i just took some random pics i guess of my stripped down trunk and found that the bose control unit was in there. well here some pics

 

what are you putting in it? or just stripping for weight reduction?

 

it started with just the spare tire for wieght and then got pissed b/c our car is a boat and wanted to see what was under the plastic and i'm pretty much just going to leave it. i really want to take the back seat out but im not too sure how. i found the bolts but im sure that i'll get into some trouble. i'm just waiting for hks exhaust so i can get tadashi's chip.

 

man, if/when you get all that done, i'm definitely going to drive out to see it (if you're cool with that) I go to SLU in case you forgot.

 

invest in solos seats n mirrors for more weight reduction

 

atleast i know where the bose unit is so i can steal it

 

Takes about 5 seconds to take apart the trunk if anyone is interested.

 

I had 2 questions and I was just wondering....

1) By stripping the back seats, swapping to CF seats, swapping out your mirrors, and removing little tiny things here n there in the car (that albeit do make you lose weight...also make you lose functionality), how much weight is actually reduced?

and...

2) what does that weight-loss add up to in terms of increases in performance times for 0-60, 0-100, 1/4 mile, etc...?

 

i mean if you think about it we need to reach a weight reduction of about 200-300 lbs to match at least a g35. so basically think of it like this a g35 with a g37 engine. on top of that add an exhaust and chip im sure you'll be much happier with the luxry and sports part of owning a 37. yeah prut we will meet up sometime and ill hook you up with the tinter if you haven't done it yet.

 

with no back seats its not much of a luxury car... shoulda bought a Z... removing the mirrors is just dumb they barely weigh anything to begin with... Honestly if you want to make our cars lighter you need to remove a lot of the sound proofing material... there is probably more than twice as much than a g35

 

+1 on the Z comment, if youre planning on tearing your G apart you should have just waited on a base model 370z and tore that apart.
Even with removing the seats and trunk you are not going to get that much faster, nothing you'd actually notice, it's all mental.
Gut the trunk down to the metal
remove back seats/pass front seat
go with carbon fiber doors
carbon fenders
carbon hood
carbon trunk
light weight driver seat
light weight wheels
if you want a "noticable" difference.
But then you won't have a G37, you'll have a $40k shell with a motor.

 

Sounds like a plan.
headed home mid-june. be back in the fall once school starts up again.

 

my cars a lease so i'm just messing around with things to make it feel less boaty. i know it's part mental of course but once i get an exhaust and chip im sure ill notice a big difference i can be proud of.

 

well according to that old fart you just destroyed your car lol

 

Weight reduction is great, but our cars are already front heavy. something like 53/47 IIRC. Anything you remove in the rear of the car will only further upset the weight difference... just throwing it out there.