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Title: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: DomBacon on January 04, 2015, 12:24:58 am

Been thinking of stripping my rear seats out
Done it to my old car but didn't feel much notice at all

Anyone roughly know how much weight you save and did you feel a difference?
Is it worth it?

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: Pikey Motorsports on January 04, 2015, 06:02:37 am

unless your going to strip the rest of the car with suitable mods then no

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: th3_f15t on January 04, 2015, 09:34:19 am

Its no more than 15kg at most, and as said unless you want to remove everything its not much point.

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: Spankiee on January 04, 2015, 10:44:19 pm

Just fold them flat adds 10bhp easy

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: ROH ECHT on January 04, 2015, 10:57:17 pm

I ran my best 1/4 et with the seats in...thought I could better the et with the seats removed and I've never been able to do it. Also, the back rests of the rear seat carries the most weight...the bottom portion is light as a feather and not worth removing. I never removed the passenger seat along with the rear, but I do not think it would matter. Traction and a better than 2.2sec 60ft et is where it's at.

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: muff1991 on January 06, 2015, 04:39:07 pm

Quote from: Spankiee on January 04, 2015, 10:44:19 pm

Just fold them flat adds 10bhp easy

hahahahahahaha  :jumping:

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: th3_f15t on January 06, 2015, 08:24:56 pm

You'll need to remove carpets, trim and roof lining (basically all but the dash, front door cards and front seats) to make any sort of difference and even then it's small.

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: s3dubbin on January 06, 2015, 08:29:10 pm

15kg?? Really? I would have thought more like 50kg, maybe Audi rears are different.

Stevie.

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: th3_f15t on January 06, 2015, 08:32:15 pm

Maybe, all I know is I'm not exactly strong and I managed to lift each part fairly easily. I'm rubbish at estimating weight anyway... :laugh:

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: s3dubbin on January 06, 2015, 08:39:57 pm

If you don't need them then get them out. Maybe 15kg in the spare wheel, plus the jack/breakdown kit....there's a fair amount of weight to be removed in total.

Stevie.

Title: Re: Stripping rear seats out
Post by: DomBacon on January 06, 2015, 09:21:10 pm

I don't have the spare wheel or anything in there anyways