What part of you has been canceled for 10 years. LOL

MoparX, no sweat man. I have also forgotten what I have done over the years and wonder if I ever even posted them on here.
Saving some of the good stuff for print I guess. LOL.
Thank God for my thorough notes over the years since 1989 or else I'd be deleting the car into oblivion. LOL. Happy to help.
Still waiting for a still moment in my crazed and dazed life to roll it on the scales. Stay tuned somehow. LOL.

I have not posted in a while but thought I was going to have something for the weight loss guys here! I purchased a pair of billet aluminum door strikers for my GTX. When I went to the post office and picked up the box I knew I had a problem by how heavy it was. I brought them home and weighed a pair of my extra oem strikers at 1lb 4.3 ounces. Then I placed the new billet strikers on the scale and I went in the wrong direction as they weighed 1lb 7.2 ounces. OUCH! I contacted the seller and explained they were billet but billet steel not aluminum! He wasn't convinced until I sent him a picture with a magnet stuck to the bag with the strikers! I had seen where someone made some of these in the past and was hoping this was them! So back to the weight loss drawing board!
MJ

I handmade mine out of 7075 billet Aluminum.
Hard work it was and mega light they were as well. I posted them before, but I don't remember which page going back.
The trick with them is to make sure the striker teeth are in the right orientation so as to grab the door rooster wheel correctly and lock.

IIRC, both DVW and his Son got to see and hold 'em. We were all laughing.

We need whoever made these billet steel ones to run a batch of billet aluminum ones for the weight loss guys. Someone already has the cnc program set up somewhere?
MJ

A guy in Michigan had promised to make a few sets for me and never put them on the cnc, so after haunting him for over a year, I made my own by hand. Hard work, but they came out cool.
I would spring for a pair of billet aluminum cnc strikers as an extra set to have in storage if they became a reality.

Here you go. Top one is the stock cast steel unit and the handmade one on the bottom is T-7075 aluminum. Not sure as of now because I am not next to my notes, but it was a very nice savings of weight. The stockers are no more than a pound or so.

Like I said though, I'd buy a pair or two of billet machined ALUMINUM strikers if someone could put it into their existing cnc program.

Tony's parts sells reproductions of these but I can't tell from the website if they are cast like the originals or machined like what I'm looking for? Has anyone bought a pair of his reproductions?
If they are machined maybe he could get us some made in aluminum?
Thanks! MJ

Remember, the correct T-aluminum or else it will wear itself out on the first door strike.

Titanium would be great looking for the most part, but not enough weight savings and too hard to machine.

I'd weigh it w/o the plastic bag for a true weight. Replace the mounting screws with aluminum ones. Try to notch the supporting internal fins. Drill a few lightening holes along the perimeter. Should then be able to get to factory weight or a little less. The factory strikers are made for heavy duty use and service life. You've probably lightened the door and with some due diligence you probably won't slam the door(s) shut. Billet steel can take a fair amount of structural lightening. Its stronger metallurgically than the factory steel. I'd say, "Treat it like and early A/FX'er". Experiment on the passenger side first since it gets the least use.

If the aluminum strikers ever show up.we can do a longevity test on a Plymouth

Like said above though, doors have to be lightened in order for the strikers not to endure too much pain when closing.
I now have to get used to just gently pushing the door closed instead of the old walk-away slam.
I would think that most guys on here are possibly removing/replacing bulk weight common items and not in the micro stages of weight removal like MJ my FMJ self and a few others where the strikers are a small fraction.
Personally, I'll take the micro stuff any day along with the bulk. It's fun looking for the small stuff.
Don't get silly guys. LOL.

one thing that REALLY bugs me on any vehicle is the SLAM of a door, hood, or deck lid ! i always strive for a "click CLICK", with a very slight effort. music to my ears, but it can be a real challenge to obtain, and more time than most realize it takes to accomplish.

Well, nothing is more sobering then a set of fiberglass doors or hood. The same goes for aluminum of the AFX type.
Be gentle with the car in the pits or cruise spots and be rough with it on the track.

I bet Howard could machine a striker or anything else for that matter. He has a mill at his house. He made stuff for me once or twice. Last time I was there before I moved he showed me a micro engine he was working on. Like they say on the street, he got mad skillz B.

Yeah, I forgets about Howard.
I've got to give him a nudge through Special K, two old school Brooklynites that know there machines.

Reaching out to Master Howard as we see this. Hope he can step up to the plate and cut a as many strikers as he can. He has access to a lot of machinery, but he's a busy guy with personal stuff as well.

His production rate has fallen off a tad

Yeah, just found out he has no set up like years before. Just a few good tools, but no shop to go into production small or large.
In this case, a CNC machine is paramount.