Quick Release Hatch
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Burning Brakes
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From: Shepherdsville Kentucky
Quick Release Hatch
Has anyone ever considered/built/seen a quick release hatch for the C4?
I rarely go out in bad weather and often leave the targa top behind. I could potentially go all summer long with neither one.
I rarely go out in bad weather and often leave the targa top behind. I could potentially go all summer long with neither one.
Burning Brakes
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I have never heard of one. Thats doesnt mean there isnt one.
I think the problem is, the C 4 design, the Targa top is a structual memeber.
It is actually needed to stiffen the struture. Story is the C 4 was to have a T bar set up like the C 3, and at the last minute, a high up GM offical wanted the entire roof to come off. To compromise, the engineers had to go bolt on, with a stiff metal frame, to keep the structure from shaking. Which it does anyway, but, it is much worse when the top is off. Try going over Rail Road tracks, boy does it twist.
I think the problem is, the C 4 design, the Targa top is a structual memeber.
It is actually needed to stiffen the struture. Story is the C 4 was to have a T bar set up like the C 3, and at the last minute, a high up GM offical wanted the entire roof to come off. To compromise, the engineers had to go bolt on, with a stiff metal frame, to keep the structure from shaking. Which it does anyway, but, it is much worse when the top is off. Try going over Rail Road tracks, boy does it twist.
Melting Slicks
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From: West Chester PA
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Sure you don't mean a quick release product for the rear hatch, not the targa roof?
If so, they work fine, raises the hatch about 2 inches, less wind turbulence in cabin.
If so, they work fine, raises the hatch about 2 inches, less wind turbulence in cabin.
Safety Car
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so the rear was like a pickup bed with a cover or a vert with a rollbar ; say a Vet-Camino
FWIW ,
I consider the stock hatch too heavy/bulky to be removing on a regular (quick release ) basis , unless you have an aftermarket plexi glass one
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Shepherdsville Kentucky
I'll poke around and see what's out there. I was thinking more along the lines of nothing at all and just putting a replacement third brake light up.
The hatch does have some heft to it (all the better reason to remove it!). I'd likely remove it for summer and not put it back.
The hatch does have some heft to it (all the better reason to remove it!). I'd likely remove it for summer and not put it back.
