Weighed my car today...

[SilverJester]

It's been a while since I last weighed my car so many new mods and many parts removed. I pull on the scale basically running on fumes and it weighed in at 3380lbs! Fueled up (just under 20 gallons of fuel) and reweighed at 3500lbs!! Both of these are without me in the car. Super stoked to see the weight as low as it was.

Weight reduction mods:
-Wed Sport TC005 18x9 w/ 265 tires
-fiberglass hood
-1pc CFDS
-Braille 15lb battery
-IPS single shot
-Megan coilovers
-front and rear solid motor mounts
-gutted precats
-removed tow hooks and other various brackets
-removed front & rear bumpers (the metal not the plastic covers)
-removed spare and jack

Added:
-Infinity Basslink sub (20lbs)
-Maximal Tcase bracket

Other things I forgot to list:
-Switched to non-power antenna
-Emissions removed
-Vac reduction.
-Active exhaust motor removed
-ECS computer removed
-Maximal rear control arm




Any other things you guys think I could do to lighten it up more (without it starting to look gutted and uncomfortable)? Seats are on my to do list, just gotta find some that I like and save up the funds.

Also just wondering how to compare my car's weight against others...how much fuel do most people weigh their cars with? What about manufacturer weights, those are normally dry weight right?

[Atrosity]

That is legit man, I still gotta see how much my car weighs! :D

[92RT-TT]

Well I weighted my 92 RT-TT at 3680 with me in it (190 lbs). The only weight saving things I had was 18x9.5 5zigen fn01r-c's. 3 1/2 inch single exit exhaust that dumped at axle (weighted about 15 lbs total), DNP hardipe kit and Tein S techs with ECS struts (not really a weight saver now that I think about it lol). My interior was stock as was the rest of the body and car. I did remove the spare tire (forgot to take the jack out lol). Mine was weighted at a drag strip (Brainard MN) so I dont know how accurate it was but it seems like your car should weight less for what you've done to it compared to mine.

One thing you could do is get racing seats, that will save you probably around 100 lbs.

[SilverJester]

Hmm, your car seems to light for being so close to stock.

Seats are definitely on my list of things to do...my driver's seat has a HUGE tear in it. But I want to find the lightest aftermarket seats that are still leather and comfortable. I see that corbeau makes the A4 in leather, that might be a possibility.

[x2percentmilk]

how daily driveable are you looking for here? are things like ac, cruise, etc out of the question?

[SilverJester]

Yeah I wanna keep ac and cruise control. I'm not really sure how much weight is left (at least that I'm willing to loose), the only plans I have right now are the seats and AWS delete.

[VR4]

My old vr4 was 3550 with 3/4 tank. Ill post details tomorrow

[MR2]

wow, I have to weigh my bitch.

2 piece alu drive shaft?
remove sunroof if you have it (replace with CF)

[rossfashow]

how much does stock D/S weight and stock hood?

[MR2]

http://www.3000gt.com.au/car/Weight/Weights102005.xls

Looks like around 40lbs...lightweight is 28

http://www.3sx.com/store/comersus_viewItemBundle.asp?idProduct=643

[95vr-4]

I removed the washer tank up front, as well as the wiper and tank from the rear. Also, the power antenna. My next plans were abs and aws. The seats were a huge difference, as well as the suspension. How about emissions stuff under the hood? Theres a lot of junk under there.

[MR2]

maybe swap the mirrors with less fancy ones...(no fold in, no heated) suspension is a big one...I have no idea what the stock stuff weighs but I know my Tein is far less...only thing is stock suspension has a fantastic ride for cruising.

a smaller battery is another good one, I am running from a 6.5kg battery
on my car the rear seat belt retractors weigh heaps!
lightweight steering wheel?

[mcshooter]

aj my son mike vr4 with the same parts you have is 3580 empty, since then we have removed the complete ac. if i remember it is 42 lbs

[mcshooter]

when back over to 3si , only to try and find my post on what the ac weighed. could not find it. forgive me stealthee

[Austin@STM]

Yeah I wanna keep ac and cruise control. I'm not really sure how much weight is left (at least that I'm willing to loose), the only plans I have right now are the seats and AWS delete.

About another 1000 pounds:p It depends on how much time you want to put into it. It theres a day when you can remove the entire interior, there is all sorts of brackets, plates, extra bolts, and other crap in there that can be removed, and you'll never know with the interior back in. Airbags save a decent amount if you want to get rid of them.

Front and rear crash bars are a lot of weight in these cars.

My car weighs 2760lbs with almost a half tank of gas. I have gone through and removed just about everything possible. I had removed a couple hundred pounds at one point while still reataining a "full interior".

All it takes is a little time.

-Austin@STM

[SilverJester]

maybe swap the mirrors with less fancy ones...(no fold in, no heated) suspension is a big one...I have no idea what the stock stuff weighs but I know my Tein is far less...only thing is stock suspension has a fantastic ride for cruising.

a smaller battery is another good one, I am running from a 6.5kg battery
on my car the rear seat belt retractors weigh heaps!
lightweight steering wheel?
Already have a lightweight battery. How much do the rear seat belts weigh (w/ all the associated brackets/hardware)? I don't want to remove the seats because then it starts to look gutted...but no one ever sits back there so the belts can go.

[SilverJester]

About another 1000 pounds:p It depends on how much time you want to put into it. It theres a day when you can remove the entire interior, there is all sorts of brackets, plates, extra bolts, and other crap in there that can be removed, and you'll never know with the interior back in. Airbags save a decent amount if you want to get rid of them.

Front and rear crash bars are a lot of weight in these cars.

My car weighs 2760lbs with almost a half tank of gas. I have gone through and removed just about everything possible. I had removed a couple hundred pounds at one point while still reataining a "full interior".

All it takes is a little time.

-Austin@STM
Yeah your car is impressive to say the least ;)

[Austin@STM]

seat belts do weigh a few pounds, also the trunk liner and plastics behind the seat drop a few pounds.

[Austin@STM]

Most of the stuff you actually see in the interior is the light stuff, its whats behind them.

[VR4]

as previously said...mine was 3550


removed rear bumper, interior from front seats back (still had sides/plastics) gutted sound deadener, stillen dp, stock wheels, stock catback, optima yellow top, removed battery tray/washer bottle.

otherwise car was all stock sheetmetal/glass.


my stealth is completely gutted, no catback, all steel/glass, stock DS, td05 18Gs, no bumpers, stripped wire harness to bare minimum. weighs in at 2800.

[i3igpete]

as previously said...

wait... who are you? 91vr4n00maxima steve?

[VR4]

wait... who are you? 91vr4n00maxima steve?

yup.....