MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Ottis on January 21, 2010, 11:35:22 pm
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Has anyone removed Rear Seats and Carpeted to match to the OEM rear boot cloth ,as it will Save a ton of weight while keep a great OEM look.I have just got delivery of Thomas sport tuning stress Brace for the rear and Shroth Quickfit Pro harness,
has anyone any advice our photo's :notworthy:
I believe it is approximately 30-40 kg of weight for the rear seats alone
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What front seats do you have
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afaik you simply cant buy the genuine carpet to match, only get a close match as its not available on the roll
i was told this while getting my boot install done on various forums so ended up getting a slighty lighter shade and tinting it darker to get as close as possible
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I have GTI Recaro Special seats ie ( RS4 seats in GTI Tartan cloth) i wonder if i could peice together cloth from VW estate or Van with bigger floor cloth.
cheer's
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I think Top Cat was thinking of doing this a while back so not sure how far he got with it?
Getting the rear seats out is a piece of pi$$! :happy2:
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OTTIS you shouldnt be worrying about things like this (carpeting, seat removal etc.) cause you've already got a busy weekend in front of you, what with helping me with my Osir gaitor and badges :jumpmove: :rolleye:
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Luke AKA Plush automotive could be worth asking about making up a fitted carpet for you. My back seats have been out for ages now, and your right they are bloody heavy. If i go a head with this i will be putting some sound deadening in for sure. The blue flame and road noise do my tits in after a while. I think its my age. :laugh:
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Should look nice if you hide everything with a nice flat panel :happy2:
You'll need slots in it for the harness, obvioulsy, but I have one (along with a few others) and it is a really good bit of kit.
The brace looks good too, although I can't see it being of much structural benefit in a MK5, but as a means of stopping things flying around the boot and looking great, I think it will be ideal.
Be sure to post pics once you've done it.
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Do you still have your standard seats ottis??
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Or ask JoesGTi as he's in the process of removing his :wink:
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OTTIS you shouldnt be worrying about things like this (carpeting, seat removal etc.) cause you've already got a busy weekend in front of you, what with helping me with my Osir gaitor and badges :jumpmove: :rolleye:
That's not problem Mackie1,Mc Gyver will come to your rescue,i am surprized you are allow out? :P
Do you still have your standard seats ottis??
Yes,But keeping them until i sale the car (mint never used F & Back ) :sad1:
Should look nice if you hide everything with a nice flat panel :happy2:
You'll need slots in it for the harness, obvioulsy, but I have one (along with a few others) and it is a really good bit of kit.
The brace looks good too, although I can't see it being of much structural benefit in a MK5, but as a means of stopping things flying around the boot and looking great, I think it will be ideal.
Be sure to post pics once you've done it.
i will post photo's when i figure out how to use photobucket,Thomas sport tuning stress Brace for the rear "works" read review on R32 Fourm on track day car's :smiley:
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r26r rear pure sex
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heres how i did my vxr but i doubt ill do this to the golf
custom rear brace with harness atachments
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi242.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff167%2Fp7ulk%2Fsab2.jpg&hash=ff913198f68ae34fe9f9054ccf4c96bdded4efbd)
then i made a very thin cover in black so i still had a fully useable boot
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi242.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff167%2Fp7ulk%2Fsab3.jpg&hash=936cc4c9f75cac78067845791b7c3846fa26b4c1)
carpet was a problem but i faded it out from the black to dark grey using carpet spray from ebay< didnr get any pics>
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Thomas sport tuning stress Brace for the rear fitted today (photo date wrong)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz91%2FOttis_photos%2FPicture146.jpg&hash=87711af37012afd511312e5147d5b23888d7c900)
Check this out..
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GTI Recaro Special seats ie ( RS4 seats in GTI Tartan cloth) :driver:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz91%2FOttis_photos%2FPicture148_edited.jpg&hash=a7e54177e80f2f112c5e8a9eb69f28db6bb01550)
Shroth Quickfit Pro harness fitted
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz91%2FOttis_photos%2FPicture149_edited.jpg&hash=d0fa474bb0e1c2bad083ffa8fc0616a70bb9d613)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz91%2FOttis_photos%2FDSC09228.jpg&hash=55fdd78cf09bd473527f937f68faa85e69b97859)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz91%2FOttis_photos%2FDSC09226.jpg&hash=c406aa9da91028121110d1b7cd5e145196bace1c)
Would look nice if i hide everything with a nice flat panel and slots in it for the harness and peice together cloth from VW estate or Van with bigger floor cloth,also some sound deadening mats has anyone any advice our photo's ,
i will post more photo's if i get it finished :evilgrin:
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Interesting stuff. looks a substantial piece of kit! :happy2:
Don't suppose you want to sell your ED30 rear seats do you?
