You can lighten the seats and keep 'em in for the tots.Me thinks a set of aluminum hood hinges and the material of choice.Ditch the latch and pin the front.Talk to Marty,he exit 62 and will help you decide what shaft won't give you the shaft.http://www.supershafts.com/ Marty is a fellow mopar man and is my go to guy.He also has the high speed balancer.
If I wore my hood more often,I would put hinges on it.PITA when your parked at the cruze,one gust is all it takes,,,,,,,,,,