SVX Carbon fiber hood and trunks!

[sicksubie]

Originally Posted by dcarrb

Which would give you an immeasurably-small benefit in fuel economy or elapsed time between redlights.

dcb

I do not care about fuel economy one iota in this car.. If I did I would have kept it pretty much stock... Also, only idiots race red light to red light.

[SilverSpear]

Originally Posted by sicksubie

Having swapped my trunk on and off about 4 times in the last month I would guess it weighs around 35ish lbs with no spoiler or struts... I can get a scale and a an exact reading later tonight...

Originally Posted by sicksubie

I do not care about fuel economy one iota in this car.. If I did I would have kept it pretty much stock... Also, only idiots race red light to red light.

Only once I have seen a carbon fibre hood for a Subaru WRX, I picked it up and it weighed around 10 lbs. I guess if we convert the SVX trunk to CF, it should weigh maximum around 13 lbs which is excellent in my opinion.

Concerning the looks, one can always paint it black not to look so ricey especially on the SVX.

But I guess you will might all loose the "spoiler" privilege, since its weight and the pressure cause by air flow might crack it with time (I might be wrong here, sorry no experience with that material before...).

[subbieatnz]

If I could find the bath room scales I would weigh the boot lid, spoiler, and bonnet That I have spare. Would give a approxment weight

[nexus_7]

I want a hood that bumps up, instead of dent down. then add air outletts in the rear...that would be worth $600 right there for me.

[Johnybeas]

sounds nice n all, I'd love to lose weight. but in all reality i have trouble affording mods higher on my priority list. this would be something I'd eventually buy, but cant afford at this time. good luck