Turbo_y8

Alright to start my car is 98 ex, i havent seen it since septmeber, its in storage about 100 miles away, ive been thinking about removing the rear seats and the trunk is gutted already.

My question is, how hard is it to remove the seats, i dont see it being real difficult, but i cant remember, do you have to take the side panels off or anything?

thank you

Chong

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My question is, how hard is it to remove the seats, i dont see it being real difficult, but i cant remember, do you have to take the side panels off or anything?

thank you </TD></TR></TABLE>

*I have an EG, and I'm assuming it's similiar

Rear seats shouldnt take you more than 10 mins or so to remove. Really simple. But what's the point? You don't save much weight at all, and you lose space for people to sit. You never know when you might need those rear seats.

MikeD718

there is one bolt in the back middle of the seat push the padding down and look between the back and bottom you should see it. after that you just pull it up and out.

Turbo_y8

alright thanx, im doing just for a simple weight reduction to help aid the boost

dohcVTECeg2

5 lb weight reduction.......that should really help

Turbo_y8

better than nothign and there nothign in my trunk, so like 8lbs

x_outlaw_x

i used to pull out all of my seats and throw in a light as momo seat for the driver seat every weekend before i went and raced and i could tell a diference

Chong

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Well, the front seats weigh ALOT more than the back "seats". The back seats are pretty much two cushions with a little bit of a metal frame. The front seats weigh about 25 lbs each I believe.

J1A1H

how much do the del sol seats weigh each and the s2000 seats? Good to compare. And roughly how much does an aftermarket seat weigh?

Turbo_y8

generally around 18-20 lbs

Chong

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Depends on the seat, but I'd say anywhere from about 12lbs - 25lbs.

Siberian Husky

whats funny is..that 5-8lbs MAX weight gain could easily be achieved if you just ran your fat *** for 20 minutes everyday for a week..then you could be in shape..and keep seats for friends..because attractive people get more friends..thus it works out

yet if you remain fat..your ugly..and i guess you dont need your rear seats..

so in turn..the question really is

Poor Social Life+Weight Reduction....1 pro..1 con

vs.

Healthy Social Life+Healthy Body+Weight Reduction...3 pros...0 cons

hardly rocket science

/thread

EDIT: 8=====D

Turbo_y8

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Siberian Husky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">whats funny is..that 5-8lbs MAX weight gain could easily be achieved if you just ran your fat *** for 20 minutes everyday for a week..then you could be in shape..and keep seats for friends..because attractive people get more friends..thus it works out

yet if you remain fat..your ugly..and i guess you dont need your rear seats..

so in turn..the question really is

Poor Social Life+Weight Reduction....1 pro..1 con

vs.

Healthy Social Life+Healthy Body+Weight Reduction...3 pros...0 cons

hardly rocket science

/thread

EDIT: 8=====D</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok im 180 i weight lift everyday, bench over 200lbs, so i should quit and be a little sqrauny *** like you?

that was the dumbest comment....

Siberian Husky

you are the MAN!..your so strong..i bet you can beat up my dad

all you need i believe is a 10mm and a phillips by the way..its gunna be dirtay under there

young noob

stock 96 cx hatch seats with rails weight 33 pounds, del sol seats with rails weigh 36 pounds, i weighed them both when i was doing my swap

Tippyman

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=693678

Everything you could ever want to know...

Turbo_y8

yea i think when i get my car back, the seats have the carpet on the back that is removable and ill just lay than over the metal/fuel pump and just use velcro to keep it down

huntarrr

The rear seats are extremely easy and self explanatory to take out. But I really don't see the point in removing them...... seriously, go weigh them and see what you save. I guarantee you won't be ANY faster. You're better off practicing your driving skills....

Tippyman

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27 lbs.

(That's what VX saved anyway.)

Tippyman

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Exactly...

But if your racing, why not? I hate giving people rides anyway...

x_outlaw_x

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Siberian Husky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">whats funny is..that 5-8lbs MAX weight gain could easily be achieved if you just ran your fat *** for 20 minutes everyday for a week..then you could be in shape..and keep seats for friends..because attractive people get more friends..thus it works out

yet if you remain fat..your ugly..and i guess you dont need your rear seats..

so in turn..the question really is

Poor Social Life+Weight Reduction....1 pro..1 con

vs.

Healthy Social Life+Healthy Body+Weight Reduction...3 pros...0 cons

hardly rocket science

/thread

EDIT: 8=====D</TD></TR></TABLE>


yeah i only weigh 125...never lifted weights in my life, never run, never do any of that ****...and i still pull my seats, and throw in a 15 pound aftermarket seat

Good ol' Screwtape

on all of you.

Why is everyone criticizing him for wanting to "gut" his interior? If you think it's so stupid, you hotshots should go to the Drag forum, or the A/C forum and tell all racers your philosophy on how stupid we are for gutting our cars.

Do any of you guys know if this is his only car? Maybe it's his track-only car? Maybe he has plans to put in a 6pt. roll cage? Maybe he has like ten other daily drivers which he can use to "pick up friends" unlike some people who live paycheck to paycheck, so they could have one show car stunna, and live with their parents.

Bunch of dumbasses. True, removing the rear seats isn't going to do very much or nothing at all for lap times, but neither is a $300 intake by itself, or $400 catback exhaust by itself.

Modifications don't do very much alone, but when combined with this, and that, and this, it can amount to something worth while. Same goes for weight-saving.

B-SerioUs EGg

fold there rear seats down

passenger side
take out the 2 10mm bolts, 2 left side.
slide that out, take out the 1 10mm on the bracket.

driver side
take out the 2 10mm bolts right side
slide out

bottom cushin, take out the 1 10mm.

TADA.

its something like that lol

huntarrr

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LOL if he has a track car and doesn't know how to take out the rear seats, we have a problem

x_outlaw_x

ha, thats true