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Sorry need to keep them,but i do have GTI rear seat's, look new for sale :happy2:
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Sorry need to keep them,but i do have GTI rear seat's, look new for sale :happy2:
Ok, no worries! :happy2:
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i will post photo's when i figure out how to use photobucket,Thomas sport tuning stress Brace for the rear "works" read review on R32 Fourm on track day car's :smiley:
Actually I found a picture of the rear of the brace and I see it does appear to have a lateral brace of box section metal, so it isn't just a flat piece of metal as I thought.
I'm still not convinced the MK5 actually needs bracing, as it is well regarded as being extremely stiff when it comes out of the factory, but at least I understand what the TST bar is trying to achieve now.
Now the version for a MK4 I totelly get, they're made of rubber and need all the bracing they can get!!
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r26r rear pure sex
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi242.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff167%2Fp7ulk%2Fr26r.jpg&hash=5819d003701da71d0c927750c3334addbfcc5089)
heres how i did my vxr but i doubt ill do this to the golf
custom rear brace with harness atachments
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi242.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff167%2Fp7ulk%2Fsab2.jpg&hash=ff913198f68ae34fe9f9054ccf4c96bdded4efbd)
then i made a very thin cover in black so i still had a fully useable boot
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi242.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff167%2Fp7ulk%2Fsab3.jpg&hash=936cc4c9f75cac78067845791b7c3846fa26b4c1)
carpet was a problem but i faded it out from the black to dark grey using carpet spray from ebay< didnr get any pics>
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fff167%2Fp7ulk%2Fsab5.jpg&hash=5e90550609778b8975e3eb686bacf3a660d78b84)
putting your harnessess off a rear strut brace is a bad idea . if you ever had a side impact you will be threw the screen ! always use proper fixing points
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OTTIS you shouldnt be worrying about things like this (carpeting, seat removal etc.) cause you've already got a busy weekend in front of you, what with helping me with my Osir gaitor and badges :jumpmove: :rolleye:
That's not problem Mackie1,Mc Gyver will come to your rescue,i am surprized you are allow out? :P
A bunch of flowers for the missus buys me a few hours downtime :laugh: and allows me to get on with more "important" issues such as modifying the motor!! :rolleye:
Thanks for your help again mate :happy2:
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took mine out last week and i couldnt believe how much they weigh!! :surprised:
Road noise and exhaust noise is massively loud, so i think il be putting mine back in. :smiley:
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^ Even though the rear strut isn't needed functionally on a Mk5 chassis, it does make an excellent divider and baggage retainer if someone was doing the back seat removal semi permanently.
As others have posted: Very important indeed to use the seat belt anchors as Schroth recommend - I have Schroth too but not worn every day on the road.
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^ Even though the rear strut isn't needed functionally on a Mk5 chassis, it does make an excellent divider and baggage retainer if someone was doing the back seat removal semi permanently.
As others have posted: Very important indeed to use the seat belt anchors as Schroth recommend - I have Schroth too but not worn every day on the road.
Thomas sport tuning stress Brace for the rear,has tightened rear chassis of my mk5 ,but noticed more on track day's to be honest,also the back seat's can be used with Stress Brace and rear seat upright, "have to love that as a bonus".
I agree it important to use the seat belt anchors as Schroth recommend - harder to install than instruction's suggest,
Would look nice if i hide everything with a nice flat panel and slots in it for the harness ,still unable to find OEM carpet to match boot floor cloth,possible option's from VW Van's (caddy or tranporter) with bigger floor cloth,also some sound deadening mats has anyone any advice our photo's ,
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,still unable to find OEM carpet to match boot floor cloth,possible option's
Give Hurdy a PM about this i seem to remember him finding a very close match when he did his boot in stall. Also MJ interiors would be able to source that material no probs. :happy2:
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^ Even though the rear strut isn't needed functionally on a Mk5 chassis, it does make an excellent divider and baggage retainer if someone was doing the back seat removal semi permanently.
As others have posted: Very important indeed to use the seat belt anchors as Schroth recommend - I have Schroth too but not worn every day on the road.
Thomas sport tuning stress Brace for the rear,has tightened rear chassis of my mk5 ,but noticed more on track day's to be honest,also the back seat's can be used with Stress Brace and rear seat upright, "have to love that as a bonus".
I agree it important to use the seat belt anchors as Schroth recommend - harder to install than instruction's suggest,
Would look nice if i hide everything with a nice flat panel and slots in it for the harness ,still unable to find OEM carpet to match boot floor cloth,possible option's from VW Van's (caddy or tranporter) with bigger floor cloth,also some sound deadening mats has anyone any advice our photo's ,
Aesthetically, alone, i think the stress brace looks great!! :happy2: