Wieght reduction

[daveg1]

Hi guys I wondered what cheap ways of wieght reduction without losing the back seats and with out spending a fortune

[vtr_chris90]

remove spare wheel, remove all sound deadening from under capret, and dash (bit of an awkward one) erm not alot else i can think off atm really

theres not a huge lot you could remove without removing the rear seats, and thats assuming you still want comfort lol

cause you could just remove carpet all together, headlining boot panels, since no one will see them
theres probs a fair few things ive missed

[AlexB]

you can remove a fair bit tbh

as chirs has started with spare wheel and sound deadening you can go on and lose the boot carpet
then remove the rear doorcards and get the deadening from behind there aswell as the rear speakers (maybe swap to some base model 106 ones as there smaller or get carbon inserts)
then n the engine bay there are usually a few plastic covers you dont need so they can go
you could remove literally everything bar the seats if you wanted lol

[daveg1]

Any idea how much the spare Tyre wieghs. I just want to lose as much wieght whilst keeping things pretty civilised

[vtr_chris90]

erm you could see about 15kg removing the wheel and cage, i think its around that weight though, so its quite alot really

[Ste]

A ccf fibreglass boot, which will need painting - (£140 ) and polycarb (£50) rear screen will give you a nice saving. Not all that cheap but a very good mod for the cost imo;

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/Ste_1/04102008147.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/Ste_1/23102008202.jpg

With a smooth boot lip it just looks like a standard boot with a bit of smoothing. Dont have any pics of the back of my car handy and can't be arsed uploadin.

Theres also the ccf bonnets, but if your wanting to keep it subtle the bonnet catch's won't be too welcome.

But other than the things already mentioned you can't stay civilised. Once that lots out the next things make the car head in one direction....

[makaveli144]

Where did you get your rear screen and boot from ste?

[Ste]

Where did you get your rear screen and boot from ste?

The boot is from CCF Fibreglass, they do quite a few but only trade via ebay.

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/CCF-CAREFULLY-CRAFTED-FIBREGLASS__W0QQ_armrsZ1

Not really recommended if you use your boot alot as the bolts to tighten the boot on are set into the fibreglass so dont overtighten!!!!



The rear screen is from ACW Motorsport plastics.

http://acwmotorsportplastics.co.uk/citroensaxo.aspx

[makaveli144]

I never use my boot so thats not a problem, cheers for that ste.

[daveg1]

I use my boot alot so don't want to change that but the rear window sounds good. How much wieght does it save and how does it fit