Gerst Tubular Suspensions

clinteg said

One thing I was wondering about and I haven't seen yet, what's the weight comparison of this setup over stock? Since the setup is mostly built from .25" steel, this makes me think that the weight will actually be quite high considering some other setups get away with using thinner steel. And as far as that goes, how would the weight compare to an HDK or similar setup? It just seems like I'm seeing a lot more steel and weight is all.

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Actually, I mentioned this earlier in this thread, or maybe it was another, but its at least roughly 75-90 lbs lighter than my factory setup, which was power steering, swar bar and drum brakes. If you were a manual car with disc brakes, I'd guess you'd save 60-75 lbs. as far as how it compares weight wise to other aftermarkets, that I'm not positive on. rms I think advertises a 100 lb weight savings With any of the aftermarket kits, you're gonna save weight. I know I weighed it on our bean scales, and it came in at 130 lbs total, with everything. Not sure what exactly a stock setup weighs, but I know it's over 200