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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 12:41 AM
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Weighed my car today!

it had about 1/8-1/4 tank of gas in it. No one was in it.

leather interior, no weight reduction whatsoever......unlessyou consider a/c removal. Other than that, mods in sig.

2820 lbs,
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 01:09 AM
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PS?

Man that is light....sweet....

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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 01:12 AM
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not bad with full interior all my ac intact and power steering just had removed spare tire jack /spare tire and regular junk stuff my car weighed at 2720 with me out of the car
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 01:13 AM
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PS is still there, until i look further into removing it the correct way, lol.
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 01:14 AM
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my 89 TII weighed 2720 with no floor carpet, no storage bins, go AC/PS, no spare/jack.
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 01:22 AM
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Yep, whos the guy who weighed it for ya?




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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 03:21 AM
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thanks man,^^ and im not about to remove the interior. Car isnt trashy enough for that, i did that to my last 7.
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 03:36 AM
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gosh i fell so light i weiged my car this last friday at the track and it weiged in at a sexy......
2388lbs no carpet, no A/C, no rummber sounds crap on floor, not spair tire and jack, tll hood, heavy celica gts seats<--- both weigh 46lbs, full dash with blower unit and heatercore.... so i know in the pics the carpet it still there but i dont have my cam anymore to update it









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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 08:24 AM
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i also am doing that to my track car paint in the *** isnt it to remove that tar???? took me about 4 hours just to do the back
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 08:44 AM
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if you use a air tools its so much faster... a air chidgle.. i cant spell!
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 09:17 AM
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How do you remove the tar stuff? It it the light brown stuff in the pictures? Aren't there chemicals that you could let it sit in for a while?
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 09:24 AM
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i used a spatula thats it and my hand =) gives you a nice work out
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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i imagine a decent heat gun and a putty knife would do the trick
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 10:39 AM
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air chisle, just be carefull of your angle of attack-- too steep and you'll punch through the 1/16" thick steel body. I've got a few breather holes now :p
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 10:42 AM
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air chisle, just be carefull of your angle of attack-- too steep and you'll punch through the 1/16" thick steel body. I've got a few breather holes now :p


Speed holes is what I'd like to call them...





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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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air chisle, just be carefull of your angle of attack-- too steep and you'll punch through the 1/16" thick steel body. I've got a few breather holes now :p
i have a few of them... it acts like a a/c now!
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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to remove sound deadening use dry ice and a putyi knife. the dry ice makes it brittle and you can bust it off.
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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Ya, dry ice works extremly well. I'd reccomend getting about 2 pounds or so if you have the whole area ready to work on. With some warm gloves, and a hammer, break the dry ice up into small chunks (size of ice cubes works well), and distribute them in a small area. With the putty knife or screwdriver, try to lift up large pannels of the tar once it has cooled down. Once you finish an area, move onto the next- just pick up the dry ice and move it to the next area. -having a trash can makes the job much easier. Also, the larger the tar piece is, the easier it is to clean up and the faster the work goes. Average weight savings for most cars is 10-25 pounds
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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Also don't forget to take the left over dry ice, and put it in a soda bottle with warm water and seal it up. Then throw it at a ricer
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 05:28 PM
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Dry ice bombs are freakin awsome.. attach a trailer hitch to the bottle and throw the contraption in a garbage can full of water. it'll blow the walls off the garbage can and shoot water everywhere (even 40 ft up). just make sure to compress the bottle so it has room to grow as you screw the cap on tight.
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 05:30 PM
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Also don't forget to take the left over dry ice, and put it in a soda bottle with warm water and seal it up. Then throw it at a ricer

Poor riers.... hahaha....
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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Wow, some of you guys are heavy .
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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hey hondasuck
In the back of your car where you have the rear strut surrounds removed....did you just pound that **** off or do some fancy grinding thing?
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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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so how much does an average S4 tii really weight? cuz the faq says 2800 but in the door jamb of my car it says 3310 so im not sure which one to follow
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Old Sep 13, 2005 | 01:19 PM
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the sticker on the door frame just reads gross axel wieght, not vehicle wieght. max front and rear axel loads, and gross load wieght.

my stipped out s4 wieghs 2500. (low gas and no driver)
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