Got a new part - carbon fiber fuel door

Just bragging about a new part. They are hard to come by here in the US as the place stopped producing them about 7 years ago.

It is full carbon, but the ring is painted black. It’s held shut with a built-in magnet.

Weighs only 52g, thus saving 208g over the US gas door.

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Every gram counts!

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Yeah, this mod makes sense to normal people because it looks great and saves what I consider a lot of weight on a light car.

I’m actually mentally ill when it comes to this stuff. My kids don’t know why I’ll spend an entire day in the garage messing with a couple of parts to save 60 grams:

I have over 400 fasteners I’ve replaced with aluminum as well as some replaced with Ti.

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Love that fuel filler cap👍

Have you tried drilling holes in your screen wash bottle or engine coolant tank, that will save some weight? :wink:

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Thanks!

I’ve drilled holes in practically everything that doesn’t hold liquid or air, haha.

For instance a large hole in the coolant mount and the fuel fill mount. Note on earlier S2 Exiges, the fuel filler hole is already there. That was 18 grams saved.

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