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12-10-2011, 04:05 PM | #29 |
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The general idea is much like your opinion. Other manufactures do it from the factory (911 gt3rs, mustang boss 302) and they don't necessarily look much better. Not to bring up any extra bracing that may coincide with the rear seat removal, it's just aesthetics. If you don't like it, you don't need to go out of your way to say something negative about it.
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None of those cars use a cloth with plain backing to cover their spaces, try again.
It really is just silly, if you want to lose weight that bad, do not add anything. |
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But hey, to each his own right. I don't plan on pulling stuff out of the car once I get it since I'm planning on it being a DD.
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LOL at the "performance" drivers who will take out the back seats to save less than 20LB and the add 150LB of amps, woofers and speakers.
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12-10-2011, 05:01 PM | #34 |
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most people thinking of doing this should leave the seat in and spend the time you would have used taking it out and making some cover on reading up on driving theory and race technique.
its all ways silly to me that people that can't run consistent laps think that ten or 50 pounds is going to make a big difference. once you hit a plateau then try taking it out and see how little a difference it makes plus as i see it, the car is 53/47 so you want weight from the front out, not the rear keeps your seats |
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Best mod anyone can do straight out of the box is going to be tires. Removing this and that is trivial if you can't drive and if you can tires are still going to be the best place to start. Why is everyone complaining about a car that, in a world of 3,000lb plus "sports" cars, is already pretty damn light?
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I can tell you removing the rear seat in
ALL IMPREZAS SUBARU = 2 bolts, weigh=5lbs, literally the seatbacks and cushions are just very light pieces of foam. You will be able to pull it out, and save it if you need it. Getting it without would save you 100, 150 bucks? you are better off changing your front seats to save weight, and ditching the side airbags. |
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just loose 20 lbs , bonus you will look better too
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+ As mentioned, the Exhaust System, Wheels, and Springs/Dampers will be easiest ways to reduce the weight. Maybe even lighter Rotors would do some justice. If the CF Roof is offered as an option, take it. I'd imagine it'd only be slightly lighter, but definitely structurally more rigid. I'd keep the rear seats for functionality unless you were focusing on track only where every pound counts. |
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I don't see the point. It's not a track car, you can get as much weight removed as you want, but you'll still be left behind but almost everything on a trackday.
Just enjoy the car as it is! If you want a fast car to remove stuff from, just by an Evo or a old M3. By the way, most of the light exhausts on sale drone a lot when cruising and are build in Taiwan / China, Invidia is one of them, I wouldn't fit on of these on my car. A nice note it's good but when it doesn't compromise the daily use. and the read seats...what's the point? They're just foam cushions, and they could always become of some use, it's just not worth it. |
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Lightweight driveshaft? Or is the stocker aluminum?
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Doing a "lightweight" drive shaft swap, ala GT5, is utterly pointless. Even if you could shave 7lbs off (which is unlikely given how short the drive shaft will be) it would do next to nothing in terms of performance gain even if you are trying to make a dedicated track car. That weight is already very low in the car and is spread out along the centerline of the car so.
As someone else said, go on a diet.
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