still looking good man!!!! i just got my rpf1s on and need to post them up sometime.

 

 

Thanks for all the comments everybody.

 

Beginning of summer update:

'03 ECU: Got it from a member here for $50. Had the dealer cut and program a new key as well as program my old key. It feels great with the new ECU and a couple extra ponies and supposedly better gas mileage since they leaned out the fuel map. I'll keep track and update as I go along.



Silver coated amber rear turnsignals: Got them off of ebay for like $6. Very subtle mod, but went from this (obviously not my car, but a good pic that shows the amber):



To this (my car):



Last new mod, cutoff stock exhaust: Bought it off of craigslist for $50 and used a sawzall to cut off the mufflers. Using a postal scale, I found that the mufflers weigh in at over 18 pounds each, so over 36 total. The resulting exhaust weighs in at just over 14. It is stupid loud, so I don't have it on too much. It is fun to put it on and rip around town though.



*EDIT*- Almost forgot some updated weight specs.
With the hardtop off and mufflerless exhaust I am up to 194.7 pounds off of the car. Sometimes I like to take out the passenger seat for fun, so with that out I am at 227.7. With a stock curb of 2809, that puts me at 2581.3.

 

I'm going outside and doing the same thing to my trunk, **** carpeting!

 

Looks cool, I think I got used to seeing 17x9 RPF1s all around so I miss the concavity : p

 

looks good bro.... be warry of the exhaust cuts..... i know i put a few flames out my invidia dual at high rev shifts.... dont know if theres anything thats going to melt... most likely the bumper... some turn downs would fix that problem...

 

How much weight did this cut? I'm thinking of doing this, but I'm seeing a lot of variance on the forums of how much weight was saved. I've seen 45-70 lbs quoted.

 

simple and clean

 

The spare weighed in at 24.64 pounds and the carpets/tool tray were somewhere in the 6-7 range. I don't remember exactly, because I put them back in and took them off of my list of weight reduction. I kept the tools however, and also put in a little kit with an air pump and a patch kit which weighs 3.25 pounds. I don't know where anyone would get 45-70 pounds since the spare is by far the heaviest thing back there.