ed he found a seller to me before but is there a store or something that sells these? What's the weight savings like?...
 

Matt mentioned he found a seller to me before but is there a store or something that sells these? What's the weight savings like?

Re: Bunger: Where'd you get the aluminum drums?
 

Is there no reply button on this thing???

Anyways... I horde them... but seriously, get them from your local wrecking yard off of 87 CRX Hfs (easy to tell... they are the ones without rust all over the outside of them)... or... get this... Honda Insight. Yup, get them new from Honda. I'm just a cheap b*stard. =)

I see the reply button now
 

I see the reply button now that there are a few post on this thread... odd...

Anyways... I will warn ya, not that it realy deserves a "warn" there is this SMALLEST bit of aluminum that gets taken off by some bit of your hub or something... so expect a little scrap sound for the forst 50 miles or so. I have yet to pony up for the insight ones, so I'm not sure if this holds true for them as well. Nothing big, I've put on 2 sets so far.

Ohhh and for weight savings (damn i wish i had a gram scale!!) I would say expect 3lbs total at least. And the finning on them looks like you mean business. Really I think these are WAY better than the iron issues... Aluminum should shed the heat faster and are lighter, no drawbacks here!

Re: 60 from hondapartsdeals!Meh
 

I have a GOOD account (body shop price + some) at my local honda dealer. Maybe I can sweet talk the wholesale girlie into cutting me an even bigger break (brake... har har) for these drums.

I gots an extra set in the
 

I gots an extra set in the garage, one sec and I'll go take a pic of what part i'm talking about.

https://www.zealautowerks.com/images/lip1.jpg

Check out that linkery for the lip I speak of.

I owe that set to a lady friend... but I'll hunt do down a set mi amigo.

wow SVOboy is really after
 

wow SVOboy is really after that MPG. Maybe I should get myself a 90' civic hatch. Too many mods for it to lower it's weight and gain a lot of mpg.

How bout the 88 Hf, 1819 lbs
 

How bout the 88 Hf, 1819 lbs curb weight stock... and the stock mileage isn't too bad either! =)

interesting. Might have to
 

interesting. Might have to look into this. I blow a lot of money on the car maybe I can get that car to 60mpg. Also where in Cali are you located?

Re: interesting. Might have to
 

Northern part mostly, in and around the sacramento area. Do you call from this area as well?

Re: interesting. Might have to
 

I'm from South Cali

I found a guy who will sell
 

I found a guy who will sell them to me for $50 shipped, but if they're $60 new on hondapartsdeals, then I might as well just buy them new...

unless Bunger can get them cheaper :)

For me they are good for a few reasons. Not only are they lighter (3lbs isn't really that much) but they look a lot better than the rusted out drums on my car now. Drums are lighter than rear disc conversion as well, so adding rear discs is not an option.

Oh, and don't get too used to this screwed up software. I'm going to rewrite my own forum module for this site sometime in the next few months, so the "add a comment" thing will be an annoyance of the past.

Re: I found a guy who will sell
 

I'm guessing $50 is for BOTH, but the $60 new is EACH. Big difference there.

If I find em, I'll sell em to you at my cost - shipping.

Do remember, it is rotating un-sprung weight, the worst of all weight.

Sweet =)

There is always something
 

There is always something for you honda guys. I'm going to start looking for a old hatch.

Agreed. Did you know the
 

Agreed. Did you know the Civic VX has some sort (barely) of a underbody "tray" basically a little chunk of plastic that helps air from getting "caught" under the car. Still a slight improvement over the other models.

I have about 800 yards of
 

I have about 800 yards of fiberglass in my storage unit, I've been meaning to make an underbody tray for like 6 years now. =) Flat would be ok... but really dimpled like a golf ball would be best, it cause a low friction bountry layer that the air rides across. as far as design... just make it come up to the front and rear lips... then cut notches for the suspension and such, maybe vent the engine bay.

For the time and resin it
 

For the time and resin it takes, I just buy CF ones. I get them at a very reasonable rate (under $300).

I think hoods are a little
 

I think hoods are a little above my current fiberglassing skills, at least anything that would look good. =)

I just checked on ebay
 

I just checked on ebay carbon fiber hoods for CRXs are around $300-$400 (after shipping). Thats rather costly for 10-15 pounds. I think you would have to drive a billion miles to get you money back in gas saving.

Re: I just checked on ebay
 

It's a little known fact but removing the "frame" from the hood actually makes it lighter than a carbon fiber hood. Sure, it's super flimbsy, but it's much cheaper.

Most carbon fiber hoods now adays arn't even that good of quality, and sometimes they offer no weight reduction at all. It's more of a fashion statement than anything else.

Quote:kickflipjr wrote: I
 

Yeah, I'd never do CF for weight savings, and disco told me about the hood support a while ago, but I don't want to screw up my only hood.

Re: Quote:kickflipjr wrote:
 

Buy a brand new $50 certifit hood and chop that biatch.

But the colors won't match!
 

But the colors won't match! *whinewhine*

They might match. But the
 

They might match. But the odds are not in your favor.

Re: I just checked on ebay
 

Yea, its not cheap to ship them. I used to just get 4-5 orders for them, then on my next trip back from LA, toss them in the back of my volvo (I could fit 5 honda hoods back there in the boxes!) There are a lot of total crap hoods, non-rolled edges, no or poor UV protection, thick and heavy. The ones I bought were middle of the road to upper end quality. And when you buy them 5 at a time, they aren't too pricey.

Do you know how much a "gutted" stock hood weighs? I used to have a fiberglass hood that was SUPER thin, it had to be held on by some Dzus fasteners and was like a freaking SAIL trying to check the oil on windy days. I don't think it could have weighed more than 4 lbs max.