Livable Weight Reduction Options

[Coomer]

Tonight was a sad night. On the way home I was on the freeway alone and a gutted, loud EF Civic hatch got next to me and revved for a minute. We slowed down to 60 or so, I dropped it down to third, and floored it until about 75(This was in a 70 MPH zone.) Sadly, the gutted EF pulled on me...I'm confident that it didn't have a B16 because it wasn't too fast, but it was obviously modded.

But anyway, it made me sad, and the whole way home I was thinking about what I could remove to save some weight off of my car. Here's what I came up with so far. Keep in mind that I want my car to still be daily-drivable and comfortable.

• A/C compressor, condensor, lines, and whatever else is hidden away in the dash that's related to the A/C (A/C doesn't work anyway)
• 2 10" Xtant subs in my very heavy MDF box and my JBL BP300.1 amp
• Spare tire (Fix-a-flat has worked fine for me before.)
• Passenger airbag (I don't think it'd deploy anyway since I have no driver's airbag)
• Airbag and cruise control computers
• That sound deadener stuff that's stuck to the metal of the floor (will be replaced with Ensolite foam)
• Added RaamMat sound deadener

I'm keeping my power steering/dash/carpet/seats for sure. I also am looking into buying some lightweight 16" or 17" wheels. What do you guys think? Is there anything not too important to comfort that I'm missing?

[SimmaDownNow]

I have to agree with removing the back seat. I rode in my back seat ONCE, and I almost had a panic attack! I've ridden on submarines before that didn't feel as cramped as that back seat. Anyway, one night on a whim, I took a dremel to that bad boy (Obi Wan with a lightsaber = Lewis with a dremel). It's really easy and you lose a good deal of weight. Then, just cover it up with black carpeting or something like that...
- Luís

This post has been edited by SimmaDownNow: Jul 5, 2005 - 6:47 AM

[ghostdog]

the back seats in our cars are not that bad. try sitting in the back of a carrera, now thats unatural.

but yeah coomer. that seems like a pretty complete list. whats the estimate on how much weight that'll drop?

I have to agree with removing the back seat. I rode in my back seat ONCE, and I almost had a panic attack!  I've ridden on submarines before that didn't feel as cramped as that back seat. Anyway, one night on a whim, I took a dremel to that bad boy (Obi Wan with a lightsaber = Lewis with a dremel). It's really easy and you lose a good deal of weight. Then, just cover it up with black carpeting or something like that...
- Luís
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