Polycarb Rear Window GB 2011\. + Weight reduction discussion
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Cool idea guys, but its the front end i want to lighten, as it is easy to take weight out the back of these cars.. It was built with a 65 - 35 weight dist, but i reckon stripping it may have upset this a little, as only all the air con parts and front fogs have come off the front end of mine….
Rear hatch combined with fibre glass bonnet??
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Moving the battery to the rear can improve balance by 1%.
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@895fdfa62a=Garfy1981:
Wont have heater lines in as it wouldnt do the screen any favours.
Well the main point is for racing and reducing weight… so no rear wiper and extra heater stuff are not necessary...
I wouldn't recommend going this route on a daily driver! (that's why I have 2 mx-3's lol)
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dang I totally forgot to post up when I got my CF/Lexan hatch done back in April :oops: !
Here are the pics of the trimming of the lexan (I used a dremel to save a bunch of money by trimming it myself) half way down this page: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=59560&start=270
check out the finished pics half way down this page: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=59559&start=180
I'm not sure how you guys will turn out but if it's anything like mine you will be thoroughly satisfied! 8)
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Received email today:
HI Gareth
Moulds done and we are ready to roll with them… Cost wise a 4mm Clear polycarbonate screen will be around £195.00 + VAT
And just to put the rumour right - there nothing like any porsche screen ive ever seen , but its no problem as we have done the mould and patterns now anyway
Regards
Paul Davenport
Plastics 4 Performance
Unit 5 Belmont Works
Egerton Road
Belmont
Bolton
Lancashire
BL7 8BNUK Telephone / fax 01204 811 277
International Telephone / fax +44 1204 811 277
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So far list;
Garfy1981
Jay mx3
Rob 1xr
Marco
Gulf
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well seems as tho we have 5 so i will email now for discount. :)
there are optional extras taken from there site rough costs are;
bronze polycarb finish + £20.00 est
grey polycarb finish + £20 est
clear hardcoated polycarb +£120.00 :shock:
black border finish + £20.00 est
screen adhesive + £12.99also think wiper is mounted through glass is'nt it ?, so need to know if anyone wants hole re drilled for wiper.
Personally i wouldnt as wiper will risk scratching if blade fails or grit gets stuck in blade.
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any pics yet?
In the USA, we opted to not have a hole for the wiper. Since we are using the CF hatches we had made, we only use the lexan ones for racing. Also with trying to reduce as much weight as possible, we removed the wiring, plastic and 3rd brake light as well. When I'm not racing I put the normal hatch back on that has the wiper.
I looked into getting a coating/tinting done to mine but it was going to cost more than the plastic + molding! Instead, I bought some polycarbonate cleaner that I have been really happy with (it's called 'Plexus'). I've only had the hatch on just a few times last year so it hasn't seen much weather but it's holding up wonderfully.
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I dont want to be a killjoy, but you guys are aware polcarbonate scratches pretty easily, acrylic is more scratch resistant and it probably what they are calling a scratch guard is a laminated piece of acrylic ontop of the polycarbonate, which would increase the weight to maybe what the glass is.
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Yes you will need to be careful, but the guys that are buying pretty much don't use the mx as a daily driver. You will just need to look after it, mooneggs has confirmed that it is not as bad as you d expect and in his opinion it wasn't worth paying the extra for scratch guard.
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ah fair enough then, I was thinking daily driver.
As you were. :)
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so whats the standard weight of an V6 mx3? Is the KLZE heavier than the K8? Also had crappy rover wheels on car as they were the road going tyres I had, they are about twice the weight of standard V6 ones. I thought 1040 was quite a respectable weight to be honest
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Kerb weight of a bone stock, pre-airbag model is supposed to be 1,100kg/2,424lb
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KLZE is like a few kg heavier. Which would probably be completely offset with stainless headers.
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@b73a23536a=Famine:
Kerb weight of a bone stock, pre-airbag model is supposed to be 1,100kg/2,424lb
So 60kg loss with rear seats, door cards, carpet and fog lights removed, thought it would have been a bit more, be interesting to know other members vehicle weights
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well i know the sunroof weighs around 10kg and that a fibreglass door is 20kg lighter than a skinned door minus glass
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BUMP!! Is eveyone ready to group buy?? :wink:
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i now this may be a daft question but do they do side windows too?
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Well they could do mate, but in honesty i had a conversation with mx6 track day champ in dublin and he rekoned the weight saved is little and its very annoying when you winde window and it scratches, unless you went for a fixed window with slide vents.
I think ££ per weight saved wouldnt make it while, better leaving it til last and spending money on some ultralight wheels or something.
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@ebe75423e0=Garfy1981:
Well they could do mate, but in honesty i had a conversation with mx6 track day champ in dublin and he rekoned the weight saved is little and its very annoying when you winde window and it scratches, unless you went for a fixed window with slide vents.
I think ££ per weight saved wouldnt make it while, better leaving it til last and spending money on some ultralight wheels or something.i was thinking of fixed screens and removing all the window motors.
i think your right ill wait till its all done an then think about it thanks.
