I'm gona try to take 200lbs off of my car.


somebody give me ideas on how to do this..


heres what I have so far:

no backseat/seatelts hatch and everything is completely bare
no spare tire/jack


any more ideas?

 

Take out sound deadener.

 

isnt that tedious as hell? Where exactly is it?

 

Floor of interior and firewall. And it's tar-like, takes awhile to take out (but as far as weight savings it's worth it), and no I haven't taken mine out.

 

Use dry ice, it's supposed to make it pop right off.

 

I still dont understand exactly where this is?

 

its the patches on the floor and back seats. Jordan is right if you put dry ice on it, it freezes and pops right off the metal. otherwise you will hate your life

 

You could also rip the padding off the bottom of the carpet. On a 1g the padding weighs 8-10 pounds. If you were lightening a 1g I could be a lot more helpful. I don't think it's as easy to get weight out of a 2g, or maybe the owners just don't want to rip apart their car as much as 1g guys are willing to so the threads on weight reduction are more subdued.

 

Carpet, dash (create your own dash with essentials only), passenger seat, spoiler (if you have one), replace power sh*t with manual sh*t (if they make roll-ups and the like for 2gs), center console, ligher wheels, carbon fiber hood (or complete front clip), etc.

The sound deadener is usually painted over. It's adhered to the metal of the interior of the car. It is apparent in that it has a rough texture, as opposed to sheet metal's smooth texture.

 

If you take the carpet out you will see this black tar like stuff on the floor of your car. You can use a air hammer with a chisel bit. Just be carefull not to put holes in the floor.It takes no time at all if you use one.
The sound deadening, pad under carpet and the thich pad on the firewall in the car all = 50lbs.
The back seat doesnt realy weight anything and just makes the car look gutted when removed.
I would remove everything in the hatch and keep the rear seat and hatch cover. Manual widows also dont realy save any weight in dsm`s. Just under a pound per window.
Wheels and tires are a good way to loose a good amount of weight.
A set of 16" rotas and Toyo`s an save you a good 60-70lbs from stock wheels and tires. Toyo proxes are one of the lightest radial tire you can buy.
Corbeau FX1seats weight 16lbs each compared to the stock front seats which weigh about 90-100lbs for the pair. Thats about 55-60-lbs saved their with race fixed seat brackets.
You can also get a carbon hood and save some more there.
You can loose a good amout of weight with out making your car look like the typical gutted honduh if you do it right.