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Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2669 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

So I just arrived at school today when a classmate came in and informed me that the wind had knocked a branch down right through my back hatch !! Glass everywhere.So I made a few enquiries and found out that the local import wreckers want $650-$950 for a new hatch depending on condition !! I have an appointment with an insurance adjuster tonight and if that's the value they say then would I be better off taking the buyout and getting a lexan one from GT Racing ? Has anyone actually gone this route? I'm just wondering if bonding the frame to the plastic will be a nightmare.Any thoughts from people who've either done this or heard about it being done please let me know.Dumb tree.
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tj924 · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

Pull the hatch off & stick a tarp over the back to waterproof it, then drive down to the US & install one of the ones from a board member that has 5 or 6 sitting around in the shed. Then drive it back

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Khal · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:42 am Post subject:

That might be a cold drive... it's probably -4F in the Northern U.S. at the moment!
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bass gt · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:44 am Post subject:

As i have plastic on the race car, i may be able to help out here. DON'T!!!!
Nothing wrong with plastic, except it clouds over or goes murky if you will. Even when fitted to a frame as mmine is, the hatch probably wont seal. Mine has inch wide gaps where it bends down to meet the rear arch by the B pillar. It will mist over and it rattles like a bi%^$ch!!
Other than that, good as gold!!

Seriously, there must be a ton of guys there in the US who have a spare hatch or ten lying around.
I see your future, and it includes a trip south of the border, armed with the requisite tools and a few of them yankee $$$'s
Good Luck

Regards,

Steve

StienbargerR · Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 1362 Location: Richmond, IN

pm My924GTC. I think he might have a few that you could buy from him. Sure is a shame that happened. At least it wasnt some mean a-hole who broke it.

Ryan

Andrew NZ · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 744 Location: New Zealand

Tigger937 · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:

I re-attached the glass to the frame on mine 2 years ago. Wasn't too bad. Requires the correct glue and primer though...................very special stuff. 3M makes it. You can get the part numbers in a separate post of mine. As far as plastic, I think you're in another world there. The 3M stuff I used was specifically for attaching glass to a metal frame so I thnk you would need different stuff for plastic. Good luck.
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Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2669 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

Seems like the predominant vote says buy a new glass one.Now I just need to find one....
Thanks for the input guys I appreciate it.
Khal funny you should say -4,that's exactly what our predicted low for the next couple of days is supposed to be.

-4 + 13 psi =

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2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
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geddes66 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 129 Location: Bakersfield CA

I know of a 944 hatch for about 150. It has the big spoiler and it has some issues where the main part joins the side part but it is goo otherwise. The issue is getting it to you. eh?
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My924gtc · Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1362 Location: 248

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PORSCHEV · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:53 am Post subject:

Why would he go back on a bus OR a plane???? I am sure his car is plenty fast enough to make it back home!

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My924gtc · Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1362 Location: 248

...stalker

Back on topic... lexan = race car / glass = street car (for all sorts of reasons)

John Brown · Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 903 Location: Leesburg VA

Ditto. Have both. I'm even skeptical about the lexan for a race car!
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Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2669 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

I could use a vacation and a nice drive back east would be lovely buy i've too many teeth to be seen in Michigan.Also I wear shoes,and haven't dated a first cousin in ages ! (Just kidding MI.

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So thanks anyways Mark but i'll pass.
BTW,got those dyno #'s yet ?
Sequential I run it a little rich anyways so the cooler air just brings it to the middle of stoich on the a/f.It would suck if I lived anywhere it got REALLY cold because i'd constantly be adjusting the mixture.

I contacted Mikri184 but he told me to look elsewhere.Seems alot of money to pass up to spite the face as it were.C'est la vie.Sad though,because the last 944 hatch the insurance company bought from a local wrecker they paid $995 for !!!! I just about had a coronary when I heard that,it's more than Tim wants for his whole car.
But the good news is that if they can't find a good used one I may be
getting one from Porsche,provided they still make them that is.
Who knows,gotta go see the glass shop now then to the waterjet cutters then to school and on......
Oh and to all the female members of the board-Happy Valentines Day !

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1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140