Project from hell - Trunk Tar

[asubimmer]

well I don't think it has been mentioned but when I took it out of my friends trunk there was RUST under the tar. Take that crap out if you still have it.

[asubimmer]

hehe when i do this i will park it somewhere in sacramento all day with the windows in the mall parking lot with resurfaced asphalt so its going to be REALLY nice and warm in that trunk. probably 100 outside at least, so maybe 120 in trunk??

open your trunk so the sun can hit the tar

[Bimmerfanatik]

mine came out by hand without residue.

Do you mean out of the cabby? (haven't looked..)

[emmi]

have u guys ever tried using dry ice to take off the tar?? thats how my friend did it on his... and it was like the exact opposite... he waited for a really cold night to do his.. he put the dry ice on, waited a while, then got a hammer and it just broke off..

[MrK]

Just looked under the carpet of my touring... no tar :D

Which makes total sense, since the extra glass of the touring more than offsets the engine weight I guess.

[Dave]

Do you mean out of the cabby? (haven't looked..)

no - the sedan

[motorprestige]

Trunk tar is a retarded attemp at restoring some of the lost weight distribution. I think it weighs closer to 60lbs. Remove it, along with your spare and you will notice increased acceleration, and a little more tail happiness.

[erik325i]

you will notice a little more tail happiness.

Are you sure about that? People keep saying that without the trunk tar, their car is more "tail happy", but if I recall correctly, a lighter rear end increases the cars tendancy to understeer, not oversteer...
It would be simillar to adding weight up front. The car would want to "plow".

I'm no handleing expert though, so please correct me if I am wrong...

-Erik

[Bimmerfanatik]

Are you sure about that? People keep saying that without the trunk tar, their car is more "tail happy", but if I recall correctly, a lighter rear end increases the cars tendancy to understeer, not oversteer...
It would be simillar to adding weight up front. The car would want to "plow".

I'm no handleing expert though, so please correct me if I am wrong...

-Erik

Sounds right in logic world.

[straight6pwr]

i wouldnt do this unless you do something up front like ditch the ac and power steering. but thats just me

[soccercor7]

Ouch, sucks to be you, mine came out in bout 15 minutes, not even hot or anything, and all by hand....

[browntown]

crap, diggin up an old post and reminding me I need to finish that project. Been waiting for a hot day.

[Justin B]

wah, just use dry ice :) Ive done two 2002's with dry ice now, one is completely done which is worth like 4 or 5 trunk worths at least, and another I did about half of to see if the metal was good enough underneath to use on my other. I say suck it up and do it. Hot day, cold day, dont matter. There's always some way to get it out regardless of the outside temperature.

[Hatchman]

residue builds character

[ptownTSI]

mine came out in a half hour with a pry bar and a dead blow hammer.