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Clarkj93:
Good bye other bits




Stripped another 30kg out of it. Some weight facts for anyone of interest:
Rear door cards - 5.8kg
Rear speakers with sound proofing - 2kg
Rear seat belts - 2.3kg
Headlining with controls, Visors and Jesus handles - 5kg
Parcel shelf - roughly 1/1.5kg
Front door cards - 9.2kg
Roof air bags and brackets - 4kg
All oem seats - 76.2kg

Not mentioned all the boring bits but that's the main stuff at least. In total currently around 145kg weight less than full oem wet weight. Also when it was corner balanced it was " a touch over 1400kg" and since then we are over 110kg lighter so should be around 1280-1290kg currently with a quarter tank of fuel, at least 45kg more weight to come out via sound deadening and sunroof and random brackets and bits. No drivers seat in yet though so that will be an extra 15 or so kg on top worst case I think but aiming for around 1250kg-ish for now, lots of room to get creative in the future though.

Remember that rust I sorted last year? Well after stripping bits looks like it goes all the way through! Seems sturdy still but it's a little flakey so not sure if it just needs sanding and painting or if it's dead and just needs cutting out and welding in.

Clarkj93:
Barely had a chance to get to business lately with Christmas round the corner and a new puppy in the house taking up a lot of spare time.

Almost got all the sound proofing off. You hear rumours that the tar sound deadening is like 15 or so kg but I've got 80% of it off now and I've Weighed it at 2kg... really not much in it. There are tons of like little flimsy metal brackets on the chassis that are there for seat belts, light fittings, interior door cards etc. That surely do not contribute to stiffness so I may just cut them off, think it could equal quite a bit of weight.



Sunroof is high up on my list of jobs to do also, going to remove and replace it with a 2mm aluminium sheet.

Clarkj93:
So got all the tar off, not just need to finish removing all the glue. Did not bother weighing it after but really felt like it would have been about 5kg total, really not much. If you include things  like the foam stuffed in the footwells and cavities then yeah I can imagine it's more like 15+ but the tar itself was not that much at all.





There is definitely some weight in excess brackets/metal, Wiring and crap behind the dash but il save all that for another time or for someone else to do!

Got a nice foot plate from SW, it's for a mk6 but took a plunge and yeah fits a mk5 floor plan perfectly.







I am really dreading it but the sunroof delete is next! I bought aluminium to cut initially but realised it was always going to come out best by just getting an exact shape and size cut so I ordered the replacement and just need to do some double checking and drill the holes, paint and then look to attach :confused:

Clarkj93:
Sunroof delete started. Just need some dry weather to get it finished.

Clarkj93:
Sunroof delete installed! Although it's water tight, it proved tricky to get the shape right as the roof on these has quite a sloping design unlike other cars I've seen with these that are dead flat on top so as you can see there is some bumps that have developed between rivets... hopefully I can add more sealant and put some weight on to push them flat as its quire rough looking :grin: definitely not as easy a job to do as I've seen on other cars.

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