Weight reduction??

[dovla]

Hey everyone,

I thinking of stripping the interior on my EK1, how much weight would it take off if I took out the rear seat and all the stuff in the back?

[markoJEK1]

I would say 60-70kg pushing it, if you're going to do weight reduction, either go all out or dont go at all, no point saving 20kg for example and say yeah that enough, if you're stripping it for a purpose, drop all dead weight :thumbsup:

[dovla]

Well if I do it all just take out all the stuff in the back, since I never have anyone in the back anyway. I wana keep all the stuff that's in the front. But 60-70kg, I'm happy with that. I'm only 65kg hahaha

[markoJEK1]

keep in mind if you do go ahead with that, will need to get mod plate for 2 seater

[dovla]

Yeah I thought that might be the case. Thanx for the heads up. Hey where you from?

[040501912]

loose a bit more weight :p to 50kg LOL !!! .. strip it all out i guess.. roof floor, heat mats under need the floor. seats. door trims.. go extreme baby LOL !!

[dovla]

i'l give that a go. lol

[zco]

theres no way you'll be able to strip out 60-70kgs from just the rear.
strip the rear trims 5kgs, the read sound deadening6kgs, speakers 2kgs, parcel shelf 1.5kgs and spare tyre 7kgs , jack&tools 2kgs and rear seats 5kgs ?

total wont be more than 30kgs

might aswell run lighter wheels, remove aircon and power steering, run lighter seats and mirrors/steeringwheel
remove sound deadening for entire car, firewall carpet and all the shizz under the dash

[Gio]

lol no way, back seats are more then 5kg lol

[bennjamin]

back seats (2 backs + seat bottom+carpet that goes over the boot area) is about 5-6kg.
IF at a race take out your passengers seat , its 12-14kg.
Also your rear tyre too etc.

[Gio]

why/how does the passenger seat weigh more then the back seats?

[bennjamin]

why/how ? Isnt it common sense ? Take alook at the thing....its metal framed + base + foam etc.
The rear seats are only foam + MDF. Weigh the entire back seats as i stated , and then weigh only the passenger side seat. Its quite abit.

PS dont take it out for daily driving thats just stupid.

[lukecivic]

also be careful stripping the rear of the car aswell, it can cause the car to handle differently. The rear end of the car will feel alot lighter.
The rear end will want to slide out alot more through corners

[VTECMACHINE]

also be careful stripping the rear of the car aswell, it can cause the car to handle differently. The rear end of the car will feel alot lighter.
The rear end will want to slide out alot more through corners

twas about to say that.

Your cars balence will be off, and it will handle VERY differently.

[VT1-R]

IMO jus take out rear seats spare tyre and some easy to remove stuff.. dun take out carpet etc.. and get lighter wheels, and CF all the way.. that is practical and nice!!

[MikeyG]

dude strip so u can drift :D oh and BTW... ur gonna get fukd by the cops if u have no rear seats... one member on here got booked as a defect :D

[markoJEK1]

.. ^ yes that is if your not registered as a 2 seater, so that was his fault

[dovla]

Thanx for the great info guys.

[beeza]

also be careful stripping the rear of the car aswell, it can cause the car to handle differently. The rear end of the car will feel alot lighter.
The rear end will want to slide out alot more through corners

Yeah this is true I found out on a roundabout after taking the spare tyre,jack and carpet out :D I think I need to get coilovers,hopefully it will reduce that a lot...

In an EK1 Sedan is the sound deadening only in the boot?

[egSi]

i agree with what was said, go all out or nothing. :thumbsup:

loose wipers and mechanism (front and back) too :thumbsup:

[beeza]

What happens when it rains Travis?

[egSi]

What happens when it rains Travis?


go fast and use Rain-X or dont drive in the rain.

my car is no daily man ;)

[beeza]

hehe true :)

[ek4-guy]

go fast and use Rain-X or dont drive in the rain.

my car is no daily man ;)

What new have you done to make it a non daily driver?

Have you had it out the track or strip yet?