roo

Take your hands away from that keyboard dammit! I know there are plenty of weight reduction threads floating around and this is going to add to them but I intend for this one to be a slight bit more useful than what's already out there. This original post will serve as a reference and I will update it as more info becomes known. I will try to put this in order of amount of weight saved. Please post suggestions and any info you have in this thread. Hopefully this will help alot of you people out...

Racing/Bucket Seats
stock seat weight: 74lbs each (148lbs for the set)
bucket seat weight: approx 20lbs each saves 108lbs total (BRIDE/Sparco/VARIS)

Dry Carbon/Carbon Fiber/ FRP Doors
stock door weight: Unknown
dry carbon door weight: Unknown but saves 88.2lbs total (VERTEX)
carbon fiber door weight: Unknown (SWAT)
FRP door weight: Unknown (SWAT)

Spare tire, Jack and Iron
Remove those bishes! 62.5lbs

Full Titanium Exhaust
stock exhaust weight: 64.2lbs
full titanium exhaust weight: 15lbs, saves 49.2lbs(Amuse)

Dry Carbon/Carbon Fiber/ FRP Hood
stock hood weight: 58.6lbs
dry carbon hood weight: 20.1lbs, saves 48.5lbs total (VERTEX)
carbon fiber weight: 22.9lbs, saves 35.7lbs (VARIS)
FRP hood weight: Unknown (VARIS)

Lexan side windows
stock window weight: Unknown
lexan window weight: Unknown

Lightweight wheels
stock wheel weight: Unknown
aftermarket weight: obviously this will vary but it is an important factor to note

Stock Rear Seats
Remove them : Unknown

Carbon Fiber Trunk
stock trunk weight: Unknown
carbon fiber door weight: Unknown (importfan/gtp)

Aftermarket Coilovers
stock struts & springs weight = 67lbs
aftermarket coilovers weight= 32lbs saves 35.lbs (TOP SECRET)

FRP Fenders
stock fenders weight: Unknown
FRP fenders weight: Unknown (Vertex)

FRP Sunroof
stock sunroof weight: 34lbs
FRP sunroof weight: Unknown

StockCD Changer
Remove it! 10lbs

verylost

check this out:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ghlight=weight

I think someone even weighted the ash tray

pilip99

thanks roo

MongolKhan

Ill give you exactly how much stock seat weighs when i get home tonight and i am picking up a door from aliga on thursday, ill weigh it before i put it on.

roo

awesome, time to put these tubby cars on a diet.....and BTW, what happened to your previous door?

verylost

stock seat weighs 54 lbs.

jacques

The linked thread says 74lbs for stock seats, 54 is for the Supra drivers seat.

I'd add the weights of spare tire, jack and iron, 58 + 4.5 = 62.5lbs
LS400 calipers vs OEM saves 6lbs per caliper

Weights of the stock system (headunit/amp/sub/subamp/changer) vs a standard headunit would be interesting along with the 97+ supra control arms vs the OEM ones and Xerd headers vs. the stock manifold.

verylost

You are right. I was in lalal land when I replied

roo

I've seen this many times but I think the Supra calipers are a better option because of the wide variety of performance pads available for them. I think the performance outweights the weight reduction in this aspect.

looking at the list so far, a 3000lbs doesn't look nearly as difficult as you might imagine. (not cheap either)

Does anyone have the GTP/Importfan carbon trunk? I hate their carbonwork but I am tempted to buy one and paint it if the weight savings are decent enough. (though I'd worry about adding a wing to it because who knows how stable it is)

RobSoVIP

this thread already exist... but I guess searching it and updating it would be too easy.

roo

not in this format...i want to have a good list with parts/mods that loose weight from the car in order...with weight savings listed...something like this makes it very easy to read and easy to pick and choose what you can do to lighten your SC. Most of the other threads I've seen are incomplete and/or do not give you a good idea as to how much weight the car can lose as much as they just list oem part weights.

STRONG SC

time to put my sc on a diet as well, so far i have coilovers and supra calipers. parts to go in when i get back to my college apt are

-aftermarket deck
-bride seats
-single exhaust
-gut the spare/iron/jack

Hopefully I can source out affordable trunk and hood.

BLK13X

My first mod in Soarer weight reduction... for me to go on a diet

indelible

Stock door weighs about 77lbs (including the door panel). I weighed mine when i took it off to replace the hinge.

roo

lol, yes....this is always a good thing.