Hopefully this hasn't been beaten to death but, what can be done to reduce the vehicle's weight? (06 LS atx Sedan)

 

remove anything non-essential

 

Such as??

 

whatever you are willing to rid... spare tire, junk in the trunk, power locks/windows, passenger seat, rear seats, carpeting, carbon fiber parts, lighter wheels, etc... there is so much you can do

 

For daily driving-

Passenger Seat
Spare tire and accesories in the back trunk
Lose weight yourself
Only half tanks of gas


For Hardcore enthusiast-

All the above
Carpets
Dash
Lighter hood and trunk
Reducing Unsprung weight



I'm sure there is more but thats all I can think of.

 

change out all tires to donuts

 

Haha.....
Wow.

 

Who sells lighter trunks? And could I get a lighter front and rear passenger seat vs completely removing?

 

you look familiar, i wonder from where!!

you can get carbon fiber trunk and hood, that will take off a nice chunk of weight. light weight rims, you can swap out the seats for racing seats. then, if you're serious, you can take out the rear seats, ditch everything in the trunk, get rid of all the dash, stereo, etc.

 

Not that serious, but the trunk/hood/seats sounds like it may be doable
You look familliar too haha.

 

Step 1 - Get in car

Step 2 - Drive to walmart

Step 3 - Buy 800 helium balloons

Step 4 - Attach balloons to vehicle

 

Here is what I did to one of my cars. I still street it but I dont recommend it.

Removed all rear interior.
Removed hood bracing and used hood pins
removed trunk bracing and used pins
Removed rear seats
Removed rear carpet and deck
removed all molding and plastic parts
removed the carpet spare and everything else in the trunk
Replaced all windows back from the drivers area with lexan
removed spare tire dip in the trunk by cutting it out(welded in a piece of flat thing steel)
Cut out none essential bracing
Fuel cell
Ultra light battery relocated to trunk
Lighter rim and tire combo

Im sure there is a ton more but there is a start

 

lol ive seen it done on a show trying to make an economy car fast... they stipped that car to pretty much the frame and used donuts

 

do people still remove the a/c anymore? is it even worth it????

 

Definately. They remove all of the creature comforts strip what is inside the doors put pexiglass windows on. Not pretty but weight reductive (is that a word loL).

 

Basically get your interior to the point where its a wheel, gauge cluster, and driver seat. No shift knob required.

 

you can even take the door panels off, and cut the shell of the door on the inside
just be careful shutting your door, because you lost a lot of support

 

i can picture that