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I'm of the understanding that the only alloy panel that is available for a classic is the bonnet? You get a lot of talk about lightweight panels, alloy boot lids etc but it's just internet crap as far as I know.
There's some guy on the subaru swap shop claiming that imports came with alloy wings, no airbags because they are heavy, small fuel tank (correct) to make the car lighter & alloy front arms to make it lighter....
My car is the same as his and mine has steel wings!
Only the bonnets on the JDM classics are aluminium, Classics also had the alloy wishbones, Again JDM only. Classic RA's did without EW/CL/EM/AC/Airbags/ABS (but these could be added as required as options). The Newage cars are the same but some Spec's came with light weight glass.
Get him to go round a Scoob with a magnet, he'll be disappointed and a dick.
Last edited by The Trooper 1815; 27 October 2013 at 11:32 PM.
I'm of the understanding that the only alloy panel that is available for a classic is the bonnet? You get a lot of talk about lightweight panels, alloy boot lids etc but it's just internet crap as far as I know.
There's some guy on the subaru swap shop claiming that imports came with alloy wings, no airbags because they are heavy, small fuel tank (correct) to make the car lighter & alloy front arms to make it lighter....
My car is the same as his and mine has steel wings!
The standard steel wishbones are fookin heavy ! even if the alloy ones are marginal it's probably of more significance in terms of unsprung weight than say an alloy boot But if your car came fitted with steel wishbones it's not worth the effort fitting alloy ones just because they're alloy In an off you are more likely to drive home on a steel wishbone than a very much snapped alloy wishbone
The internet bollox about panels etc is exactly that
The swap shop page is still alive is it? Can't find no reference to it when I look, the caged monkey banned me for having an opinion, class 1 grade A muppet!