Post by athikerguy on Apr 10, 2013 15:23:50 GMT -5
Making this thread to show how much weight you can take out of the car by removing a few things. Of course, you don't have to go bonkers like me and strip everything out, but you can get almost a 10% reduction by removing everything I'm about to list..
Rear Seat:
Bottom-11 lb
Seat back-17 lb
Brackets-8 lb
Rear seatbelts-4 lb x3
Plastic Trim:
Door panels-7 lb x4
Kick panels-4 lb (inner and outer panels)
A+B+C Pillar covers-6 lb
Seat trim-7 lb
Various other trim-5 lb
Trunk:
Floor-4 lb
Side walls-4 lb
Back-2 lb
Spare tire-24 lb
Jack/tool kit-10 lb
Rear deck cover-3 lb
Carpet:
Main carpet-12 lb
Floor mats-10 lb (I had the all weather ones)
Engine bay:
Stock battery-26 lb (I replaced with a braille 14 lb)
Engine cover-1 lb
Battery tray/brackets-2 lb
Stock airbox-9 lb (not sure what one of the CAI's weigh, but I bet its less)
And thats about it. Keep in mind that I haven't removed everything from my car. I still have the front door panels plus the center console. Most everything else is gone. When you add in the weight of the subwoofers I took out, My weight reduction is well over 200 lbs. Without the subs, I'm right around 173 pounds dropped (so that's the weight of stock stuff I've removed) When you add in 2 subs+box+amp+wiring, I'm just above 230. But damn, my goal was 10% which would be around 240 lbs...
So I went on a diet and lost 10 lbs. There ya go. 240 lbs dropped from the car, and my goal is met. They say for eery 100 pounds you drop, you gain .1 seconds in the quarter mile. Now its time for some more power.
Rear Seat:
Bottom-11 lb
Seat back-17 lb
Brackets-8 lb
Rear seatbelts-4 lb x3
Plastic Trim:
Door panels-7 lb x4
Kick panels-4 lb (inner and outer panels)
A+B+C Pillar covers-6 lb
Seat trim-7 lb
Various other trim-5 lb
Trunk:
Floor-4 lb
Side walls-4 lb
Back-2 lb
Spare tire-24 lb
Jack/tool kit-10 lb
Rear deck cover-3 lb
Carpet:
Main carpet-12 lb
Floor mats-10 lb (I had the all weather ones)
Engine bay:
Stock battery-26 lb (I replaced with a braille 14 lb)
Engine cover-1 lb
Battery tray/brackets-2 lb
Stock airbox-9 lb (not sure what one of the CAI's weigh, but I bet its less)
And thats about it. Keep in mind that I haven't removed everything from my car. I still have the front door panels plus the center console. Most everything else is gone. When you add in the weight of the subwoofers I took out, My weight reduction is well over 200 lbs. Without the subs, I'm right around 173 pounds dropped (so that's the weight of stock stuff I've removed) When you add in 2 subs+box+amp+wiring, I'm just above 230. But damn, my goal was 10% which would be around 240 lbs...
So I went on a diet and lost 10 lbs. There ya go. 240 lbs dropped from the car, and my goal is met. They say for eery 100 pounds you drop, you gain .1 seconds in the quarter mile. Now its time for some more power.
I'm thinking it may be nice to get a 04 ish quest to have as the family car.
