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fiberglass bits.eg bonnets doors can you buy them would you buy them

Yes, from somewhere in QLD
No, I wouldn't, to me, nothing says 1970's cheesy like glass. I spend too much time on resting on my panels to have the crack/splinter, but that's just my opinion.

Steve.

I'd never go glass but kevlar could work. You can pound on that pretty hard. Used to run kevlar reinforced hulls on the jetskis in rapids and the kevlar engine covers we made could take being centre punched when racing without issue.

try these guys i know they do suzi stuff

Reckon you'll find ozeast are mostly into cruiser 40 series gear... they do a jeep kit that'll fit onto a sierra chassis... with varying degrees of success..


Spock

btw, used to be a mob in kiwiland... search should find em, but i believe they sold moulds and closed doors.

Pinball wrote: btw, used to be a mob in kiwiland... search should find em, but i believe they sold moulds and closed doors.

Still going I think

http://www.4wdfiberglass.com/

The important question is how much weight would you actually save?

In the Sierra it would cost $2250NZD = $2000AUD plus postage
to replace the doors, windscreen surround, bonnet, and front fenders...
How much weight would this translate to???

generally speaking... glass doesn't save much weight... carbon fibre on the other hand... which i believe the kiwis also used to offer...

Spock

my son is a fibreglasser by trade he is thinking of making vacumed glass wich is almost as strong as carbonfibre but needs moulds

sorry about the spelling

I believe there is a demand for windscreen frames but as for other panels I doubt it would be worth the time and $$$ involved in making molds and then fibreglass/kevlar panels, doors and guards. They would be lighter (slightly) than steel but would be much more easily damaged. If you made them with Kevlar they would be more expensive than new Suzuki. What about stamping them out of aluminium???

1/2 doors and windscreen frames.

also rear doors maybe for people that dont have the tyre on there with plastic window can save about 20kg at least on a hardtop with rear door.

'Bikini' style roof would be nice
Something like the bit in the front of the pic below

fool_injected wrote:'Bikini' style roof would be nice
Something like the bit in the front of the pic below

IS there a demand for the front roof section in glass? I'll copy mine if there is. I am making fibreglass bonnets for Falcon anyway! Whole roof same as pictured is only $350 (pre-loved)on Ebay.

There would be substantial demand for a front roof section in glass I think, but if you are making moulds, the roof to work with would be the factory optional roof - it is by far the best looking and neatest produced. Most of the others are bulky and overhang the front of the windsreen frame a little.

Steve.

Gwagensteve wrote:There would be substantial demand for a front roof section in glass I think, but if you are making moulds, the roof to work with would be the factory optional roof - it is by far the best looking and neatest produced. Most of the others are bulky and overhang the front of the windsreen frame a little.

Steve.

like this..................

does that go all the way down to the bonnet ? its a roller for the top of a car..

no , its just a factory fibreglass roof section !
(and a yellow screen surround !!)

but they sit flush with the top of the screen frame , no overhang at all !!!

What about something similar to the Maruti backs? ideal for ute conversions.

These are betterer:



Glass top and this style back are the go. Try finding it though

anyone got any info on these ? that would look real good.

=SKB= wrote:These are betterer:



Glass top and this style back are the go. Try finding it though

Does anyone have any more info/pics on these things?


I would love one (slightly modified to suit my lwb) if they can be made.






I reckon if someone started making maruti walls, and had theyre prices right, they would get a hell of a lot of business. Mainly because they are so rare and popular.

That rear section lid looks like its copied off the bonnet and guard tops. Shouldn't be too hard to make but not worth doing for only one or two. Would have to make minimum 10 to be worthwhile. If I made 10, cost would be about $500-$700 each plus the sliding or fixed window.

midnight wrote:

=SKB= wrote:These are betterer:



Glass top and this style back are the go. Try finding it though

Does anyone have any more info/pics on these things?

These were pretty common in the US when the sierras were new. Personally, I don't think they are a good idea -

The tailgate seals badly on sierras and the load area is very shallow so I reckon that this would make the car pretty useless.


Steve.

Maybe this is where Suzuki got the idea for the ...... X90.

No need for functionality. Looking good is all that matters






Here's one for those that need the storage space:

wouldnt want to stand in the back of the camper.

the bonnet back looks a bit like a lada ute thing.

=SKB= wrote:No need for functionality. Looking good is all that matters

Thats all I want it for. I wont be taking my zuk camping, it will only have to hold a recovery kit, spare, jack, and other misc stuff. Its a comp toy. And I just want to be different anyways.

Hey =SKB=. Where did you get those photos of the 2 SWB zuks from?