[Lioz]

Anyone have a good tips how to lose weight in m235 (not only seats)?

[Michall]

1) Air Conditioning delete
2) Front Hood (replace with a lightweight fiberglass or carbon fiber)
3) Stock Wheels (replace with a set of 17" lightweight wheels)

[Lioz]

Originally Posted by Michall

1) Air Conditioning delete
2) Front Hood (replace with a lightweight fiberglass or carbon fiber)
3) Stock Wheels (replace with a set of 17" lightweight wheels)

Did alreday the wheels but 18"

[Abstraction]

Engine swap for N26

[B_Rice]

driver mod

[pikcachu]

eat more subway

[BMW GENIUS]

Man weight reduction is the easiest and cheapest mod you can possibly do lol. If you really want to cut weight just take ALL the *%#+ out you don't need. It just comes down to how much less comfortable do you want to be.

[N55guy]

Exhaust... Lose weight, slight (very slight) performance gain, and better sound

[BPC]

Divorce

[Anthony235]

Cutting weight out of my previous cars was always something I did. I won't get too crazy with the 235 though.

It depends on how far you're willing to go and how much $$ you're willing to spend. Some basic things with minimal impact to comfort:

Carbon hood and trunk lid. Not sure of our OEM is aluminum. If so weight savings will be minimal.

Lighter wheels

Lighter tires

trunk lining

spare tire/flat kit

rear seats

lighter battery

remove wiper fluid

coilovers to replace OEM

remove sound deadening

remove speakers

remove rear seat belts

remove rear interior trim

remove floor mats

remove engine cover

exhaust (or delete)

downpipe

replace seat(s)

put yourself on a diet.

Just a quick list of various things I've done to various cars. You would be surprised how quick the little things start adding up.

I think with the right setup you could lose ~125lb - 150lbs out of the car with minimal impact to comfort/$$$

Honestly though unless you do road racing or autocross and are looking for a few extra tenths it's probably not worth it.

[EEBreh]

Sunroof delete

[Anthony235]

Originally Posted by EEBreh

Sunroof delete

I've seen it done.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Is this going to be a track car? If not it is not worth it to spend money on radical weight reduction

[XutvJet]

Buy the light one like I did 6MT (40lbs less than the 8AT), no moonroof (-35lbs), no nav (- a couple of pounds).

[Liquidpaper]

Originally Posted by mike@x-ph.com

Is this going to be a track car? If not it is not worth it to spend money on radical weight reduction

Excel sheet racers.

[mdputnam]

Here is the battery I use for my track car. 1.5 lbs versus the original 35 lbs. It hasd never faild to start the car!

[Anthony235]

I usually run Braille batteries.

[mdputnam]

Originally Posted by Anthony235

I usually run Braille batteries.

Check it out. Can a BMW AA Class be far behind?

[Boosted_six]

Is this a second car that you purchased for track duty? in which case you can just strip the fecker out right?

[mdputnam]

Yes it is a track only car and rules say you have to have to have a working battery and starter

[Xiaoxi]

just buy a miata

[Cyberdemon]

There are usually two decisions to make:

1 - Do I need it

2 - Am I willing to account for the financial damage I am doing to the car by modifying it

It's easy to pull things out that are easily reinstalled. It's also easy to pull things out that might reduce weight but not be easily replaced or reinstalled if you decide to later sell the car. Scraping out sound deadening, stripping the interior to the bare minimum, cutting up plastic panels, etc.

Things that weigh a lot:

-Seats
-Airbags
-Carpet
-Headliner
-Sound deadening
-Hood
-Sunroof (If you have one)
-AC
-Door panels
-Window Glass

If you just want to start with stuff that pops out fairly easily. Seats/wheels/trunk liner are probably all easy ones. You can also start to pull off some of the panelling around the rear seat and trunk. The rest of the stuff mentioned (light battery) is also a good idea.