All my seats out. OMFG!

[Tyler UK]

The rails on my passenger seat are bust so I had to take my passenger seat out today.... so I thought I'd take the back seats out too and see what difference it made to performance.

UN BELL EVE ABLE!

The car felt so much difference and just made me realise even more that I never want a heavier car. Weight makes so much difference to not only your power to weight but also how the car changes direction and brakes. Don't know how much all my seats weighed, but the front Recaro was surprisingly heavy. Oh and I obviously took out the Isofix bar etc. Then I must have hoovered another kilo of dust and crap out from under where the seats were.

In the picture you'll see where they have roughly welded in a patch to cover the 172 wheel well (bit shoddey if you ask me!).

The whole job took me about 40 minutes, maybe 50 including hoovering, but you have to try this just once in your owner experience.

It's scarily noisey too but the weirdest thing was when I went to reverse off the drive and instinctively went to put my arm around the passenger seat and it wasn't there!

 

[st3ve]

I would love to do this but the rear would raise up due to it being lighter so the stance of the car would look daft and I would probably be able to fit my head in the wheel arch ugh!

If I get coilies the seats will be out in 40 seconds let alone 40 minutes lol.

 

[Glos182]

I did the same, (apart from front passanger) and i noticed the difference, was great I was also supprised how heavy the rear seat belts were together (for seat belts).......

But Dynamique+ is correct, my rear arches! OMG! lol its high, i bought a rear strut bar, helped a little round the roundabouts

So lowering is my next purchase me finks i'm no way putting the back seats back in.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I've done this too.
Removed the rear bench, and I starting to strip the interior now too. I think I can justify it now Im starting to do more trackdays

I'll be replacing the Recaros with some lighter buckets soon too! Cant wait!

 

[drunknmunky]

lol wow u saved a total of around 10kg - 15kg, nothing to cream about pal

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^I bet the one Recaro is over 15kgs on its own m8!

 

[iimushroomzii]

10-15kg WTF? Surely the seats weigh more than that.

Did this to my old mk1, was a totally different car after that

 

[f0xy]

recaro's do weigh quite a bit.....rear bench though, its just a block of foam! uprights for the rear arent much heavier either

 

[adamlewis01]

probably would save more weight taking the rear wiper motor out lol

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

To those 'mocking' this weight saving, have you taken out these items and tried to life them all up!? They're bloody heavy, the rear bench is surprisingly heavy too for what it is!

 

[drunknmunky]

^I bet the one Recaro is over 15kgs on its own m8!

who cares haha

 

[f0xy]

yeah i have, im circa -250kg in mine at the moment...that loss makes a difference..

I had the seats out my Mk2 at one point though, front seats = were heavy, rears = more of a placebo tbh!

 

[drunknmunky]

To those 'mocking' this weight saving, have you taken out these items and tried to life them all up!? They're bloody heavy, the rear bench is surprisingly heavy too for what it is!

ye when i took mine out it weighed tht much i used it to work out after 3 weeks i was like arnie himself

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^ Can you at least try to stop being a t**t m8?!

 

[Alan]

Ok./

 

[drunknmunky]

^ Can you at least try to stop being a tw*t m8?!

lol any need for the tw*t, btw i aint ya m8

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Sorry then, but everyone in this thread apart from you are trying to have a normal discussion, and you just keep coming in with total rubbish.

If you havent got anything to contribute, just dont post anything!

 

[wfcmeady]

who cares haha

Well, clearly you, otherwise you wouldn't keep posting.

lol any need for the tw*t, btw i aint ya m8

You called Tyler UK "Pal", i fail to see the difference, unless you two are actually pals.

 

[drunknmunky]

lol, and your the judge of it are you, all ive said it doesnt make much difference, which it doesnt, so no need for you to start going all heman on it

 

[drunknmunky]

Well, clearly you, otherwise you wouldn't keep posting.



You called Tyler UK "Pal", i fail to see the difference, unless you two are actually pals.

well go and do it to urs haha, give u a extra 1mph top end lol 4x4

 

[VeinAST]

Nice work. Not something I'd do myself though

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

ok m8, I give up.

One last question though: If it doesnt make any difference, why dont race cars run with full interior?

 

[wfcmeady]

well go and do it to urs haha, give u a extra 1mph top end lol 4x4

Well, that made surprisingly little sense, nor was it in any way relevant to what i said.

 

[drunknmunky]

lol the silly questions

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I think it was quite obvious I wasnt referring to F1 cars lol. Pretty sure they dont come with AC and CD players as standard

What about Clio cup racers?

Sorry to keep going on other chaps, Im quite enjoying this!

 

[drunknmunky]

sorry what u talking about, no one mentioned f1 cars

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

lol! You can edit your posts all you want, pretty sure you realise you wrong now.

Im off now, im going to take some more bits out of my car to get an extra 1mph top speed!

 

[ben_r1]

My rear seats alone weighed upto 30kg on the scales!

Just be careful under heavy braking and cornering mate, the backend can get abit snakey with so little weight there.

 

[iimushroomzii]

Drunknmunky = Dick.

That is all.

 

[drunknmunky]

lol! You can edit your posts all you want, pretty sure you realise you wrong now.

Im off now, im going to take some more bits out of my car to get an extra 1mph top speed!

ive not edited nothing, ye go off and talk about things u dont know

 

[drunknmunky]

Drunknmunky = Dick.

That is all.

ye ye, nice to know where my dicks been

 

[iimushroomzii]

Pmsl. What the f**k is your problem with everyone in this thread?!? Im sure you know a hell of a lot more than everyone, obviously. Dick.

 

[Golgarth]

I remember doing this years ago in a 1.2 Dynamique and the difference was unreal, makes you realise just how heavy the stuff in your car is

 

[drunknmunky]

not got a problem with anyone, but im startin to get a problem with u stating the fact you calling me a dick making it look u know me?? Umm is dick the only word in ur vocabulary?

 

[ben_r1]

Lol yet another one. Cliosport.net has to be the bitchiest forum i've ever signed onto.
Aint we all supposed to be 'enthusiasts' and share common interests?

Stop taking digs at one another all the time and act like a bloody club.

 

[iimushroomzii]

not got a problem with anyone, but im startin to get a problem with u stating the fact you calling me a dick making it look u know me?? Umm is dick the only word in ur vocabulary?

It seems you have from every other post you've made in here, im guessing you've taken your seats out and thought it made no difference? Fair enough, people are different, cars are different, but it doesnt mean its right to come on here slating what other people have done.

 

[drunknmunky]

Lol yet another one. Cliosport.net has to be the b**chiest forum i've ever signed onto.
Aint we all supposed to be 'enthusiasts' and share common interests?

Stop taking digs at one another all the time and act like a bloody club.

ye everyone starts calling people dicks, im going telling, lol, grow up mushroomgoon

 

[drunknmunky]

not slated nothing, just said it doesnt make much difference, but a common problem with people like you assuming I have slated someone

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Lol yet another one. Cliosport.net has to be the b**chiest forum i've ever signed onto.
Aint we all supposed to be 'enthusiasts' and share common interests?

Yeh supposedly!

Sorry to the OP, this started out as an interesting thread, but as usual, there's always one person who knows everything!

 

[Guppy]

Stripped ftw!

Get those seat belts out and get a 4 point harness