My 04 weighs 3175lbs???

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03-15-2010, 12:51 PM

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tbirdscwd

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Originally Posted by teej281

If youre at 3175 now, just removal of the back seat and the spare stuff and dont forget the wishbone on the rear end of the vehicle. quad shocks, upr k member and all that stuff would get you down there.

wishbone? I'm sure I've seen what yo're talking about might just not know it by that name. And do the quad shocks really do much for handling etc...? Can I just ditch them for good?

I am hoping to do a UPR K in the next year or so.

03-15-2010, 02:03 PM

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Been looking into K-members and I like the looks of the Team Z and a lot of people have said good things about them.

03-15-2010, 02:14 PM

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Well i suggested the UPR because its the lightest on the market. And the wishbone is just like bolted onto the bottom of the rear of the differential housing. Its supposed to help with noise vibration harshness or something. Its kinda heavy and you can do without it. And then the quad shocks, seeing that you have aftermarket control arms, you can remove them without consequence. If you didnt have aftermarket control arms or good ones anyways, i'd suggest running them just because they help with wheel hop and stuff.

03-15-2010, 02:22 PM

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I am assuming that you had little gas in your tank and you were not in the car.

If you want to make the car lighter, you are going to have to give up things that you want on a street car such as AC and other options. Run dumps, lightweight battery, after market seats and so on.

As the car gets lighter, you will hate it more and more.

03-15-2010, 02:31 PM

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^True that...

03-15-2010, 04:56 PM

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Teej, That's what I thought you meant by wishbone. I just never knew what anyone called it. I have the BBK upper and lower control arms, and I'll probably be ditching the quad shocks soon.

Jmac, yeah it was on a 1/4 tank and I was not in the car. I have no desire to run dumps, but my borla is probably half the weight of my stock exhaust already. I'm definitely keeping the A/C and insulation. I think the K-Member is an awesome idea as well as tubular A-arms. Lighter aftermarket seats is something that I have wanted to do since I bought the car. I wouldn't consider that an inconvenience, these stock seats suck!!!

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03-15-2010, 07:41 PM

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tim2002gt

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Mine weighs 3450 with me in it.

03-15-2010, 08:59 PM

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fidelcastrol

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My registration reads 5000lbs for the GT. I thought maybe it had another engine hidden under there.

03-15-2010, 09:23 PM

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That sounds just right. About 2 years ago my car weighed 3190 with a bottle, stripped trunk, prostars and a fairly heavy cowl hood. Everything else stock including leather power seats.