[frogisland]

Standard on Euro cars



JP

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[PorscheDude]

You should be able to find the tow hook receptacle here.

Sorry for the crappy pics.

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[Eric_K]

Should is the key word. There are cars out there with nothing behind the hole in the rear bumper cover. I had one and I know others did too. Might be nasty surprise if you actually tried to use it!

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[RS Barn]

My RS actually has a rear recepticle that alligns with hole. I haven't really looked to see what they did.

My front bumper has a tow hook offest in passenger side

Pete

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[Jason Judd]

Man, I WISH I worked at Paragon...probably would have saved a small fortune on parts by now.



Unfortunately, it's Jason Burkett who's the man at Paragon...I'm just a lowly human-bean.



Jason-Paragon has a real turbo RS...I have a home made version.



Jason

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[bibbetson]

One way to lighten the front bumper (for US model cars) is to install the Euro bumper tubes. These replace the heavy US bumper struts. They are still available from Germany and weigh almost nothing. I'd have to go weigh them again but each strut is more than 5 lbs if I remember correctly. This was my solution to the front tow mount problem - leave the bumper I-beam in place, but lighten the mounts.



I never looked if the same is available for the rear because I don't want to remove weight there (yet).

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[mattipuh]

I've started lightening the car aswell. So far I've get rid of
- spare wheel + accessories in back comparment (tools, compressor, etc.)
- back seat gone
- hatch glass replaced with lexan one
- fiberglass hood
- lightweight flywheel
- 62Ah battery replaced with Odyssey 680 (17Ah) battery
- m494 amplifiers removed

extra weight from
+ amplifier
+ active sub
+ 2kg fire extinguisher
+ strut brace

haven't weighted the car, but feels abit more responsive than what I remember it was when it came to house. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] Should get the car weighted to know what's the fat condition of her.
I've got quite all extra equipment (aircon, sunroof etc.), but wont get rid of them when car is a daily driver.

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[Lonestar968]

Don't want to get off topic but I'm about to (finally) upgrade my brakes and, Matti, I noticed in your subscript you're using 996 hardware. Please elaborate p/n's and such. I'm VERY interested indeed!!!

Response via PM is fine also.

Many thanks!

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[Lim Yong]

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any info. to get these? update on weight savings? thanks

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[Cloud9...68]

+1

I've never heard of this before. Sounds intriguing...

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[jurek968]

My last idea - aluminum doors.

Without the glass weighs about 10 lbs each !

This is the last step after I have made carbon roof, and fiber glass hood &fender"s

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[Cloud9...68]

Jurek968,



Please elaborate. Are you saying you're in the process of making a carbon fiber, and fiberglass fenders and hood, and are now looking into aluminum doors? Or are you buying these items? If so, from whom? How is the quality, and price? Thanks.

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[jurek968]

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Jurek968,



Please elaborate. Are you saying you're in the process of making a carbon fiber, and fiberglass fenders and hood, and are now looking into aluminum doors? Or are you buying these items? If so, from whom? How is the quality, and price? Thanks.

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1.You have to remember that the door's are this same in every 924/944/968 serie.You can bay fiber glass doors that weigh nothing and they are produced in such a small country like Poland.

But You schould have full cage....The quality is poor ( fiber glass)

My aluminium doors abaut 800 USD + old 944 doors + schipping

2.Fenders I have bought frm RNR Motorspor ( Netherlands)

3.Hood , 8 Years ago it has been dane by one very gifted guy and the qualitty is more then perfect.This same guy made a roof.Hood is not carbon beaucose of weight.

Price - do not ask is sick .



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