[caveguru]

Got tired of waiting so I called Seibon and got some of the weights of their GR parts. An ad for their dry carbon (!!) parts spurred me into action, so I have those here too. All weights are approximate to the nearest pound I would guess...

OEM-style Hood: 22 lbs (stock is ~45 lbs)
front fenders: 2 lbs each
front door: 13 lbs
rear door: 11 lbs
hatch: 14 lbs (stock is ~25 lbs)

Ok, here's the crazy part- Seibon now makes a dry carbon hood and hatch for the '08/09:

hood: 12.3 lbs
hatch: 8 lbs (!)

List price for both the hood and hatch are $2400 each There's pictures of the hood and hatch on their sema car in their sema gallery and it is the sex, but ouch.

Frank

[VSGTS14]

ouch is right! but those carbon savings for the hood and trunk is pretty good. now, it's a question of fitment, esp the trunk.

[USNSTI]

I'm assuming the glass would add a good bit of weight to the hatch though. Good mods for weight reduction. I can't believe how damn heavy our stock hood is.

[Nihilation]

Replacing the doors with CF would be a major safety hazard, wouldn't it?

[caveguru]

Originally Posted by Nihilation

Replacing the doors with CF would be a major safety hazard, wouldn't it?

many people do it in conjunction with a cage that includes door bars, but I guess some just don't care, like if they're building a show car. I think the factory side-impact bars are welded to the door skin, so you wouldn't be able to move them over.

[SRH_STi]

Sweet, they're making both front and rear doors! Not that I would put a bunch of cf parts on a street car, but a carboned-out 08+ would be sick.

[GilMikalian]

i'm about to sound WAY too old, but how do these parts affect collision absorption/safety, if any? I DD my GR on the 405 and 101 everyday so safety is a real concern.

[caveguru]

weel, it would seem that if you do the doors you loose the side impact crash beams, so that would be bad. I remember an urban legend that if you got into a frontal impact a carbon fiber hood is so stiff that it breaks free, comes through the front window, and decapitates you!


you're probably pretty safe to do the fenders and rear hatch.

Frank

[USNSTI]

Originally Posted by Nihilation

Replacing the doors with CF would be a major safety hazard, wouldn't it?

Originally Posted by GilMikalian

i'm about to sound WAY too old, but how do these parts affect collision absorption/safety, if any? I DD my GR on the 405 and 101 everyday so safety is a real concern.

I wouldn't do any carbon, especially doors on a street driven car. A hood or hatch may be OK though, but I am sure you would no longer be driving a 5 star collision vehicle.

[Rum]

Originally Posted by GilMikalian

i'm about to sound WAY too old, but how do these parts affect collision absorption/safety, if any? I DD my GR on the 405 and 101 everyday so safety is a real concern.

They'll handle an impact at the speeds you see then (d'oh!) .

If I had a dollar for every day that the stupid 405 prevents me from hitting full boost even once during my 20-mile commute...

Also yes you sound OLD! Like, SO OLD, maybe even 30!