tar in the trunk

[XicemaniacX]

how much weight would be taken off if i took the tar out of my trunk?

whos done this and how hard was it?

[StereoInstaller1]

57 pounds, everyone, depends on your luck

[Sagaris]

I was curious to see how easy it would be to remove so that I could set aside some time within the next few weeks to go at it. I ended up spending 5 minutes pulling it up with my hand. Everything came up nice and clean except the driver taillight area. I scraped that up, POR15'd it and its all good.

[gverelli]

took me about half an hour, it all came out in four big chunks. Some have it easier than others. I didn't weigh it but it was pretty heavy

[StereoInstaller1]

I did 2 on the same day.

1 came out in 1 huge chunk, literally grabbed and it pulled out.

The next one took me and another guy well over 2 hours of waiting on the heat lamps to get it hot enough, chiselling, heat gun, everything.

The best one I ever did was using dry ice. Broke the4 dry ice into small chunks, covered the entire floor of the trunk, then covered that with a towel. Came back half an hour later and it shattered with a few love taps with a hammer.

The subwoofer boxes I build require the removal of the trunk tar. That tar is to achieve proper weight balance, it is ballast. My 10" sub box with woofer and amp weighs almost exactly the same as that tar.

[mikeedler]

That tar is to achieve proper weight balance, it is ballast.

not damn true for the 10000000000000000000000000000th time. it is heavy and worthless, take it out, but your car will be a little bit louder.

[blefevre]

Dry ice works really well as stated before.