Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much?
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Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much?
I remember hearing that the JDM Front End does save you a little weight, but I don't remember exactly how much. Does anyone have any ideas for with or without HID's?
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (Alaskan98ITR406)
i would say 20-30lbs? its the bumper reinforcement bar that you japanese cars dont have...its actually pretty heavy.. unless you purchased it, in that case you wouldnt be saving any weight
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (CoreysTypeR)
the jdm hood is much heavier than the usdm. 
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (CoreysTypeR)
i would say 20-30lbs? its the bumper reinforcement bar that you japanese cars dont have...its actually pretty heavy.. unless you purchased it, in that case you wouldnt be saving any weight
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (skafia)
i would say 20-30lbs? its the bumper reinforcement bar that you japanese cars dont have...its actually pretty heavy.. unless you purchased it, in that case you wouldnt be saving any weight
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (tsunami_zc)
i would say 20-30lbs? its the bumper reinforcement bar that you japanese cars dont have...its actually pretty heavy.. unless you purchased it, in that case you wouldnt be saving any weight
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
who cares ...i'd be dead
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
who cares ...i'd be dead
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (Migs)
i doubt the jdm front end is any lighter, well for me any ways, my oem hid housings are heavy as hell, combined w/ the heavier hood, i think the added weight there will probably equal out to the smaller rebar...
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (skafia)
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (Rdriven)
speaking about insurances... is it true that if you do crash your car they wonlt cover it since it is violating u.s regualtions and laws, but on the other hand its an OEM product... any suggestions and thoughts guys?
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (ITR#132)
What about the poor folks in the other parts of the world? Are they all dying left and right? I believe only the U.S. and Canada have the bigger bumper bars.
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (tsunami_zc)
i would say 20-30lbs? its the bumper reinforcement bar that you japanese cars dont have...its actually pretty heavy.. unless you purchased it, in that case you wouldnt be saving any weight
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
who cares ...i'd be dead
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
who cares ...i'd be dead
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (George Knighton)
If anybody cares...the JDM nose became a minor issue in the Honda Challenge last year because someone was in the comp driving school with a PY JDM car. Nobody was going to kick the car out, but people were asking how much the car weighed compared to a USDM car.
I think the JDM car would be legal next year, because all the ITR must weigh 2575#, regardless.
I think the JDM car would be legal next year, because all the ITR must weigh 2575#, regardless.
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (George Knighton)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when your talking 20 lbs. it would be more up to the driver to win the race, not weight; right? This ranks as another one of those cool "useless information tid-bits" though...thanks.
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (serenity)
any 1 has information about the whole insurance thing? i'm interested...
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (George Knighton)
I think the JDM car would be legal next year, because all the ITR must weigh 2575#, regardless.
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (98cwtypeR)
yea i ran slower on my et with jdm front..
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (Ross)
I remember a post about the extra weight of the JDM front awhile back...do a search might come up with something. 
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (Migs)
i would say 20-30lbs? its the bumper reinforcement bar that you japanese cars dont have...its actually pretty heavy.. unless you purchased it, in that case you wouldnt be saving any weight
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
who cares ...i'd be dead
All cars have a bumper rebar. Ours is just a little safer, say if you were to die in an accident because of the weaker and ILLEGAL JDM re-bar, how would an insurance company handle this?
who cares ...i'd be dead
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Re: Will JDM Front End save weight? If so, how much? (Alaskan98ITR406)
If you want to save yourself some weight I suggest eating at McDonalds.
However if you want to reduce weight or minimize weight or decrease weight, those are other questions altogether....
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