RS door panels/ manual windows

[Brent 930]

How much weight have you guys seen going to the RS door panels and going to manual operated windows? It seems the doors are so heavy it's futile to try and lighten them up unless you really like the panels. I think going to a set of glass doors will save over 100 pounds alone but of course is very expensive to do.

Thanks

[Zeke]

You have a point. I just took all the innards out of one door and transferred them to another. The door panel itself is not much weight, it just doesn't cover the entire inside of the door. So, you need the pockets.

The glass and regulator are the heaviest components. I think a stripped steel door without the impact bar is pretty light. I had steel doors on my 914 and they were not heavy at all w/o all the junk.

This is on an early car. I assume the Turbo is similar.

[Tyson Schmidt]

I still have the electric windows in my car for that very reason. It's a nice convenience, and weighs very little more than a manual window.

The best weight savings in that regard is to swap out the early regulators for the later and lighter 3-arm regulators. The door panels do weigh less, but it's not much. They look much better though, and provide more elbow room for performance driving.

[Brent 930]

"The best weight savings in that regard is to swap out the early regulators for the later and lighter 3-arm regulators".

Tyson, what are regulators? I have an 83', which ones do I have?

Thanks

[Tyson Schmidt]

Your '83 has the newer 3-arm regulators. The regulators are the mechanical arms and mechanisms that actually raise and lower the window.

[Brent 930]

Thanks