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Front end weight and mods

I am in the process of making some minor changes to my front end. The car is an '85 911 in mostly stock condition. Taking my 6" wheels off for 7" in front made me think about a few other changes. I like the look of the CS valance without the foglights and figured I would go to the Euro crush tubes as well. In taking everything off the front I found that my headlight washer resevoir looks like this:
This got me thinking that I maybe just want to take the whole headlight washer system off the car and store for a future owner (probably won't be one, but you never know). Any reason why I shouldn't remove this system? Any tips on removing it? I have never used it, just like I refuse to use my sunroof.
One other question about the aluminum bracket on the passenger side bumper. Is there any real reason for keeping it on the car? Makes everything way more difficult in the removal/reinstallation of the bumper.
Thanks in advance.

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It's also the reservoir for the windshield washers...but you probably don't use them either .
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Not sure the above statement is correct. It’s my understanding that the Intensive Washer (Headlight Washer) tank and pump are separate from the windshield washer tank and pump. The windshield washer tank is the huge one up front under the fuel evap tank, and the pump is in the frunk. As my car is a targa and I don’t drive in the rain, I removed it.

The bracket in the passenger side of the bumper is to protect the front oil cooler in the event of a collision. If you rupture the cooler you’ll lose all oil and there’s no way the car can be driven. There are many threads about the pros and cons of removing this. Basically, if you don’t plan on getting in a wreck, you can remove it.
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Welp…seeing as how I’m not planning on getting in a wreck I’ll probably drop the bracket. Thinking even if I was in a wreck bad enough on the passenger side for the bracket to be of use, I probably wouldn’t be driving it away anyways so whatever on the loss of oil.
I don’t drive much in the rain or bad conditions so I’ll drop the headlight wash and maybe even the windshield washing equipment. I’m pretty good about using the gas station wash and squeegee lightly on my headlights as well as window.
Any tips/tricks to removing any of this? Do I need to pull the fuses for each of these systems?

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