Carbon Fiber vs Aluminum Driveshaft

Broken2g said:

Lethal has a discount this friday on all DSS products

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mtb5020 said:

I'm looking to upgrade my driveshaft, manual 2015 gt pp, and was wondering if the extra $500 for the CF shaft would be worth it. Saving $500 would mean I could get the aluminum ds and a tune for less than just a cf ds. My ipad wont let me search this forum, so if this has already been discussed please post the link here and ill delete this topic.

For reference I'm looking at the DSS alum and cf offering. Can be seen here:
http://www.americanmuscle.com/dss-aluminum-driveshaft-manual-2015gt.html
http://www.americanmuscle.com/dss-cf-driveshaft-manual-2015gt.html

Also, if anyone knows a deal or promo code on these items, let me know. I'd like to purchase within a few weeks.

Thanks,
Mike

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mtb5020 said:

Thanks man, 15% off. That is a great deal. Now how to choose between alum and cf...

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AMAlexLazarus said:

Mike - You know we're right around the corner from you right? :cheers:
You bring the steaks I'll price match and throw in a T & Sweatshirt.

Drop me a line with what you've got your heart set on but for what it's worth I think the aluminum is more than enough unless you're really looking to put the car on a diet and shed a few pounds.

Alex

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Silver50Pony said:

Hey Alex do you know what the exact weight difference between the aluminum and carbon fiber are? Stuck between a rock and a hard place here also. If it's worth the difference in money. I want to continue putting my gt on a diet as well

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AMAlexLazarus said:

Silver - Sorry about the delay here's what I'm seeing on my end, but this could potentially be the shipping weight (including box)

Aluminum - 26.5
CF - 26

(When I checked for the auto the CF was said to be 23 lbs)

Let me do some digging on my end to make sure these are correctly. Something seems a miss as they should be damn near identical from the 11-14.

Alex

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Silver50Pony said:

Woww hopefully that's a heavy box! Because the s197 ones were nice and light I knew that much. Was expecting the s550 ones to be only 2 or 3 lbs heavier at most! ... The stock 2 piece is 30 lbs so that's not much savings at all if those weights are correct

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AMAlexLazarus said:

Mike - You know we're right around the corner from you right? :cheers:
You bring the steaks I'll price match and throw in a T & Sweatshirt.

Drop me a line with what you've got your heart set on but for what it's worth I think the aluminum is more than enough unless you're really looking to put the car on a diet and shed a few pounds.

Alex

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AMAlexLazarus said:

Pony I'm as shocked as you are about the weights but I just received word that those weights I listed above (Both were for the manual trans although I don't think it makes a difference) are correct weights.

Believe me I'm scratching my head on this too!

Alex

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gsxr1300 said:

CF has other advantages over weight savings, read up on them.

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