Lightweight Camaro Hatch ?

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Mar 20, 2010 | 10:10 AM

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fucter

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here is a picture of our rear lexan installed. I can also get the front lexan drop-ins.

me likey (i was expecting to see rivets)

Mar 21, 2010 | 12:30 AM

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robsquikz28

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Ya the hatch is not heavy, its the GLAss that really weighs a lot. SO just get some lexan and call it the day.

Mar 22, 2010 | 07:53 AM

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me likey (i was expecting to see rivets)

glued in just like factory glass. Any glass man can install it.

Mar 22, 2010 | 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mad_steve

here is a picture of our rear lexan installed. I can also get the front lexan drop-ins.

is that my old car steve?

Mar 22, 2010 | 01:02 PM

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is that my old car steve?

Yessir.

Mar 22, 2010 | 01:58 PM

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heres mine, thats not glass. go to the dealer get a new gasket. looks great. glass doctor and 75bucks thats the deal

that looks very good! through some tint on it and no one would know the difference

Mar 23, 2010 | 02:32 AM

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If you pull the interior panels off of the hatch too you will see that many of the areas are double walled. By that I mean looking from the inside of the car outwards you can see some areas that are SMC, space, and then the SMC on the outside of the car. I drew lines on those areas and plan on cutting them out. It may only save a lb, but every little bit helps and you can just stick the panels back on so no one will be able to tell.

Mar 23, 2010 | 06:53 AM

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that looks very good! through some tint on it and no one would know the difference

i got the speed glass from madman. clear!! better than glasss. VHT makes spray tint for tail lights. u can tint it with that. use light coats 3 to 4 coats will do it. one can 8 bucks !

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Mar 23, 2010 | 07:00 AM

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I bought mine that already had the blackout around the edge with the tint, it's not that dark, but by the rules you're not supposed to have tinted glass... so I was gonna leave it.

Last thing I want is some asshat at a race that I beat in a round complain to tech that I have illegal tint on the car, make an issue then find myself getting DQ'd for the dumbest reason you can possibly find.

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