dustywebber

So I own a new GSX and a prelude im selling in the for sale forum, but my buddy and i have been building this civic hatchback... were trying to make a really light daily driver while running an h22a swap...

So far this is what we have done:

---1994 civic hatch back---
eletron blue paint
fiber images CF hood
fiber images CF rear hatch door
fiber images CF spolier (duck bill)
fiber images CF type R style front lip
fiber images CF eyebrows
APR f1 style mirrors
stripped everything behind the front seats. (rear seats,carpet,plastic etc,spare etc.)
civic SI rims
civic SI rear tail lights
one piece head lights

what we are wondering is what other mods can we do to lighten up this ride that wont sacrafice the cars practicality of daily driving???

this comming spring a 97+ H22A will be dropped in place of the D16z6 in it now.
unless we decide to turbo the current engine... differant topic i guess....

dustywebber

anything under the hood worth removing?

bumper supports?

new seats, wheel?

any metal we can cut out?

should we do lexan windows?

monicle

switch the si wheels for HX wheels

Team 4R

adding a carbon fiber spoiler, lip, and eyebrows didn't do anything to reduce your car's weight......... it only minimized the weight gain

strip the paint, punch holes in the bumper, rip out a/c and p/s (if applicable).... if you're serious about lightening that car you're not showing it....

JDMlyfestyle

get a rear diffuser, Call up raceplates they can make carbon fiber window replace ments and fill that sunroof hole if u have a sunroof. windshield replace it with lexan.

Mike_C

lightweight battery - best bang for your buck and the most commonly overlooked weight reducing item.

toEknEEg

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very ture

in fact you should even relocate the battery to a the rear or center of the car as well, helps cars weight balance

. o 69 o .

any weight you are saving by using CF parts, you are putting right back in and then some by dropping in a H22. Im not flaming because im doing the same thing

SloCivicHMM

no door panels....cut the metal to the door panels out...you can cut alot of the interior metal webbing, alot of **** behind the dash, only keep the wires you need, cut the a/c o ut.................no bummper supports, rear difussor, 1 seat, need a cage of course if you do all this, u can get that car to 2000lbs or less easy with this and there is alot more I left out I"m sure...

sohcvtec1995

did you mold si taillights on your car? Cause bondo and metal work is not weight saving.

jolt-tsp

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dustywebber &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anything under the hood worth removing?

bumper supports?

new seats, wheel?

any metal we can cut out?

should we do lexan windows?

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Seats are good. Lexan rear window is good, but not if you want to keep your electric defrost. Lexan quarter windows are worthless. I saved almost 2 lbs with mine! Get rid of the sound deadening stuff from the firewall and the tar. Battery as was mentioned. Getting rid of the driver/passenger side windows and mechanics wouldn't be a bad idea, but again, not as a dialy driver

dyg2001

Can you post some pics of your car? Interested in seeing pics of the APR mirrors mounted on an EG, also the CF rear hatch.

Built Beast

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civic SI rear tail lights probably meaning half red/half clear