Weight Reduction

Originally Posted by victorofhavoc With a full cage, your definition of "door" could be quite malleable, wigjiggy. All you need is a shape/contour, a hinge, and a "lock". This could

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12-26-2020, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by victorofhavoc

With a full cage, your definition of "door" could be quite malleable, wigjiggy. All you need is a shape/contour, a hinge, and a "lock". This could be just a two layer carbon or Kevlar laminate and weigh 3-4 lbs or less. The locking and hinge mechanisms don't even need to be structural so you could shave some grams there...

I’ve also seen guys cut a LOT of the interior structure out since the cage is now there to support it. I’m a little leery of that.

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