Anyone know off hand how much a 2 door hatch weighs with and with out glass? I tried search because I know I've read it on here before but I couldn't find it....Thanx!
Anyone know off hand how much a 2 door hatch weighs with and with out glass? I tried search because I know I've read it on here before but I couldn't find it....Thanx!
Alot, and not as much...
Curious myself, I've had to lift a non-sprung hatch and would guess it to be close to, if not more than 100lb, a big part of that would be the glass, exactly how much, I dunno, but maybe 30-40%?
Been awhile since I did that, and maybe I just didn't eat my Wheaties that day, but it seemed like a great place to loose some significant weight!
Mike
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I'm debating on whether to just change out the glass to Lexan, or change the the whole hatch/glass to a pin on fiberglass unit. Fiberglass hatch only weighs 8 lbs.. It would look much neater to just change out the glass....more factory look. But if the hatch weighs 40 lbs....I would be tempted to change it out both...
70.4 lbs according to my bathroom scale
Is this a track only car or daily driver
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If that's the case then I would go fiberglass and lexan. when I did that in my 86 Daytona, it ended up saving me around 72 pounds. the old hatch, struts, brackets, Etc was 85 lbs. the new fiberglass hatch was 5 lbs, lexan was 5 lbs, brackets and screws for another 3 lbs, totaling 13lbs.
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Do you already have a fiberglass Hood?
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Nice!
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I know i would love the weight savings! Especially if track only.
I'd like to shed more off the van!
Wayne H.
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Hatch with spoiler with out glass was 38 on my bathroom scale
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