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Originally Posted by okusa
Thanks Alex!
It has been a bit of an adventure dealing with HGK. Though their responsiveness is generally acceptable, the order ending up taking over a month longer than promised. Why? It turns out that though they (previously) advertised carbon doors, they had never actually made a set! So, they must have tried and failed on the first go around and then made a second set. However, they uses their fiberglass mold for my set and could not get the finish right. My guess is that they tried to duplicate their fiberglass wet layup process rather than a dry method and then realized they could not hide the finish imperfections on a carbon product like they could with fiberglass. So, I am looking into options for cleaning up the door finish.
Apart from the finish, the door design and build quality is actually quite nice and the doors are shockingly light. They even used a kevlar inner layer for extra strength which was a nice surprise. The fitment (same for M and non-M) is decent for race parts, but not great. The right side is quite good but the left side requires a lot of tweaking, though I am confident they will fit properly when finished.
I also ordered P4P glass and it will absolutely work with these doors.
Hope that helps.
Owen
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Thanks for the insight, Owen.
Couple follow-up questions:
1) What do you do about the mirrors and door handles mounting? I don't see those sections cutout.
2) Do you need to run any weather-stripping / rubber door trim?
3) Can you also share some photos of what the inner door cards look like? Are you running the stock interior door cards, or does HGK make a carbon door card for the E90 interior?
Thanks Owen,
Alex