How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

[alwayscode390]

I was talking to a guy at work about my truck , and how it is the quickest production truck to date. His first response was " did you add that kit , it must weigh atleast 600 lbs " ... I said " more like 150 lbs with all the mounting tabs/equipment " ... then he said "no way ... it is a LOT more " .

I saw a 4 year old thread that said 50 lbs for the TY cladding without mounting stuff.

Does anyone have an "updated" view on this?! Thanks ---

 

[Mephisto]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

HAHAHA 600lbs??? hmmm your cladding must be made out of steel. Even 150lbs seems heavy to me... i'd say somewhere around 75 or 80?

 

[NJ93TY]

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My truck is getting painted and I have every piece of cladding off. Does anyone have a scale big enough to weigh them? Or should I take them in to shoprite and weigh them on the produce scale?? :rotf:

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

My truck is getting painted and I have every piece of cladding off. Does anyone have a scale big enough to weigh them? Or should I take them in to shoprite and weigh them on the produce scale?? :rotf:

Grab a scale and weight them individually.

I bet the weight penalty when consider you still would need front and rear bumpers is under 100#, I would guess maybe around 50-75# mark. I have most of the pieces laying around in storage. If no else does, I could weigh them in next weeks or so. The front bumper cover, support, & brackets is by far the heaviest peices, I guess that is in the 30-40# range.

 

[Mtn Z]

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Even if you accounted for the rear bumper being a part of the "kit", the total weight is definitely less than 100lbs. The cladding really doesn't weigh that much.

 

[mattw]

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I'd be surprised if Mike Campbell hasn't already weighed this stuff.

I'm guessing its not over 60lbs.

-Matt

 

[thesyguy]

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Well, a stock rear step bumper on a regular S-series is pretty heavy compared to our roll pan rears, front to front would be close, and the side claddings and bracketing are pretty light. I think the difference would be under the 50 lb mark.

 

[SY1616]

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I say less than 50...got to be.

 

[Ty's 93-TYPHOON]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

My truck is getting painted and I have every piece of cladding off. Does anyone have a scale big enough to weigh them? Or should I take them in to shoprite and weigh them on the produce scale?? :rotf:

if you got a moving company near you, you can put them in a bed of a truck weigh the whole thing. then take them out and weigh the difference. i weighed a car at a scrap yard for 10bucks to see how much it weighed with me in it.

 

[Mephisto]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

My truck is getting painted and I have every piece of cladding off. Does anyone have a scale big enough to weigh them? Or should I take them in to shoprite and weigh them on the produce scale?? :rotf:

why dont you just get a regular scale... weigh yourself, then get on the scale holding a piece of cladding and see what the difference is? then you can do the same thing for every piece of cladding hahaha.

 

[Baythan]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

Any weight penalty that cladding causes is offset by the aerodynamics they provide. :lol:

 

[SY2932]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

I'd be surprised if Mike Campbell hasn't already weighed this stuff.

I'm guessing its not over 60lbs.

-Matt

Heh it's funny that you should mention that Matt

. Someone we both know plans to get his syclone repainted and I planned to weigh the pieces... I think that everything would be close to 100 pounds with brackets and supports included.

 

[alwayscode390]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

I just used a bathroom scale for my left rear peice of cladding thats off the truck ,lol. I would have guessed 8lbs but its 4lbs. I think the bulk makes it feel heavier!?

2 rear fender peices = 8lbs
2 forward rear fender peices 8lbs
4 top fender peices (front and rear) 12lbs
two side door peices 20 lbs
two front fender fronts and rears 12lbs
front peice 30lbs
rear peice 20lbs

These are estimates , without actual steel bumper peices ( beneath the cladding) and mounting tabs ... still equals about 110 lbs. ---

 

[SY1616]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

Damn, that's more than I thought! Take that stuff off and it's worth a tenth in the quarter!!! JK

 

[alwayscode390]

Re: How much does the cladding weigh?! ---

Damn, that's more than I thought! Take that stuff off and it's worth a tenth in the quarter!!! JK

LOL, I agree that the aerodynamics it provides cancels out the extra weight ---