Lightweight 5th Gen panels

jasonxr2racer · Post by **jasonxr2racer** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:40 pm

I'm looking at making my racecar a bit lighter for next year

Is there anywhere that does lightweight bonnets, bootlids etc or does anyone have any for sale?

Failing that I'll just have to remove inner skin of bootlid along with parcel shelf etc.

I'm fitting a lowline GRP WTCC boot spoiler next year

Cheers

Post by **ek9sid** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:15 pm

There's a company called fibreworx who do carbon and fibreglass panels. They need the original panels to make a mold from and then they can do them for you.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:15 pm

will be bloody expensive though carbon bonnet is the lightest thing you can get fibreglass ones are heavier i have both so i know you can get carbon bootlids from the states and fibreglass front wings and you can always drill holes in stuff to lighten the car have you read rich's 4g race car thread

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:46 am

jasonxr2racer wrote:Failing that I'll just have to remove inner skin of bootlid...

... I'm fitting a lowline GRP WTCC boot spoiler next year

Slight side step... Will you be reinforcing again where the wing mounts?

jasonxr2racer · Post by **jasonxr2racer** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 7:45 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:
jasonxr2racer wrote:Failing that I'll just have to remove inner skin of bootlid...

... I'm fitting a lowline GRP WTCC boot spoiler next year
Slight side step... Will you be reinforcing again where the wing mounts?

Removing the big wing in favour of a WTCC spec low level wing

jasonxr2racer · Post by **jasonxr2racer** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 7:46 pm

mercutio wrote:will be bloody expensive though carbon bonnet is the lightest thing you can get fibreglass ones are heavier i have both so i know you can get carbon bootlids from the states and fibreglass front wings and you can always drill holes in stuff to lighten the car have you read rich's 4g race car thread

I've already gutted the bonnet so its virtually a skin.

Boot lid will also be gutted to virtually a skin if i cant get a lightweight one at a reasonable price

Then I can also cut out the parcel shelf

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:15 am

jasonxr2racer wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote:
jasonxr2racer wrote:Failing that I'll just have to remove inner skin of bootlid...

... I'm fitting a lowline GRP WTCC boot spoiler next year
Slight side step... Will you be reinforcing again where the wing mounts?
Removing the big wing in favour of a WTCC spec low level wing

I meant if you strip the boot lid of all of its structure it then won't be strong enough to mount a wing to, so would you be reinforcing it again?