Stripped the rear seats...

[Kieran..]

Decided yesterday to take the back seats out and make a really thin piece off a false floor

It's 6mm NSF with wadding and then nu suede wrapped over it

Seats out..

Wadding glued and placed

Finished the boot piece

All fitted

Now just need to to the next piece, won't be able to do till Thursday now

Personally I love it, wish I could of got exact same colour as the suede in the Clio but couldn't but the black is good enough

 

[Cerrone]

put sum pics up of it all done thursday mate! looks good so far! im toying with the idea myself!!

 

[James172sport]

I stripped mine out on the weekend too! Going to make a false floor too this week, and just ordered a cage :evil:

 

[Cro]

Nice, looks like the same colour suede I used. I found 6mm too thin though, I was worried about setting things on it and it starting to bow. Make sure you make up some brackets for the next piece so it doesn't end up in your front seat next emergency stop

Check my thread if you need info

 

[-Tommy.]

Nice, keeps everything neat and purposeful as a daily

 

[msm]

Remove the tire, its heavy!

 

[Kieran..]

finished

 

[Sir_Dave]

Looks nice, but not entirely sure what the point is?

Are you planning on using the clio as a van?

 

[ColinG]

looks good, but looks strange with the standard seats imho...

recaro pole positions required!

 

[Kieran..]

to save weight as the floor weigh hardly anything! but yes will be on the look out for recaros soon!

 

[Christopher]

Now get a show cage in there to really piss the haters off.

 

[adam172]

needs pillows and a duvet !

I bet your rear seats are not even that much heavier than your false floor.

 

[Kieran..]

I'll weigh it

 

[adam172]

you will be surprised the rear seats are pretty light.

 

[Kieran..]

Just weighed it all roughly, my false floor both parts together weigh 3.8kg

The seats, rear beam part all weigh together around 24kg

So that's 20kg just like that and also removed spare wheel which is like 12kg

So IMO that makes it worth it lol

 

[adam172]

ok you win. see how much more waight you save when you get new seats the renault ones weigh an absolute ton!

 

[DaveDreads]

Get rid of the spare wheel it weighs a bloody ton, I haven't had seats of a spare for years now,
but I mainly did it so my German Shepard's head didn't hit the roof, also he filled the rear veiw whenever he was in the back,
he sits alot lower in the car now, I also ditched the spare wheel as i'm just paying to carry the weight around.

A slightly better power to weight ratio was just a bonus.

 

[Rob]

Good stuff, looks really nice, BUT... Please, for the love of god, brush all that material the same way so it looks nice

 

[Kieran..]

haha yeaaa it will be interesting, how much do the trophy recaros weigh ?

 

[Rob]

Get rid of the spare wheel it weighs a bloody ton, I haven't had seats of a spare for years now,
but I mainly did it so my German Shepard's head didn't hit the roof, also he filled the rear veiw whenever he was in the back,
he sits alot lower in the car now, I also ditched the spare wheel as i'm just paying to carry the weight around.

And when you get a puncture?

haha yeaaa it will be interesting, how much do the trophy recaros weigh ?

They're actually no lighter (or only a little lighter) than standard seats.

Surprised me too.

 

[Kieran..]

yeppp i just removed the spare wheel! jesus how is it even possible to weigh that much!

 

[Sam@NP]

And when you get a puncture?

His car is now so light he doesn't need air in his tyres.

 

[DaveDreads]

And when you get a puncture?

If I drive out of the city I put it in the car, especially if i've got to go on the motorway, but for driving around locally I don't bother,
as one phone call and my mate will just bring my spare from the house, also my cousin has a low loader because he sells cars,
so if i'm really stuck he's said I can call him whenever.


Edit: Sam's right I don't need air, my tyres are full of my own smug self satisfaction.

 

[Silent_Scone]

take that floor out as well if you're saving weight

 

[david hodson]

also run less fuel ,people do track days with full tanks then spend £££££££ on lighter wheels ,seats,bonnet.................

 

[one in a million]

i took mine out thinking i will save tonnes of weight, but was suprised to find that the bottom seats are as light as a kids booster seat lol i was expecting to be removing a big heavy bench lol, i was wrong, so i decided to put it all back in lol

 

[Kieran..]

Haha yeaa you were right it was only the back part that weighs more but ah well I think it's pretty cool having no seats lol if you do want the measurements mate I got them still

 

[Rob]

It's the top half of the back seats that's weighty.

 

[aucky]

^ yup. metal frame on the inside.

I've recently put my back seats back in, didn't like the handling.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Lol
Weight saving, try getting your car down to 800kg with a cage! Thats what I call weight saving



but yes my car is not on the road



Brush the suide the same way and it will look better

 

[Sam@NP]

I've recently put my back seats back in, didn't like the handling.

:S What was wrong with the handling?

 

[samfenna]

dont see the point in this kind of ''stripping' tbh, your car now looks like a van
if your gunna strip it, STRIP IT!

 

[Sam@NP]

Teamed with a nice rear strut brace (to hold back luggage) I thing it looks rather good.

 

[Malachi]

I quite like it, I'm also thinking of doing the same myself. Except I'll probably pay someone else to do it, as I'd no doubt mess it up.

 

[Ralphizzle]

Remove that patch of tar on the left, weightweenie!

Since day one i had the CS, removed the spare wheel and the insert w. all the tools.
(and the underbonnet insulation, plastic valve cover and plastic oil sump undertray)

Even went to Rally Deutschland, WRC Trier and afterwards some Touristefahrten on the Ring without it.

What to do next, weld in the 182 floor as to removing the spare wheel bucket?

 

[aucky]

And when you get a puncture?

Same boat as every 182 out there

 

[Ralphizzle]

Bring out out the 'Magic Canister'.

 

[one in a million]

Same boat as every 182 out there

hahaha, remove the spare wheel, FTW !!!

 

[p@blo]

^ yup. metal frame on the inside.

I've recently put my back seats back in, didn't like the handling.

Why dude, the minimal weight of the seats make FA difference.

 

[devfuse]