br()bert

Unless you've never worked with fiberglass you know how easy it is to work with. I am in the process of making a sub box using the spare tire area and the glove compartment and i was thinking, Instead of tinting the hatch window so dark its usless why not make a fiberglass replacement? It would be extreamly lighter and if done right could look pretty cool.

Maybe on the inside you could mount a small monitor(sp?) connected to a small cam mounted in the rear bumper?

Am i nuts or what?

I want to go to the junk yard to get a hatch and try it out one day.

br()bert

no o's?

Z28guy83

do make a fiberglass hatch its that ugly *** targa back thing thats all fiberglass with a small plexi window

NEEDforSPEED

are you talking about a fiberglass window?
that look not so good, imo...
what Z28guy83 was talking about... just get one of thos....

br()bert

z28guy cant read very well, dumb bastard,lol Just kidding.
No i mean a full fiberglass replacment window so really their would be no window.
Whats the point in having a 100 + lb piece of glass thats tinted so dark you cant see out it anyway?
You could replace it with fiberglass and save all that weight. PLUS if you do it right it would look like deeply tinted glass.

Abubaca

iTrader: (3)

The logic make sense, but I'm not sure it'll look good, even if it's no more useless than the tinted glass. On one hand, I see your point, on the other, tinting is quicker and easier, why bother with the custom fab?

...I like the notchback, but that's not all that great for sound...

br()bert

I think people read this post and get the picture in their head of an unfinished snotty looking fiberglass window. Thats not the end result. In the end it would be smooth, and shine like glass. You could even paint it black and make it look like tinted glass.

So you could have the looks, sound and room of a regular hatch with the weight of a notch.

Yeah tining the window would be easier just like throwing a box with a sub in the rear well is easier than making a custom fiberglass box. But in the end i think the fiberglass work will look alot better.

Im gonna try to find a pic of something simular to what im talking about.

Z28guy83

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ighlight=wagon i think its ugly as hell and there is a conversion i saw once at a car show for a 78-82 corvette that was all fiberglass

br()bert

If that comes to your mind you must not have read this thread because i said
MORE than once, a fiberglass replacment for the window, i didnt say turn my car into a station wagon. So one more time for the slow people, A fiberglass replacment that would replace all the glass in your hatch with fiberglass. It would be the same shape as the glass thats in place now. NOT a station wagon conversion and NOT a notchback.

NO window at all , all fiberglass. IF i was gonna tint the window very dark then why have it when you could replace it with fiberglass and save a ton of weight was my point.

JeremyNYR

iTrader: (2)

First I'll start by stating that I completely understand what you are suggesting! haha. The first thing that comes to mind is that it would take forever and a day to get it to look perfect. I don't have experience working with fiberglass... would this really be a managable size and shape to make? Also, isn't there less benefit to reducing weight in the rear? It'll just make the tires spin that much easier. Finally, even a tinted window gives some visibility. Installing a camera for a rear view can give some challenges.

If you're good with fiberglass, are really dedicated to the idea, and plan out how to overcome any other difficulties along the way... I say go for it. it'd definately be original and one of a kind.

br()bert

Thanks and your right it probably would take along time to get it to look just right and would be a pita to handle the mold on your own.
Right now im going to work on the sub boxes,maybe this summer ill go get a smashed hatch and make it. Seems like no one has made one yet.

Orinackra

Would it be easier to make a hatch out of lexan? I heard that if you put enough heat to it, it will bend and you can mold it to your shape. Plus you would still retain your viewing area out back.

Speaking of which....would it even be legal to drive with that?

br()bert

I've never worked with lexan so i dont know.
Here in Philly anything directly to the left,right and front of the driver must not be tinted, anything behind him/her can be tinted as dark as you want. (i checked )


So if i made the fiberglass hatch window like i want to it would look like a very dark tinted window.

Also i think lexan would cost alot more. Fiberglass is fairly cheap.