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Carbon Hatch


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Hi Guys,

 

I'm pretty new to the site and have just stumbled across these 'Tunnel Hatches' on a 'Z stuff' google hunting session. I haven't seen them before, but wondered what everyone's thoughts are. I reckon they look pretty naughty, but would probably get it colour coded to be honest B)

 

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This one is from Strosek and is 5000 and a bit Euros. However, VIS (USA) also do one (Strosek replica) for about $850 - i'd expect the delivery costs to be a bit steep though. :thumbdown:

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Just a word of warning: replica 'carbon' parts are very often a single layer of carbon with tons of fibreglass reinforcement instead of more carbon. This makes them not much lighter than the standard body parts, and as you were going to paint it anyway, you'd potentially be spending a lot of money to save like 10kg and have it look exactly like the stock hatch. I'm not saying you need to spend $5000 to get a real carbon one, but the really cheap ones are cheap for a reason :thumbs:

 

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Just a word of warning: replica 'carbon' parts are very often a single layer of carbon with tons of fibreglass reinforcement instead of more carbon. This makes them not much lighter than the standard body parts, and as you were going to paint it anyway, you'd potentially be spending a lot of money to save like 10kg and have it look exactly like the stock hatch. I'm not saying you need to spend $5000 to get a real carbon one, but the really cheap ones are cheap for a reason :thumbs:

 

DB

 

 

you might want to look again ;) it doesnt look like a stock hatch ;)

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Just a word of warning: replica 'carbon' parts are very often a single layer of carbon with tons of fibreglass reinforcement instead of more carbon. This makes them not much lighter than the standard body parts, and as you were going to paint it anyway, you'd potentially be spending a lot of money to save like 10kg and have it look exactly like the stock hatch. I'm not saying you need to spend $5000 to get a real carbon one, but the really cheap ones are cheap for a reason :thumbs:

 

DB

 

 

you might want to look again ;) it doesnt look like a stock hatch ;)

 

:scare: How did I miss that, lol. Actually makes perfect sense to do that to the window, as even plastic windows aren't light, or cheap.

 

DB

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I've been looking at these on and off for a while - really like the look of them.

 

Most of the rear window on the zed is useless anyway - so may as well do away with the weight :p

 

 

That's exactly what I thought - save some weight by losing the glass, and stand out from the crowd a bit too B) Pity nobody makes them in the UK...

 

I was going to email Andysautosport.com over in the US to see what the shipping would cost, but then I remembered they never bothered to reply to my last email which also related to shipping to the UK .... :thumbdown:

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