well with the 205's imminent repair, and a bx possibly arriving soon(doug check your e-mail and get in touch)
i've been thinking about taking some weight out of the poor thing
the standard car with a full tank o fuel and all fluids topped up weighs in at 889kg's.
ideally i want to knock 150kg off that :)
now i know that sounds optimistic, BUT i've been doing a bit of research,
confirmed weights are heater assembly at 11kg replacing the tailgate with a fibreglass item yields a 10.5 kg saving bonnet a mere 4.6kg standard rims weigh 9.6 kg each so hoping to half that (x4) one of the 205gti drivers forum boys removed all underlay and sound proofing which saved 22kg and say allow another 20 for trim panels back seat and fixtures/fittings
so thats let me see
heater assy 11kg tailgate 10.5kg bonnett 4.6kg rims 15kg(all round) soundproof 22kg interior 15kg
now theres 80 kg give or take, and i aint even started on perspex windows
looking at 4mm polycarbonate.
savings quoted are 2.3kg per side on the front side windows and 0.7kg per side on the rear side windows, binning leccy windows saves 3kg a side too :)
theres another 12 kilos
so far so good 90 kilos for not a couple of pieces of fibreglass and some perspex currently waiting to hear back on a plastic fuel tank too which should be worth a good 15-20 kg saving,
any thoughts on getting the poor pug into anorexia stakes?