ZJ weight... more discussion needed :flipoff:

[BigDaveZJ]

Copied and saved this entire thread so just incase you manage to persuade Dave to delete it I will always have this to remember you by...LOL

HA!! Yeah right, no way I'm deleting this thread.

[ATL ZJ]

Motion to become a sticky...

[CrawlerReady]

You are all SOB's.

I'll be in Moab tomorrow

[Kauzi Zj]

Motion to become a sticky...

I second that!

[BigDaveZJ]

Motion approved!

[jfowlzj95]

Pwnd.

[dp96zj]

This thread should probably be bumped weekly.

[CrawlerReady]

W.T.F.

[Jeepin' Wolf]

LOLX

[grandmaster]

hahhahhaha at least i didn't start the thread so I don't feel as dumb as do

[Kauzi Zj]

BUMP


its way too important of a topic to let it die quietly...

[grandmaster]

I will second that and bump it once more!

[Kauzi Zj]

Hey Tyler...I was just curious, if I add a 6" body lift, and put 44's on my ZJ...how much will that increase my GVWR?

[CrawlerReady]

Just noticed this is still a sticky...........damn you Dave!

HAHA

[BigClay]

LOL, almost a year later Tyler and here it is

[cowboy63b]

and another bump

[Horus]

I always gut a ZJ before I wheel the thing. It seems to me that Grands pack more weight in terms of electronics and sound deafening material. Most of the stripping is done to the doors as the interior carpet is really the only other item aside from that.

As I was stripping the guts out of the doors on the Pacifier I decided to to find out exactly what I was gaining. That night I took some stuff into work to weigh it on our highly accurate scale. This is the kind of scale that lives in a controlled temperature environment. So as to retain calibration. The results of my experiment are posted below.

All parts are from an OBD1 (93-95) rig.

Rear window wiped motor assembly minus wiper arm: 2.405 pounds

Rear side door window regulator assembly complete: 3.735 pounds

Rear side door main glass: 6.500 pounds

Rear side door opera window complete with it's frame piece: 4.050 pounds


That is all I took with me to weigh. Seems like you could lose almost 20 pounds out of the rear side doors once everything is gone. This is weight that was high and on the very outside of the vehicle chassis, most negatively effecting COG.

Just thought I'd share.



Front door window regulator assembly complete: 5.485 pounds.

[CrawlerReady]

Yeah....I run no doors or glass (besides the windshield and sunroof) so I'm thinking that shaved the most weight.

Oh and thanks for the bump of this

[Horus]

Yeah....I run no doors or glass (besides the windshield and sunroof) so I'm thinking that shaved the most weight.

Oh and thanks for the bump of this

How much weight did you put back on with the tube doors?

Tube doors are a rare sight in my neck of the woods. They expose too much of the A and B pillars and allow them to catch on stuff in the trail. Gutted factory doors weight almost nothing and provide a somewhat smooth surface to slide along. My last ZJ only had a half door on the driver side for this very reason.

It all depends on the type of wheelin you do. I see you are in Utah and probably don't have to deal with wedging your ZJ between two trees that killed both doors on the Sami in front of you. You get to have Moab which is far superior to what we have here.

[cowboy63b]

I think he added to the thread nicely, I approve, not like it means a whole shit-ton(metric or standard)

[CrawlerReady]

No idea, the tube doors were light. Plus my ZJ doesn't look like that anymore.

[IndyZJ]

How much weight do you think it'll lose or gain if you ever do the other boatside?

[cowboy63b]

A metric shit-ton

[CrawlerReady]

How much weight do you think it'll lose or gain if you ever do the other boatside?

My guess is gain, but not too much. Maybe 75lbs? I'm finishing the other boatside this weekend

[Kauzi Zj]

I love that this is getting bumped with legit comments!