like a bee - atch.

dan

**ThatGuy** · 04-20-2005, 08:31 PM

Sure just remove everything from the door that would normally protect you in an accident. That'll make it lighter.

infinitexsound · 04-20-2005, 08:41 PM

remove everything except for the inner pipe in the door.. cut the inner part off... basically left with a door skin.. make sure u use some protection foam on the edges...

v8blakdak · 04-20-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Sure just remove everything from the door that would normally protect you in an accident. That'll make it lighter.

BAHAHAHA!

OWNED NEWB!

smellslikecurry · 04-20-2005, 08:55 PM

how much lighter do you think that will make the car?

v8blakdak · 04-20-2005, 08:56 PM

better results if u started using a treadmill

AenjukuCar · 04-20-2005, 09:01 PM

I foreget the exact website, but do some searching the website ends in .jo they have carbon fiber doors for the S14 and S13.

I've even seen door inserts they replace the entire inner panels with a carbon fiber piece.

Ian · 04-20-2005, 09:05 PM

well i mean if you have a properly built full roll cage (obviously not optimal for the street)

you dont even need doors

so THEN a carbonfiber shell replacement would work out.

wootwoot · 04-20-2005, 09:30 PM

OH HECK YEAH THEY DO!! and I want them baddddddd. HPI manufacturers a carbon fiber door that "weighs 15.4 lbs with out glass or accessories when your stock door can weight up to 40lbs with out glass or accessories. This provides you with a weight saving of up to 25lbs per door. The HPI carbon fiber doors are also exact copies of the stock door so all stock components such as glass and door handles are functional and fix correctly."

http://www.lsauto.com/hpidoors.asp

90RS13 · 04-20-2005, 09:36 PM

I you have a full cage then get a cf door, but if you have a cageless car that you drive daily, then don't even worry about it. Anything you could do to save a meaningful amount of weight, will make you very dead in a side impact crash.

projectRDM · 04-20-2005, 09:39 PM

Rasty Japan makes an FRP door. Cheap too.

someguy_240 · 04-20-2005, 10:19 PM

i tried to google rasty japan... nothing or at least i found nothing
happen to know there address i like to see them?

yeah i dont wanna die, just want too lose weight of the car some more but still have the door re-enforced somehow. like something made out of lighter material.

sideview_180sx · 04-21-2005, 03:52 AM

you just have to deal with it. besides I have never heard of anyone complaining that the doors were oh so heavy. maybe you are too weak or lazy. just take off your door panels and remove the plastic layer and other BS. if your doors are manual then take off all the other bs and just have the door lock and lever. if your power your screwed so hush and deal with it. you want to reduce weight. take out ish from other parts of the car.

katbak · 04-21-2005, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v8blakdak

BAHAHAHA!

OWNED NEWB!

With 91 posts and counting your sure making yourself look intelligent and respected in here.

And everything has been said to help you out there, protection foam... or I would say it again.

when you get side swiped

Chernobyl · 04-22-2005, 12:14 AM

yup here's a door with the guts removed. You can kinda see it...

powerFC · 04-22-2005, 10:55 AM

seibon.com

axiomatik · 04-22-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by katbak

With 91 posts and counting your sure making yourself look intelligent and respected in here.

not only that, but he's only got three more posts than the original poster, who joined 2 years earlier as well.

BoroBoroS13 · 04-22-2005, 02:10 PM

I wonder how much those seibon doors cost.

I was planing on going with a pair of manual doors after my pass side door ate mountin but if a pair of CF doors is fair priced I would pick em up instead. Those HPI doors are nice but way out of my price range.

04-20-2005, 08:26 PM	#1
someguy_240 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Jose Age: 43 Posts: 203 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Lightweight doors? is there a such thing as a lightweight door(s)? I have never seen it, wanted to know. Nothing carbon cause i still want to live but definetely something lighter than stock cause its heavy like a bee - atch. dan __________________ "...But my tires were wet!"

