Well im currently starting to research a way to tastefully do some weight reduction to my car. Im going to keep a/c and power steering, interior, so I know this wont be as easy task, but what considering doing the sound deadening, but wanted to hear from those that have done it.

Was the noise level afterwards not worth it? Was it louder than expected or was it bearable?

My goal " in the end is to tastefully remove 75-80 lbs from my car without taking any looks, or streetability away. This is grand total not just sound deadening as it's only good for 15-20. This seems to be a good way to start, but wanted to hear some feedback before I actually spent a few hours doing it.

Keep in mind this is going in my boosted Ls, so 75 lbs or so will definetely be worth it in the end. It's not like im trying to get my 16 second Ls into the 15's


Modified by quikB18B at 11:54 PM 2/9/2004

 

You won't remove 75 lbs with just the sound deadening, probably only 25 or 30. My car with no sound deadening is quite bearable as long as the exhaust isn't too loud.

 

I'm quite enthralled upon the idea of now to "tastefully" remove 75lbs.

 

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Sound deadening for one, bumper supports, rear wiper and wiper motor (on coupe's), the bar behind the dash, spare tire, jack. That sounds like about 75 lbs without doing anything distasteful.

 

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Sorry i didnt mean to confuse anyone, i know the sound deading is only good for 15-20 lbs, I meant a total 75 lbs .

so far I have the rear bumper support gone, I am going to remove the rear wiper for the clean look this weekend, but thats 3 lbs max, im replacing my carpet soon, so I figured I could tackle the sound deadening whenever i swap my carpet.

And yes you can tastefully do weight reduction, you just have to be creative, and actually spend $ instead of just riping out your interior, gutting car, losing a/c and power steering. I was also considering buying a CF hood and pianting it, but I doubt I will because I want the fitment to be Oem, and alot fo CF hoods have poor fitment. It's all the little things that add up.

 

Removing sound deadening is only worth it if you want that cleaner look with no interior or carpet. Otherwise, it's not fun driving on the highway/freeway and and having to yell in order to hold a conversation with somebody who's 2 feet away from you.

And like others said, all of the sound deadening material on the floor and on the firewall, you're looking at about 35 lbs total. After you take out the carpet and other plastic trim panels, maybe another 20-30 lbs there. IMO, not worth it for a daily driver.... spend more on the motor to make up for the 50+ lbs and keep it still streetable, but that's me. If it's a race/track car, or you don't care about your daily driver, go nuts with it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Newman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Removing sound deadening is only worth it if you want that cleaner look with no interior or carpet. Otherwise, it's not fun driving on the highway/freeway and and having to yell in order to hold a conversation with somebody who's 2 feet away from you.

And like others said, all of the sound deadening material on the floor and on the firewall, you're looking at about 35 lbs total. After you take out the carpet and other plastic trim panels, maybe another 20-30 lbs there. IMO, not worth it for a daily driver.... spend more on the motor to make up for the 50+ lbs and keep it still streetable, but that's me. If it's a race/track car, or you don't care about your daily driver, go nuts with it </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks Newman this was the answer I was looking for, yes the car is daily driven and streetability of more important. In fact I was doing a little reasearch on lightweight batteries. I don't mind spedning $ to keep the car "Nicer" but don't want to go to any extreme measure $ wise because I could make more power easily to make up for the weight.

Newman I also have a question you may have an answer to. I was looking into the Jdm Itr a/c bracket which is aluminium, but from searching I found that itr can be modified to fit a civic condensor by tapping rethreading a few holes, but the Usdm integra holes wont line up. Is this true? I read that udner Kenji's FAQ thread.

 

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Thanks Newman this was the answer I was looking for, yes the car is daily driven and streetability of more important. In fact I was doing a little reasearch on lightweight batteries. I don't mind spedning $ to keep the car "Nicer" but don't want to go to any extreme measure $ wise because I could make more power easily to make up for the weight.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Kind of going back to what I said, unless you're going to have a race/track car, the smaller battery really doesn't make up that much for weight loss. Also, it doesn't hold as much CCAs so if you have an alarm on your car, it's going to drain the battery much faster than a stock-sized battery for your car. This is going from first hand experience.


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Newman I also have a question you may have an answer to. I was looking into the Jdm Itr a/c bracket which is aluminium, but from searching I found that itr can be modified to fit a civic condensor by tapping rethreading a few holes, but the Usdm integra holes wont line up. Is this true? I read that udner Kenji's FAQ thread. </TD></TR></TABLE>

It can be done, but not worth it IMO. For starters, if you're doing it for weight savings, there really isn't much to save there, nor is it going to be noticable in anyway. If you want to bolt up a Civic A/C compressor to the B-series block, which I assume you don't have on your 97 LS unless it's been changed out for whatever reason, then you can use a P54 A/C bracket to bolt the Civic compressor to the B-series block and save the trouble of modifying an ITR bracket, unless it's your last choice to work with.

 

I have no idea how much I shaved off of my Integra but I have removed everything possible that you can remove with the exception of AC. If my car is done in time for the next Dallas meet, maybe I can give you a ride so you know what it may sound like. BTW, I will have a test pipe on by then.

List of things I removed:

ABS
airbags
sound deadening
back seats
power steering
tweeters (gay)
spare tire
jack and other accessories
swapped armrest for the jdm eliminator
splash guards
rear windshield wiper motor

 

Have you thought about removing the airbags for a lighter steering wheel, and the airbag tray?

And my car is very civil without sound deadening, when I'm running a stock exhaust.

 

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swapped armrest for the jdm eliminator
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Migs ill take you up on that offer, Id like to see the difference in sound deadening. Meet isn't for like another 7 weeks. btw I though t you sold your gsr? Did you decide to keep it?
Also Im still waiting on my Recaros, and from what ive seen the side bolster rubs the center console so I may be going with the Jdm eliminator.

wow im such a hyprocate, I made a thread on weight reduction, but yet im adding some Recaros this weekend They weigh more than stock seats, but damn those things are comftorable.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Have you thought about removing the airbags for a lighter steering wheel, and the airbag tray?

And my car is very civil without sound deadening, when I'm running a stock exhaust.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I am not willing to give up my bags on a street car without a roll bar/ properly done harness setup. I am going to get another wheel, but im gonna go with the Jdm Srs wheel

Also im running a full 3" exhuast, no cat, no resonator, 3" n1, so it may be a little louder than stock exhuast

 

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