For those who have carbon fiber hatch / trunk...
 

So I recently got a Seibon carbon fiber hatch for my teg, it has real glasses on it with a 3rd brake light, but i ran into few questions/problems.

1. the mounting hole for the shocks on the hatch is too small for the stock shock to bolt on, do i just drill the hole bigger or?

2. the pressure of the shock for stock hatch, would it be too strong / too much pressure for the carbon fiber hatch?

3. the truck light on the dash is now always on, no matter how hard i close the hatch... is this because the hatch is just no heavy enough to trigger off the sensor? what should i do?

4. is the connector for the third brake light different from the one from a stock wing? do i just take the connector off and splice it to make the third brake light work?

thanks for all your help HT! :thumbup:

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anyone?

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i wouldnt drill any holesbigger yet.
the stock shocks have to be too strong.
for the trunk light, you might have to just adjust it. it should have nothing to do with weight .
I dont know if the connectos are different, but if they are just cut and splice.

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so what should i do if i don't drill the holes bigger? is there a different shocks i can buy that's made for carbon fiber hatch? because now i have to get a stick to hold up the trunk if i need to work on my car in the cargo area is annoying.

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Have you tried calling the vendor/manufacturer? Thats who I would ask.

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+1, contact manufacturer (Seibon) for fitment issues.

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that will be my last option, but until then... bump!

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The connector for the stock third brake light is the same for the stock wing. I am not sure if your third brake light housing is the same as the stock one or not so it might have some issues

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I would think it would be the same too....... i need to get the wing back from the shop, i guess they didn't want to deal with cutting it off and splicing it on or something.... :thud:

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i really can't just drill the holes bigger?

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Sure, it won't hurt anything. Just put tape around so u don't damage anything.

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isnt there two holes on each side? i bought a vis and there is one hole thats hella small. then about 5" above that one there is the correct fit size

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Why would that be your last option, I would think calling the people who make and deal with these for a living would be first on my list.

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This is what I was thinking.

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I have a VIS carbon trunk on my DB7 and the trunk flies open very quickly when I pull the trunk lever. I solved this by mounting an ITR wing on it. I had similar issues with the trunk light on the instrument cluster staying on when the trunk was closed all the way. I was able to solve this by moving the latch on the trunk higher just a few millimeters. Hope this helps.

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I do believe there is two holes on each side, I will check it out tomorrow when I get a chance to.

when you said moving the latch higher, do you mean putting more padding behind the metal latch so that it will trigger off the sensor? I took off my stock latch because it was longer than the one came with the carbon hatch. It was able to trigger off the light on the cluster and the trunk light, but it had A LOT of play meaning the trunk will be loose.... any idea how that could be fixed?

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the smaller hole i dont know what theyd use it for but there is a bigger hole that should bolt to your shocks but it makes your trunk raise higher, mine opens hella fast too. just keep one hand on the top and beware when you ask someone to open it that they will prolly get a busted nose haha

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im looking for a cf trunk too is it a big hassle to install and how much did u pik yours up for?

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so the two holes are the same size for seibon which means i can't mount the shocks...

and i've been calling seibon all day long today and it just kept telling me all reps are currently busy, either leave a voice mail or press one to wait, I pressed one like so many times and in the spam of over 20 mins, still, no service..... and that's why calling them is my last resort.....

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bump for a solution :scared:

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so i finally get to talk to a rep from seibon, they were not much help... the guy told me to just file the holes a little bigger and keep twisting the bolts in then it should fit...

and about the sensor.... he just told me it is highly recommended to have it installed professionally... well i did.... and he just told me to take it back to the shop and they should be able to take care of it....... wtf?

somebody help....

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try the type R forum ive seen alot of guys with cf trunks on their Rs

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I would say carefully drill holes. But as was said before tape the area and drill little by little. Don't just go at it with a hole saw.

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did you weigh both? how much lighter is one of these? would be nice if they used thinner rear glass