04-20-2005, 08:31 PM	#2
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 44 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sure just remove everything from the door that would normally protect you in an accident. That'll make it lighter. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

04-20-2005, 08:41 PM	#3
infinitexsound Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INtraweb Age: 41 Posts: 3,522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	remove everything except for the inner pipe in the door.. cut the inner part off... basically left with a door skin.. make sure u use some protection foam on the edges... __________________ S14 TrackSlut coming to a raceway near you... 510 TimeAttack on its way...

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v8blakdak Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: michigan Posts: 119 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	better results if u started using a treadmill __________________ -"HELL...LUMBERG FUVKED HER"

04-20-2005, 09:01 PM	#7
AenjukuCar Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hickville Central, PA Posts: 203 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I foreget the exact website, but do some searching the website ends in .jo they have carbon fiber doors for the S14 and S13. I've even seen door inserts they replace the entire inner panels with a carbon fiber piece. __________________

04-20-2005, 08:55 PM	#5
smellslikecurry Post Whore! Join Date: May 2003 Location: bangladesh Age: 37 Posts: 4,590 Trader Rating: (33) Feedback Score: 33 reviews	how much lighter do you think that will make the car?

04-20-2005, 09:30 PM	#9
wootwoot Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: sarasota florida biatch Age: 38 Posts: 3,850 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	OH HECK YEAH THEY DO!! and I want them baddddddd. HPI manufacturers a carbon fiber door that "weighs 15.4 lbs with out glass or accessories when your stock door can weight up to 40lbs with out glass or accessories. This provides you with a weight saving of up to 25lbs per door. The HPI carbon fiber doors are also exact copies of the stock door so all stock components such as glass and door handles are functional and fix correctly." http://www.lsauto.com/hpidoors.asp __________________ I'm from Florida so I'm probably a bit more strange than you

04-20-2005, 09:36 PM	#10
90RS13 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Newark, Arkansas Age: 40 Posts: 348 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I you have a full cage then get a cf door, but if you have a cageless car that you drive daily, then don't even worry about it. Anything you could do to save a meaningful amount of weight, will make you very dead in a side impact crash. __________________

04-20-2005, 09:39 PM	#11
projectRDM Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 50 Posts: 13,812 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Rasty Japan makes an FRP door. Cheap too. __________________ FORMERLY R240NA Learn what's really going on and protect your assets now before they're gone forever: www.paypalsucks.com

04-20-2005, 10:19 PM	#12
someguy_240 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Jose Age: 43 Posts: 203 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i tried to google rasty japan... nothing or at least i found nothing happen to know there address i like to see them? yeah i dont wanna die, just want too lose weight of the car some more but still have the door re-enforced somehow. like something made out of lighter material. __________________ "...But my tires were wet!"

04-21-2005, 03:52 AM	#13
sideview_180sx Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: somewhere north of mexico Posts: 1,538 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	you just have to deal with it. besides I have never heard of anyone complaining that the doors were oh so heavy. maybe you are too weak or lazy. just take off your door panels and remove the plastic layer and other BS. if your doors are manual then take off all the other bs and just have the door lock and lever. if your power your screwed so hush and deal with it. you want to reduce weight. take out ish from other parts of the car. __________________ feel the rythym. feel the ride. get on up. it's bobsled time. COOL RUNNINGS!!! formerly sideviewcivic Save a Horse. Drift This Cowboy. AirBag Club Member #0014

04-22-2005, 12:14 AM	#15
Chernobyl Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Denver, CO Age: 41 Posts: 1,563 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	yup here's a door with the guts removed. You can kinda see it...

04-22-2005, 10:55 AM	#16
powerFC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: LA COUNTY Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	seibon.com __________________

04-22-2005, 02:10 PM	#18
BoroBoroS13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nor Cal Age: 40 Posts: 657 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I wonder how much those seibon doors cost. I was planing on going with a pair of manual doors after my pass side door ate mountin but if a pair of CF doors is fair priced I would pick em up instead. Those HPI doors are nice but way out of my price range. __________________