Best places to remove weight from a 986?

[The Radium King]

fake racing seats? if you are referring to bimarco or status, both are fia approved. since he appears to be building a street/track car I noted these vendors as they offer more cover options than the race-only vendors. in reality, the gt3 seats in your car are most likely fia expired and as unsafe as any 'fake racing seats' without a seatback brace.

regarding the 'racing safety' comment another post, show me a spec boxster with either bumpers or airbags, if that indeed is what was being referred to ...

in fact, try to make a lw door panel with side air bags. impossible. there are early boxsters that came without side air bags; search 'boxster door panel' in ebay and look for ones without air bags or door speakers - get a set of these and you have a pretty lw door panel. there is a thread on this forum where someone fabbed-up some rs-style door pulls for a 986 as well (Porsche didn't start doing the rs door pull thing until the 9x7 series so nothing oem available).

[j.fro]

Cf or fg hood = 30 lbs or so
LWFW= 15 lbs
Lighter wheels

By the way, how much drivability are you willing to lose???

Removing the sound deadening from the carpet is tough... And then you get carpet that moves funny under the feet.
I dumped it all and made some floor boards from foam core and fg.
Here's a pic with a bit of my work...

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

fake racing seats?

The lightweight Chinese 'no name' knock offs often found on Ebay and online. They're light for a reason, and it's not a good one.

BTW, in case others didn't pick up your caveat, save for the very high end ($$$$) I wouldn't put much faith in the FIA ratings of most mass market racing seats sold today. You're safer in the stock Porsche seats which will not crumple around you like a Pepsi can in a road accident. Something to consider if you're planning on keeping the Boxster streetable. A second hand pair of GT3 seats are much better as these actually had to pass German road car safety standards which I trust more than the FIA's 'seal of approval' pasted onto cheap Sparco, OMP, etc. seats. And GT3 seats bolt right into the existing holes in the floorboard. 10 minutes to swap out for each side with a simple socket wrench. Plus, obviously much lighter than stock.