Serithin

If I was to remove my convertible top.. Motor and all. How much weight reduction is that on a 2006 Nissan 350z? The convertible weighs 250ish extra pounds vs the coupe so I imagine the whole top weighs about 300 pounds right? Otherwise the convertible would still be heavier then the coupe and why would it if it was all gutted out? I'm sure I can think of something for rainy days and such.

turboed350z

Shouldve bought a coupe...

bealljk

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Shouldve bought a coupe...

zstreet86

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Shouldve bought a coupe...

Serithin

Hell no, convertibles are bad ***!

dkmura

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Your ZR will be lighter without the top and frame, but don't forget Nissan had to add additional body reinforcements to the roadster. Those you cannot remove and your topless ZR will still lack the torsional stiffness of a coupe. It won't handle as well and becomes virtually useless in inclement weather. Why would you do that to a vehicle with such a unique feature?

If it's a performance gain you're seeking, you won't find much of a difference. The weight difference will not be enough and top end will be reduced because of the increased drag of lacking any type of roof. If your ZR is primarily a street car, just fix the (probably tattered) roof and move on...

Serithin

Hell no, my top is in mint condition. Why are their so many trolls on this forum? I looking to get a removable hard top.

dkmura

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First off, I'm not a troll. But your posts make little sense. Why discard a perfectly good retractable top for weight reduction? A removable hard top will weigh as much, if not more, than your current OEM engineered top.

And if you don't want comments from members of this board, why are you posting on a public forum?

Serithin

I don't care about the weight of the hard top, It will only be on when it rains and I don't care about performance at that point. If your not a troll why do you assume my top is probably tattered? Any why the hell would you think I don't want comments from members of the board?? See? Trolling once again.

bealljk

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Hey Serithin...you currently have 9 posts on this forum and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you are offending one this forums senior members and more importantly a member that has a wide variety of experience that related to the Z33.

A little respect goes a long way...

You're turning into our friend Kylin...dont be like Kylin!

https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...uild-help.html

https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...eadlights.html

https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...ber-brand.html

Serithin

I can see your point but who disrespected who first? He said my top was probably tattered and he made other incorrect assumptions.

dkmura

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Dude, the title of your post is "How much weight reduction?" So when you say you don't care about performance, whaddya doin' it for? Looks? Being different? And if you really want to be disrespected, I could have approached this a whole different way and been much more effective.

Read most of the threads here and you'll find many new owners have issues with their cars they're trying to work around. It certainly seemed you might have something similar with your questions and I sought to clarify them. The only point in talking about your existing top (tattered or not) was that it makes little sense to remove a complex mechanism like the folding top for "weight reduction" purposes. I stand behind that.

Serithin

Ok. I am going to try to be respectful here but this is the last time i will be replying to this thread. I said I dont care about performance AT THAT POINT. Meaning when it is RAINING. I don't want to be in a ditch. I don't know how I could make it any clearer. And why the hell would I want to be disrespected? The trolling never ends. No disrespect intended.

DeusExMaxima

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Serithin....perhaps I can be of assistance. It sounds kind of like a bit of miscommunication here. The gentlemen who made assumptions were just trying to be helpful in light of a lack of facts that werent supplied, in this case. Its good idea to give relevant facts in your first post and the title, so people know what you are talking about more clearly. For example, if you put "I have a convertible and I am interested in tracking my car so I am wondering if I remove the convertible top mechanism how much weight that would reduce the car by and if there is a hardtop I could put in its place for rainy weather." Hopefully this helps and welcome to the forum.

350zrn35

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why do you guys even bother with the only troll here. Just close the thread.

chitownpete

Serethin, my top hasn't been up in 3 years and I've wanted to do the same thing but have had no time. I read the top and motors were over 100 pounds (160?) if I remember right so it would be a significant reduction. As far as performance my 350z is the stiffest Convertible I've been in and it doesn't have any noticeable cowl shake like the others I've owned. I only use my 350ZR for joy rides on perfect days however and have an emergency tarp in the trunk in case I get caught in the rain (never happened yet) . I'll never run it with the top up again as I'm tall and it's way too hard to get in with the top up. I'm not sure what the hardtop weighs but decided not to get one when I saw how expensive they were and realized I would never use it anyway. I'll hit 36,000 miles on my 04 so that gives you an idea what I use the car for. The other hesitation to removing the top is the 350Z is nose heavy and the weight will be coming off the back so it will be even more front heavy if you remove it. I still might do it someday, it's a lot of weight to lose.