panic

among other mods (new lexan windshield, new full black interior and matte black t-top frames) i'm fixing a new stingray scoop on my high rise hood...the hood new color will be matte black (instead of white) and i thought that maybe painting the scoop in another color would look cool...or a full matte black paint will do better?

curtis74

Panic,

That's going to look sweet!

Ganey

Sounds good. Red & black are great together.

68 NJConv 454

matt black with maybe some dark red pin striping or edging to match the body.

panic

sounds good...maybe a dark red or blue edging on matte black will look a good addition

MYBAD79

Great idea - looks good so far

this makes me want to cut my hood again....

GrandSportC3

Did you weight the old winshield and the lexan windshield?

If you did, how much weight did you save?

Durango_Boy

Looks great Panic. I can't wait for more videos of you driving so I can see what it looks like looking over that scoop.

panic

well, i'm a bit shorty:o hope i'll see over it anyway

panic

i will put both on the scale and will post both weights as soon as i can...the speedglass is very lightweight though, the oem windshield is pretty heavy but not as heavy as i supposed it was...will post real figures anyway

panic

MYBAD, i'm getting addicted to 'cut' things from my vette...this morning i cut fully the inside of the doors...the steel that covers it and a kind of heavy and useless steel 'defense' that was 'sticked' with a kind of heavy glue to the inner of the FG door shell...this steel defense was totally useless and on my opinion also pretty dangerous because in case of a side impact from another vehicle this steel bar would come streight inside the car transforming itself fm a defence to an offence...
have a look at the empty door...there was about 25 lbs of useless steel (each door) that is in the garbage basket now...

Durango_Boy

Wow...that's a lot of weight just in those panels.

GrandSportC3

68 NJConv 454

I agree that those metal door skins weight a good amount but in a side impact those metal skins will save your life. They will absorb most of the energy of an incoming threat. You may think the metal will form to the impact and restrict your movement to exit the vehicle after impact but I'd be willing to bet that without those metal skins your body won't be doing much moving anyway.
You do have a rollcage setup right? with a cross shaft going across the door? Hopfully that protects you. Drive safe!