Originally posted by muteboy49
"I cut off all of the collapable safety bumper stuff " ive heard of these but have no idea what or where they are. can anyone tell me where their at and how to remove them. and how do i get to/remove the door safety beams?
....starting right behind the plastic bumpers just remove EVERYTHING. It's been a while since I did this but I believe that there is this foam stuff, and metal brackets and such. Just take it all out, don't worry about ruining it, just cut & rip it out. I used a torch, a little Makitta grinder and a sawzall. I put aluminum braces from the plastic bumbers to the car body to keep them from bouncing around. The door safety beams are right up against the outside of the door but they are in the inside. I took the door panel off, then cut out the metal that the door panel was covering. You'll see the door safety beams, they are metal braces that run horizonally, half way up the door & are attached to the door. Just cut them out. I then made an aluminum panel to cover the door. Installed the stock door handle & lock in the aluminum. Took out the windows and cut Lexan to fit. I either left the windows all the way down or all the way to the top. Make sure your serious about totally gutting your car before you go to all this trouble. You could probably save more weight doing something else. Unless of course your doing everything else also .... Also keep in mind that your car isn't going to be worth much when you finish. Oh take the spare, jack, lug wrench & tools out {I signed up for AAA so I just let THEM tow me home when i broke or had a flat. Oh, 4 x 15 in drag racing wheels in front with skinny tires help.... I've still got some of the stuff that I bought to lighten mine. Let me know if your interested, but you can take off a whole bunch of weight for NO money .... Yeah, I went nuts, a light weight starter cost me almost $200bucks and saved 3 pounds or so. The Wagner plastic headlights were $50 bucks and they saved a pound...... But then 1 pound is worth 1/10 of a HP, isn't it??? {I'm just proving that I'm nuts.... bill