Need to go lighter!!

[Tiags]

Hi all,

I've gutted my 172 ph1 of pretty much everything apart from lower dash and those tar strips.

Firstly how do I go about removing those strips?

Secondly what else can I do for low cost to shed the cars weight?

Thanks guys

 

[NorthloopCup]

Hi all,

I've gutted my 172 ph1 of pretty much everything apart from lower dash and those tar strips.

Firstly how do I go about removing those strips?

Secondly what else can I do for low cost to shed the cars weight?

Thanks guys

To remove the tar strips you need a hot air gun and a scraper. After that you need thinners to remove the residue.

When you say removed everything, are we talking standard seats as well and replaced with bucket seats? After that your into fibreglass panels, but they're not massively cheap in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Tiags]

Yes standard seats are gone and replaced with buckets fixed to subframes to avoid use of runners. I'll give the tar a shot with a hair dryer lol

 

[scotiamr2t]

you could cut out all the left over brackets that are no longer needed, poly windows, gut/cut out all unneeded metal from the doors and tailgate but for the weight that will be saved its not worth the hassle (in my opinion of course)

 

[Goodj]

Remove the handbrake mechanism
Remove the headlight clusters.
Take a dump before you get in the car?

 

[Corby G]

Remove the handbrake mechanism
Remove the headlight clusters.
Take a dump before you get in the car?

And a wee wee?