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Old 06-17-2016, 01:31 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by steddie View Post
G'day there,
Just a thought, maybe if you take the bootlid off and cover the hole with coroplast will make it lighter again, or cut off the rearend off alltogether behind the back wheel under an angle so part of the back mudgards/fenders are cut away,as you said 'i dont use the boot' and fill the hole with coroplast, that for sure will make a big weight difference.
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Eddie.
That's actually a really interesting suggestion. What parts of the car are not structural that you could remove? I could definitely see window glass being replaced by plastic, and a coroplast boat tail replacing rear bumper and trunk lid. Not only that, but a boat tail would have a huge effect on highway mileage - probably more than the sum of the weight reductions. Win-win?
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