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Old 04-13-2006, 01:48 PM
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Considering adding this to things I have removed, does it look stupid though? Also, would all the air and what not blasting all over in there make it not worth it?
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I don't think it looks bad, but not really enough weight savings to really be worth it imo.
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If you do it, you should paint the inner fener well black so it doesn't look like ****. Also, if your car sees rain you'll want to fab up an aluminium plate to go between the door sill and wheel well. If you don't, all the **** will shoot right off the back of the tire and down teh door sill, in the door hinges and so on.

Here's what it looks like unpainted, I will get you a weight on them in alittle while.





The liners alone are just about 5lbs exactly for the both of them. Combine that with all the under car plastic and hardware, you could probrably pull off over 10lbs.

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Thanks for the pic, and the tip. The rest of the plastic is gone.
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What about the plastic under the car? Do you take that off too, or is it needed to hold the front bumper up after removing the bumper supports? I'm refering to the part with the trap door to access the turn signals.
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Originally Posted by SPEEDYws6
What about the plastic under the car? Do you take that off too, or is it needed to hold the front bumper up after removing the bumper supports? I'm refering to the part with the trap door to access the turn signals.
I took EVERYTHING off my car. Those plastics help keep the nose from shaking but arent necessary.
Its true about the door hing though. mine are SUPER dirty.
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Cool, I'll be pulling it all out this weekend. I'm going to try and keep the fog lights so I'll either trim the bumper down to nothing or fab up a bracket. Also cutting the metal out from under the fenders.
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What tools are you all using to cut this metal out?? I gotta start adding to this pile before my dad sees how much ***** piling up in his shed!
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i used a body saw and a sawz-all to cut the metal he's talking about. took about 15 minutes per side to do it....saved about 8#
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i pulled all the plastic, looks ghey because my car is a 4x4... but oh well, my car is the stock N/A fastest street thing around..




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