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Originally Posted by Maxim
Some excellent stuff! Yet again you've understood exactly what I was looking for.
There are a few things in there that I would avoid, for durability purposes. I think I'd keep the stock steering wheel as well, especially if it's available with a flat-bottom. I like the audio controls, and I've had my life saved by an airbag so I'm not too keen on removing that...
I think you could cut $1000 or so by going with a high quality CNC type material for the hood and trunklid, and it would only make a few pounds difference. Then again, if the hood is already aluminum, I wouldn't replace it.
Excellent point about the nitrogen filled tires. I had that done on my current GTI. I hit a horrible pothole outside of Chicago 1 week after buying the car, it bubbled the sidewall of my tire out more than 2 inches....but it didn't leak, didn't rupture....nothing! I was able to limp 50 miles into town and replace the tire. I'm convinced that had I been using regular air in the tire, I would have had a blowout at 75mph.
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Thanks iv added items and guestimations to that list, see my post again. I also wouldn't recommend removing safety equipment such as airbags or bumper supports, but its just something i do. I'm pretty harsh on the prices iv listed and optimistic about the savings. But it gives a pretty good ball park of what to expect. If you spend 6k on mods, I'm sure you can do lots of weight savings as a benefit to greater performance vs focusing on weight savings in general. The real weight savings happens with modifying the chassis, which severely complicates things and transforms the car to be impracticable.