Carbon Fiber - Is it worth it?

[JiroZero713]

Happy with my cold-air TRD intake from the factory. And I prefer less grippy tires myself in fact I like the stock ones.


Also you are talking to someone with no prior car knowledge of any modding. Cat-back...bushings? Might as well speak Spainish
to me haha.

[s2d4]

Wet carbon or dry carbon?
If people can't answer this question they should refrain from giving advice on it for weight savings.

[BlueDubbinTDI]

Originally Posted by JiroZero713

I do not want to completely strip it. This still will be a daily driver. Weight reduction by changing out the hood and the trunk and such should not effect my warranty that much.

You're not going to save weight by getting a new hood/trunk on this car. The body panels are already about as light as they come. Part of the reason the interior in this car is so loud.

[qoncept]

Originally Posted by s2d4

Wet carbon or dry carbon?
If people can't answer this question they should refrain from giving advice on it for weight savings.

It doesn't matter. If you are trying to save weight in a stock car a carbon fiber hood is a huge waste of money.

[mitch t]

Originally Posted by JiroZero713

Happy with my cold-air TRD intake from the factory. And I prefer less grippy tires myself in fact I like the stock ones.


Also you are talking to someone with no prior car knowledge of any modding. Cat-back...bushings? Might as well speak Spainish
to me haha.

Ha ha! Everyone has to start somewhere, so welcome to the club! I forgot about the included cold air on the release. A cat back is a replacement exhaust system, that replaces only the rear half or so of the exhaust. Easy to do, sheds some weight if you get the right one, and makes the car a little louder. Replacing the swaybars is also pretty easy on these cars, and can make a noticeable difference while driving.

The release cars are pretty well equipped from the factory... So a lot of the easy stuff is done already. Best advice is go autocrossing, have fun with your car, and the needed mods will become obvious.

[Koa]

Originally Posted by mitch t

The release cars are pretty well equipped from the factory... So a lot of the easy stuff is done already. Best advice is go autocrossing, have fun with your car, and the needed mods will become obvious.

Good advice all around,

A little word of caution to the inexperienced- Sways are typically a fine tuning suspension adjustment mod. One can make things worse by messing with their sway setup, even if choosing reputable manufacturers and going off of other's builds, or waste their time and money trying to solve a problem that other avenues will

[Poodles]

As already said, the factory hood is aluminum and already VERY light. Trunk isn't going to save a lot of weight at all.


Personally (as I have a collectable version of the twins as well) I went with mods that can be easily unbolted. Add that to the fact I think the factory tails look like something off a Dodge, I changed the tail lights.


Honestly you already HAVE a ton of body mods because it's a release series. Only thing it's really missing is wheels...

[Chanpion]

Just a personal opinion, I think carbon fiber is never needed. But it's a heavy want.
It should make a big difference for the twins. The hood is already very light. At least compared to normal cars.

[s2d4]

Originally Posted by qoncept

It doesn't matter. If you are trying to save weight in a stock car a carbon fiber hood is a huge waste of money.

Actually, it does considering people are saying it doesn't saved weight by referring to the wet, purely cosmetic pieces.

[cdrazic93]

If youre looking for weight shavings, carbon fiber isnt "where its at" with this car.

Get some magnesium wheels, coilovers, sticky tires, and pull out the spare tire and jack, lightweight battery would kill some weight too.

[Quentin]

I am a big fan of the RS1.0. I absolutely would not do carbon fiber on the hood. The aluminum hood is just as light and the random black/carbon pieces will not flow well. Trunklid isn't good value for weight savings, either. I'd put that money toward a strong, light set of black wheels. The black PF01s that I have on my FR-S would look awesome on the RS1.0.

[NyC Zn6]

Well being from NY and having a carbon lip that only lasted a month i would say no lol. Carbon on our cars are only for looks and can maybe shave a couple pounds. Since your from Hawaii wet carbon will get faded quickly with heat from the sun. The clear coat will fade and crack over time. Hey it's all on you and Merry Christmas.

[mitch t]

Originally Posted by NyC Zn6

Well being from NY and having a carbon lip that only lasted a month i would say no lol. Carbon on our cars are only for looks and can maybe shave a couple pounds. Since your from Hawaii wet carbon will get faded quickly with heat from the sun. The clear coat will fade and crack over time. Hey it's all on you and Merry Christmas.

I feel you on the lip kit! Mine looked terrible after a couple months, and then I went autocrossing and broke it.

maybe you should check out my skid plates!

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76391

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by mitch t

I feel you on the lip kit! Mine looked terrible after a couple months, and then I went autocrossing and broke it.



maybe you should check out my skid plates!



http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76391

And then throw in the fact that the RS1.0 already has a full aero kit. Unless you just had to have yellow, dumping the TRD RS kit after paying a premium for the car, it doesn't make much sense.


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