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Old 11-25-2008, 10:21 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by YodaTheToyota View Post
Anyone tried removing tar sound deadening material from the Yaris. I did this on my Civic Si and it weighed a total of 28 pounds. Yaris probably has less of the stuff, if any. I haven't looked yet.

The stock air intake weighs 5 pounds. The Injen air intake I replaced mine with weighs 3 pounds.
if its the aluminum stuff you are probably looking at around .3lbs per sq ft, if its the non-aluminum stuff, probably even less. I can't imagine taking that stuff off, but to each their own.


Is the stock engine cover really needed? does it serve any purpose other than to look nice?
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