wieght of a vis carbon fiber trunk vs stock?
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wieght of a vis carbon fiber trunk vs stock?
Has anyone actually wieghed thier carbon fiber trunk and thier stock one? If so please post up what your numbers where. I am looking for solid numbers so no guesses. Thanks
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Rep Power: 320 one thing i know is that the cf is really light compared to stock...i remember seeing alan's (7thgenerasiancivic's) trunk and it was really light compared to my stock trunk
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Originally Posted by kasimmmmm
getting a cf trunk is alrite, but if you want to go cf, you should do the hood first because our cars a fwd and weight needs to be reduced in the front..
I am just looking for some numbers.
I have the silver cf vis trunk ...
when I pop my trunk, it just flies open, as mentioned above.
I haven't actually weighed either of them though... but it is quite a bit lighter. probably the same different a cf hood would make from a normal hood... seeing as how the amount of metal on our trunks is almost as much as our hoods. so I'd say ... 10 pounds or so.
when I pop my trunk, it just flies open, as mentioned above.
I haven't actually weighed either of them though... but it is quite a bit lighter. probably the same different a cf hood would make from a normal hood... seeing as how the amount of metal on our trunks is almost as much as our hoods. so I'd say ... 10 pounds or so.
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Has anyone actually wieghed thier carbon fiber trunk and thier stock one? If so please post up what your numbers where. I am looking for solid numbers so no guesses. Thanks
It amazes me how someone can ask a simple and very clear question and yet get all kinds of guess-timates that he clearly was not looking for...
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It amazes me how someone can ask a simple and very clear question and yet get all kinds of guess-timates that he clearly was not looking for...
I love america
I love america? what does our country have to do with anything? so you're saying people in Africa, Russia, etc always weigh their cf trunks, right?
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Rep Power: 324 I was hoping for numbers but if guesses are all I can get, I'll take those too. 
.... still hoping for numbers tho...
.... still hoping for numbers tho... 
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Originally Posted by kasimmmmm
getting a cf trunk is alrite, but if you want to go cf, you should do the hood first because our cars a fwd and weight needs to be reduced in the front..
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Originally Posted by Stachmo
off topic...but dont you want a little bit of weight on the front of the car to help keep traction to the wheels (since we have fwd cars)? Therefore it would make more sense to reduce weight in the back of the car, correct?
with the weight of the motor that really wouldnt matter imo....weight savings is weight savings
.....the best type of weight to lose is unsprung weight......honesty you better off removing weight from the front end to try and achieve 50/50 weight distrubition and if at all all possible an equal corner balance....of course i could be wrong as my suspension knowledge is purely theoretical and not applicational
Originally Posted by kasimmmmm
getting a cf trunk is alrite, but if you want to go cf, you should do the hood first because our cars a fwd and weight needs to be reduced in the front..
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Rep Power: 324 actually any wieght loss over any part of the car is good for drag racing, unsprung of course being better. I am debating getting a vis trunk. One of the factors holding me back is if the wieght reduction is worth the $$$$.
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