Carbon roof skin & bootlid. How much weight difference?
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The boot is fairly hefty but the roof is thin sheet metal and won't weigh much. I would have thought other things would give you more benefit for the money. The only positive of the roof is that it's high up. Unless you are striping the car completely for every last g of weight I wouldn't bother. I would be looking at chopping a lot of metal out of the car and removing all interior and sound deadening before going for a carbon roof. But just imo.
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Cookie have a look at this thread not read through it though but might give you some ideas.
https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...f-fitting.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...f-fitting.html
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Hi.
My seibon bootlid and sti6 carbon spoiler weigh about the same as an aluminium bootlid. (It pops up on its own when using the boot release, just like having no spoiler) There is scope to remove the internal structure of the bootlid too, further reducing its weight. So I would say the bootlid is around half the weight of the original, with scope to be even lighter.
When there was a group buy on the carbon roofs I asked how much weight saving there was and I was told around 10kgs, that was a carbenfiber creations roof skin iirc.
Hope this helps!
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My seibon bootlid and sti6 carbon spoiler weigh about the same as an aluminium bootlid. (It pops up on its own when using the boot release, just like having no spoiler) There is scope to remove the internal structure of the bootlid too, further reducing its weight. So I would say the bootlid is around half the weight of the original, with scope to be even lighter.
When there was a group buy on the carbon roofs I asked how much weight saving there was and I was told around 10kgs, that was a carbenfiber creations roof skin iirc.
Hope this helps!
Cheers
Tom
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Thanks guys, I must admit I saw a carbon roof at Japshow and loved it, so if there was a decent weight saving to then all the better.
I'm tempted also by the Fibreglass duck tails bootlid from ABW, but I could do with seeing some more fitted pics of it first.
I'm tempted also by the Fibreglass duck tails bootlid from ABW, but I could do with seeing some more fitted pics of it first.
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Roof you wont be looking at much at all, boot lid you'll shave a few kg easy.
IMO unless you are racing the car professionally I wouldnt bother with anything other than GRP/Carbon mix. Yes the dry carbon is stronger and looks better but it also has a price tag nearly double the grp/cf mix.
Seibon, Carbon Creations, VIS and ourselves all mainly concentrate on using a grp/cf mix due to people not willing to pay for the dry carbon version. That said if you wanted anything in the higher grade of carbon I can supply it to you
IMO unless you are racing the car professionally I wouldnt bother with anything other than GRP/Carbon mix. Yes the dry carbon is stronger and looks better but it also has a price tag nearly double the grp/cf mix.
Seibon, Carbon Creations, VIS and ourselves all mainly concentrate on using a grp/cf mix due to people not willing to pay for the dry carbon version. That said if you wanted anything in the higher grade of carbon I can supply it to you
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I too like the duck tail, don't think I've ever seen one in real life on a impreza, a few I've seen on here and on Google look like the lip could do with coming out a little longer and higher, not as much as the old manta's though
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I can see how a sandwich panel roof could be lighter. It could also increase chassis stiffness too
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