track door cards

[Portlandareae28]

Howdy,

I am cross posting this here, I have an A4 not an S4, but this question is getting NO traction or responses in the A4 forum and since our doors are the same, maybe someone here has seen something.


Anyone seen anyhting like these for a B5? I am thinking more RS AMERICA / GT4 than full blown plastic with sheet metal screws.. But would love to see anything done homemade or otherwise.

https://www.trackcardoorcards.co.uk/...full-door-card

[wbrunner23]

no personal experience, but the only thought I have on that is that the stock cards are pretty light.

You could save weight by removing the speakers and replacing the door handles with pulls, but I don't know how much weight that would yield...a couple lbs per door???

If you are going for looks, that's a different story I guess, but making molds for carbon would be very time & $ intensive vs just going the plastic and sheet metal screws route...

[james 408]

bolting lexan windows and removing door cards would save quite a bit. empty shell or plastic sheeting is an option. don't think i've ever seen a track car with nice door cards.

it wouldn't be hard to hand-lay some carbon, just use some foam on a removed doorskin. but... not sure why you would.

[Mirror70]

Something flat like what's linked is actually not difficult to DIY. You buy premade sheets from a place like Diamond Plate, tape them to the inside of the door, trace the outline with a marker, then cut. For the best fit in a concave door, trace a coarse outline and do a rough cut of it, then attach it, then trace the outline while it's installed and do a precise cut on that.

Something that is contoured would be significantly more difficult to make and truly not worth the effort.

That said, I'd second what wbrunner said. Just remove the speakers if you want to save weight but don't want the look of a stripped interior. The door card itself weighs almost nothing - I'd be surprised if they're even 2lbs each. If I were in your position, I'd either remove it entirely and embrace the #becauseracecar look, or I'd remove the speakers (leave the grills in place) but leave the rest.

If you want to go nuts, you could also buy a set of Euro manual crank windows & matching interior parts. Probably save 10 more lbs that way plus the windows still work when needed.

[Portlandareae28]

thank you guys for the feedback!!!


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[Portlandareae28]

If you want to go nuts, you could also buy a set of Euro manual crank windows & matching interior parts. Probably save 10 more lbs that way plus the windows still work when needed.[/QUOTE]

any ideas on where to source these parts? I am fairly new to the B5, are there importers, or known euro companies that help with this kind of thing?


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