Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
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ive taken the rear bench out of my car and fitted some bucket seats...
also i have removed the cards from the boot etc..
im very tempted to continue to remove things..
what do you think yay or nay?
will there be a noticeble differance?
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GAZ`D
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Registered: 12th Jun 05
Location: Cambridge
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for performance strip it
for comfort leave it alone
stripped is horible on the road or for every day use
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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no , not a noticeable differnce.
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GAZ`D
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Registered: 12th Jun 05
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sorry big difference
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
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its a 1.6...aiming for about 140+ bhp for the time being..
but you're car aint stripped rob
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Rob B
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it was at one point.
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
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was it?
like all the doorcards etc
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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It doesnt bother me, il admit stripped your car is addictive. Only girls put there car back together 
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GAZ`D
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we don`t use our`s daily now either but the difference between stripped and standard put us from 12.7 to 12.2 at pod
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white_sri
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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My corsa was fully stripped and i used it daily. Its okay if you can put up with the extra road noise and the bare look, theres not really a noticable different on the road, maybe on handling a bit.
My new car i havent stripped at all and don't intend to either, its just whether you can put up with the noise, cold and hasstle
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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i thinking of takin out my rear seats and parcel shelf out this weekend. how much of a difference will that make? handling and noise wise?
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amanda chick
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Registered: 7th Apr 06
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quote:
Originally posted by GAZ`D
for performance strip it
for comfort leave it alone
stripped is horible on the road or for every day use
have to agree 
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Stu
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I think stripping a car of weight is the best way to improve performance. Doesnt affect reliability, is free and as long as you dont go too far is easily reversed!
Do it!
Stu
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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makes a big difference.... think what your car is like when the tank is nearly empty and you have no pasengers!!!!! More of that cant be a bad thing 
Going for stripped to super stripped (dash and some metal bracketry gave me a 14.4 over a 14.6
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RCoughtrie
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Registered: 31st Oct 04
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quote:
Originally posted by ed_jones
i thinking of takin out my rear seats and parcel shelf out this weekend. how much of a difference will that make? handling and noise wise?
you can see the rise in the rear once its all out by quite alot thank fook my coilovers go on today... i can defo feel the differance and was amazed at the weight loss
Noise wise i hear every stone and splash so i might go for a false floor to kill some of the sound
[Edited on 13-04-2006 by RCoughtrie]
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AK
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now.... try that with a 2.1 XE on TB's with no filters and the trumpets poking into the cockpit.... OUCH.... bleeding eardrums
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Jamie Walby
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Registered: 15th Nov 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Butler
It doesnt bother me, il admit stripped your car is addictive. Only girls put there car back together
When are you putting yours back together then?
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RCoughtrie
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
now.... try that with a 2.1 XE on TB's with no filters and the trumpets poking into the cockpit.... OUCH.... bleeding eardrums
offft... worth becoming deaf tho
[Edited on 13-04-2006 by RCoughtrie]
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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I have no problem driving a semi-stripped car. Then again i dont drive it alot.
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schoey
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Registered: 29th Jun 05
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i stripped mine,its not a chick puller if that helps, but it did feel a little nippier midrange.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby
quote:
Originally posted by Butler
It doesnt bother me, il admit stripped your car is addictive. Only girls put there car back together
When are you putting yours back together then?
I have to put the rear back in to comply with road rally regulations  Cos im a girl.
I have to say stripping my rear did make a ton of difference, stuck to the road better and generally felt alot lighter and more stable through the corners.
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by schoey
i stripped mine,its not a chick puller if that helps, but it did feel a little nippier midrange.
Agreed, be prepared to get alot of 'Why have you taken your seats out?'
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-wylo-
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Registered: 4th Oct 04
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Back of mine is stripped a fair bit, you hear everything from the road and things rattle but personaly i love it 
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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i hjave the seats out already and the parcel shelf etc.. so there is a noticeble differance then... i get the old why? questions already.. im very tempted to take more out
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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get the sound deadening out.
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