whats up guys just wonderin what you guys are doin to get the weight of your coupes down. i know most of the norm stuff back seats, spare and little stuff what else do you guys think i can take out, and still have a normal car meaning heat adn what not.
WEIGHT REDUCTS:
back seats
spare tire
A/C pump lines and stuff
little unneeded ****(water over flow, wiper squiter thing)
anything else she is a 95 EX she is about 2350 nowi want like little under 2300 like 2280 ro 2290 thanks

 

dude there have been NUMEROUS threads about this, please search you will find that there are many other things to remove such as sound deadening tar.

 

Do you want to strip it out, or just lighten it up a little? bump for a local

 

is that with you in it? my car with a b in it weights 2480 with me and full interior.

I tip the scales at 190

 

A lot of thing you cannot remove, but you could replace to save weight. Metal parts, glass... etc

Removing parts is free, but re&re with lighter parts can get expensive, and depends on how picky you want to get.

Your best bet is to increase HP if you want your car to go faster as oppose to shave off a couple lbs. True, lighter car does have the advantage of being going a ted faster. But this is so minimal that it is almost not worth the effort.

However, if you like the process of doing so, like taking things apart and whatnot, then by all means, give it a try. But if you want your car to go faster, this is not goint to work as well as you may thing of.

 

i just want it to lighten up a little bit and i did search and couldnt really find what i was lookin for. it weighs that much by it self with full tank

 

You could buy a lightweight battery, or some vx wheels.

 

im runnin on steelies right now and i dont really wanna spend alot of money on **** unless it looks good on my car too

 

Well you can get vx wheels for about 100-150 bucks around here, there the same size as steelies (unless you have 14" steelies), and a hell of alot lighter. If you don't wanna do that I would look into getting that lightweight battery, they are under $60.

 

vx rims will not fit on your car. if you want to go lighter. here yo go
Carpet, backseat, sound deading, headliner, panels, rear deck lid, glove box, center console, PS, ac, all lines, door panels, spare tire and accessories,trunk panels,passenger seat,dash, cruise control,windsheild wipers, resovoir, nozzels, charcole canistor.these are all free.

 

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Your right its an ex, I wasn't thinking

 

what size steelies? lighter wheels will help at each corner in more than one way/weigh

 

14" steelies i have some rotas that i can put on but tires and bad and dont have cash to get new ones but they dont seem to be that much lighter

 

it's an EX?removing the sunroof is an easy way to drop weight.replace the glass with any number of things depending on what you want to spend.
i removed the whole assembly in my car a couple years ago.right now i have the stock glass solidly mounted,but i have a C/F filler i just have to find the time to install.
Chris

 

anyone else got anthing

 

How much weight can pulling out your back seat really save you? I know the rear cushin can't be more than 2 or 3 lbs. You can pull out your carpet, your passenger seat if no one ever rides with you. You can pull out your spare, carpet in the rear, jack stand, jumper cables if you have them.

For a daily driver I wouldn't pull out the windshield washer fluid thing. So many times I've had dirt/bird **** hit my window. Plus its good in light rain.

You could always go on a diet too.

 

Take out the rear suspension and tires, will surely lighten things up.

 

I am gonna be putting my car on a diet soon as well. I don't use the ac much so it's time to say good bye.

Also going to replace the rear sides with lexan. May not be alot of weight but since they are up high I think it is a good idea.

Also I think even though I may regret ti later I will be taking out my sunroof and replacing it with a carbon plug. 30-40 pounds right off the top of the car will do wonders for the handling.

Any idea how much weight these modifications will actualy remove? Also doesn't it require some horsepower to turn the ac pulley even when it's off. Imagine it's take quite a few pounds of torque at 6000 rpm to turn it.

 

 

you could (if you live in a sunny place) drive without your hood off!!! haha

or just replace your hood/trunk with carbon fiber replacements..

dont fill your gas tank past halfway..thats i what i do...or try n keep it around half..

i removed my rear seats bla bla bla everything behind my driver/passenger seats (without removing sound deadening stuff) and i shaved off about 50 lbs i say.. i also have cf hood so that takes off a few more....

 

i would get rid of the sunroof, remove the power locks, power window assembly etc. the power steering could also save some weight. carbon fiber hood, lightweight battery.