hi was wondering if anyone on the board has actually purchased carbone fiber doors, i already have the hood, trunk, spoiler in carbone and was wondering how the doors would be on the sc

 

it's a lot of money. seriously... lots of cash man. I think there's one out of dry carbon.

 

yeah i know its 2900$ i mean its great for the wieght loss but is it safe ? that im not sure about

 

its just as safe as the metal doors because the metal is super thin anyways and its the brace inside of the door that will protect you, if you get into an accident hope fully you will never experience that though

 

Did you think about the carbon fibre splinters?

 

Dry carbon fiber doors made by Vertex are very strong. Dry carbon in general is lighter and much more stronger than normal carbon fiber. Dry carbon fiber doesn't splinter either. But if you are to get them I suggest that you get some chassis bars. I'm not too sure what happens to all your motors and such though for the window and mirrors.... Check the T&E site.

 

I wouldnt recommend CF doors if you drive your SC daily and definately get some rollcages if you do decide to get the doors. It would be pimp.

 

sorry for my ignorance but whats splinters?

 

my distributor told me its made by siebon or maybe his wrong dunno

 

I dunno where you get your prices or info....

Vertex Dry Carbon Doors - $4000 or so PER DOOR

Seibon....dry carbon....bwahahahahaha, they need to learn how to lay wet carbon before they step into the next level.

 

Carbon fiber doors...christ, what's next? Carbon fiber mufflers?

 

carbon fiber is less weight if i had the money and wanted to make my sc real lite i would think about it carbon fiber isnt just to look cool like all those ricers with the fake carbon fiber all over there cars it serves a purpose

 

The weight lost by using these dry carbon doors improves your power/weight ratio, not to mention the benefits of the weight reduction...if I had the extra cash, these would be on my car already.

ignorance kills...

 

Yeah, ignorance... you got me there. I've been wrenching on cars for almost 12 years, so I know a little thing or two about power to weight ratio, chief. So you're willing to spend however many thousands on these doors to save how much weight? Any hard figures here? 100lbs? Wow, that'll net ya about .1 et in the 1/4 or the equivalent of ~10hp. Great economics there. What about the labor of swapping out the door internals and hoping everything mates up and fits? You want schooling on carbon fiber weight savings? Check this out
http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=660756

Sorry, but I need more metal than just the horizontal reinforcements between me and whatever runs into my door.

 

I see your point, but some of us are not trying to lose weight to go faster in a straight line, we want a light, better handling car, i know people would say "then go buy a 240" but i dont like 240's.
I think our doors weigh more than 100lbs each, even if they are, 200lbs is a lot of weigh to take off from a car.