996 turbo carbon city

[widow maker]

[911p]

[Arenki]

eerk. bet that pricey

[pete a]

Oh dear!

[dazco]

Is it a lot lighter than leather?

[cragswinter]

& yet they still kept the armchairs.

[Martian O]

Am I the only one who thinks CF looks a bit naff dotted about a cabin?

[widow maker]

dazco said:

Is it a lot lighter than leather?

these panels were custom made all carbon not covered porsche panels the fronts were 0.9 kg each before i fitted the door pockets
then removed side airbags and the crap bose speakers and plastic speaker bins saved about 15kg

[widow maker]

cragswinter said:

& yet they still kept the armchairs.

seats will be the next big weight saving 200 kg gone already

[widow maker]

pete a said:

Oh dear!

oh dear way ? are you to old for carbon or is your car so heavy it dosn't matter

[widow maker]

Arenki said:

eerk. bet that pricey

bought all the 4 door panels off somone that had them made from custom moulds and never finished the project gave £700 did the rest myself with £50 of carbon weave and some resin

[Whitean3]

Not quite my cup of tea, but 200 kg is a considerable weight saving! The rear seat bases are only attached to the carpet with velcro, so you could remove another kilo in about 5 seconds.

996ttalot's aftermarket carbon bucket seats are lovely by the way- worht a search on here.

GLad I'm not the only one who thinks the Bose speakers sound crap!

[Henry-F]

I think a bit of carbon in there looks good, especially when mixed with a bit of leather. You might argue that's a bit too much carbon but what you can't deny is the lad's skills if he's made a lot of the panels up from scratch.

Given the need for an autoclave are we to assume you do it as a day job?

Henry

[NBTBRV8]

widow maker said:

seats will be the next big weight saving 200 kg gone already

If the seats have adjustable lumbar support message me ASAP as I might be interested in buying them.

[Martian O]

widow maker said:

oh dear way ? are you to old for carbon or is your car so heavy it dosn't matter

[Martian O]

widow maker said:

......then removed side airbags and the crap bose speakers and plastic speaker bins saved about 15kg

Airbags are the one thing I'd of left in. Let's hope you don't have a moment when you too wish you'd done the same. Does your insurance company know you've removed them?

The Bose system in my 997 sounds great, is the 996 setup inferior?

And what else have you removed to save 200 Kg's, that's quite some saving!

[timmo]

Love the Carbon

[Daggerpie]

Looks a great job, door cards especially.

Diss those seats tho and get some decent ones, will finish it off a treat!

[widow maker]

hi there not all 996 or 986 have door airbags so i guess its not realy a problem with insurance
as for the weightloss not got time to list all today but 100 kg is easy
race battery -15kg
painted carbon hood -11kg
spare wheel ,jack tools,panel -22kg
all front grills replaced by black mesh- 3kg
front hood carpet and some plastic- 5kg
door panel work and speaker mods -15kg

gt2 carbon wing and lid -12kg
carbon bumper bar -3kg
rear seats - 10kg
carbon bumper bar -4 kg
floor mats 3kg
some sound proof -5kg
my custom exhaust FAB SPEED CATS THEN STRAIGHT CARBON CANS MADE BY ME -14 kg
ssr gt3 wheels -8 kg
rear wiper delete- 1.5
exhaust trims 3.5 kg
air filter mod open back -1
some haet shields at the back as with my straight cans dont need them -1
exhaust hanger delete 1.5

Martian O said:

Airbags are the one thing I'd of left in. Let's hope you don't have a moment when you too wish you'd done the same. Does your insurance company know you've removed them?

The Bose system in my 997 sounds great, is the 996 setup inferior?

And what else have you removed to save 200 Kg's, that's quite some saving!

Edited by widow maker on Monday 10th October 13:27

Edited by widow maker on Monday 10th October 13:36

Edited by widow maker on Monday 10th October 14:19

Edited by widow maker on Monday 10th October 14:27

[widow maker]

Henry-F said:

I think a bit of carbon in there looks good, especially when mixed with a bit of leather. You might argue that's a bit too much carbon but what you can't deny is the lad's skills if he's made a lot of the panels up from scratch.

Given the need for an autoclave are we to assume you do it as a day job?

Henry

did all the work in my garage apart from the door panels its not my day job but i did build concept cars for 10 years and have done some carbon work