Has anyone ever weighed the rear hatch on a Shadow? If so, what did it weigh? Anyone ever try to lighten the hatch on a Shadow? If so how much weight from stock was removed? I wish a fiberglass hatch was available!
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Has anyone ever weighed the rear hatch on a Shadow? If so, what did it weigh? Anyone ever try to lighten the hatch on a Shadow? If so how much weight from stock was removed? I wish a fiberglass hatch was available!
I gutted mine, lexan back window and made a trunk lid that pins on, lost almost 60 pounds....
Wow! Any pictures? Got my attention!Quote:
Originally Posted by MILKCARTON
Later hatches weigh more than the early ones because there are less cutouts in the inner panel. Either one weighs a ton, mostly due to the glass.
I had my Sundance so gutted that I could lift the rear of the car by myself....with the stock hatch....I could have been much lighter!
How heavy was your wing?Quote:
Originally Posted by glhs875
From memory, the Window is only 22 pounds and the metal hatch like 18 pounds. 3/16" Lexan cuts the window to 11 and gutting the hatch brings you between 10-14 pounds depending how crazy you get. Remove the seal and you save maybe 2-3 pounds.
That is savings of 17-22 pounds not including your wing.
Then after you do all that you start regretting it. Noise and wind problems (no seal) so you go back to the drawing board.
How is the back glass held in? With only a sealer?
So your saying that one could remove about 15lbs, not including the spoiler from the hatch, and still have it function normally!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ondonti
Yes. The trim piece around it is held in with screws, but it's the urethane which actually seals and holds it in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by glhs875
The black outer trim does a lot to hold the window, and the lower piece helps form your lexan. On the glass, it protects the edge. I lost mine when my window blew out somewhere in Eastern Oregon. There was still a piece of the window left inside the black trim. My next window I put some fasteners in the bottom and left the top held in by the trim.Quote:
Originally Posted by glhs875
Yes, I would avoid removing anything that has to do with the seal. Its not worth it. I went back and built something to act like a seal because of the problems and noise. The airflow through the top for example, helped blow out my rear window at speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by glhs875
Text me and I will shoot ya some pix 719-963-9208Quote:
Originally Posted by glhs875