has anyone removed this stuff to save weight see pic
01-28-2010, 12:45 PM
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Ahhhhh! I'm in the middle of removing that crap from my car right now as well. Originally it was just to take those extra couple ounces out, but now I'm also doing because it'll look MUCH better with all that crap gone. I'm just using a wire wheel on a cordless drill, and its coming off quickly, but flinging EVERYWHERE. The entire inside of my car is covered in yellow "snow". My clothes and shoes were full of it as well. Fun stuff...
01-28-2010, 12:53 PM
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BLK:UFO, here is a pic of mine. still a lil rough. i need to grind smooth the rough edges and weld the holes from drilling the spot welds
im gonna have to say yes on this one. ounce per ounce, pound per pound...it all adds up. the most mass off of my car was crap that weighed 5lbs a piece
im gonna have to say yes on this one. ounce per ounce, pound per pound...it all adds up. the most mass off of my car was crap that weighed 5lbs a piece
01-28-2010, 12:59 PM
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I'm going to just get a hole saw and get to that interior panel where the speaker was. Couple different sizes so I can try to get a good bit of it out. That way there's still a little support there, going to do it after the minitub is done.
someday when I redo the cage to a 25.x I'll probably convert to a hardtop at the same time, at that point I'll hole saw under the roof like I've seen a few people doing now. That's alot of work though for the return. Hardtop, will save a good bit though over the t top weight I think.
someday when I redo the cage to a 25.x I'll probably convert to a hardtop at the same time, at that point I'll hole saw under the roof like I've seen a few people doing now. That's alot of work though for the return. Hardtop, will save a good bit though over the t top weight I think.
most of the support in that area, is the tick, gauge support metal which you can see in my and BLK:UFO's pics
01-28-2010, 04:59 PM
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BLK:UFO, here is a pic of mine. still a lil rough. i need to grind smooth the rough edges and weld the holes from drilling the spot welds
im gonna have to say yes on this one. ounce per ounce, pound per pound...it all adds up. the most mass off of my car was crap that weighed 5lbs a piece
im gonna have to say yes on this one. ounce per ounce, pound per pound...it all adds up. the most mass off of my car was crap that weighed 5lbs a piece
01-29-2010, 12:25 PM
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.....just have to muster the heat and energy to step outside in this freakin blizzard
01-30-2010, 12:52 AM
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i dont think it wouldnt affect classes. its just a flat piece of sheet metal to hold the quarter midbass subs/speakers. not meant for structural integrity. now the piece behind, is part of structural integrity. its really thick gauged support frames for the quarter area. without that, the rear fenders would wrinkle all to hell. minitubbing will be just fine. just a more open area and more of the tub will be visible without that piece of sheet metal
01-30-2010, 09:08 AM
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I'm going to get the car minitubbed, and when that's done, I'll look at what's left in there and remove what's not needed. I think, that the arm rest pieces that these guys are removing come out to minitub anyway, and I think, that flimsey piece they're takign out is also just cut out of the way as well, but it may help support the minitub, not sure.
01-30-2010, 11:33 AM
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The mini tub and the 25.3 spec was my worry, didn't want to add the rear bars if I can leave all the rear structural pieces in place and pass the car the way it is, thanks.
01-30-2010, 01:21 PM
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i dont think it supports the minitub in anyway. it doesnt seem to support the stock tubs. all its there for is to hold speakers and something for the rearseat brackets to mount to. if people are taking out rear seat brackets, then i dont think you have nothing to worry about. that piece is alot more of a structural piece than the flat sheet stock holding the quarter speakers
01-30-2010, 09:25 PM
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i dont think it supports the minitub in anyway. it doesnt seem to support the stock tubs. all its there for is to hold speakers and something for the rearseat brackets to mount to. if people are taking out rear seat brackets, then i dont think you have nothing to worry about. that piece is alot more of a structural piece than the flat sheet stock holding the quarter speakers
ok, cul, thanks.
