BenB

Ok...so I've ripped out my interior, modified the chasis for my ITR rears(cause its a coupe and doens't normally fit), now I'm ready to rip all the tar out.
I noticed some of it looks old and was comming up around the edges and I could pull a lot of it up.

Now if I use dry ice...will it leave residue? Or does it really come up in pieces leaving a clean look?

If I can pull some of this off before busting out the dry ice and simple green it I might do that so I dont have to use more dry ice than necessary. Dry ice is pretty cheap anyways though, right? I'm a money grip y0!

If I scratch the chasis down to the metal, don't I need to paint it or something to keep it from rusting?

Thanks.

Spade

Not much.
Not such a clean look depends on the tar age.
Sure.
Yes, you need to paint it.......

BenB

Thanks man.

Has anyone else had any good luck with a degreaser other than simple green?

MugenGTR

I stripped the noise deaden crap off my car WITHOUT using dry ice. Damn it was a bitch. but i swear, it's worth every damn minute i put into it. i jus used a screw driver and a hammer and chisaled it off. took me about 2 months but thas only working on it for like 2 hrs on the weekends only. With just a hammer and screw driver it WILL leave crap behide but wat i did was got those stripping drill attachment or just a air sander and sanded all that off. I painted over it and it's CLEAN. here's a pic. HAVE FUN!

Mr. Thunderlips

Doesn't it get uncomfortably loud inside, and vibrate alot more without that tar?

fangtl

You don't have to use dry ice. Dry ice is used to speed up the cooling process. So, depending on your location, you can just leave the car out on a cold night (with or w/out the windows down) and let the mother nature take care of it for you. Once frozen it comes off real easy.

BenB

Well I've had the interior out for about a month now...doesn't bother me. I think its a matter of personal preference. Try to find a stripped car and take a ride in it. If it becomes annoying, you could just put the carpet and stuff back in and that would cut down on the noise, or dynamat would work too. If you think you might not like it, then dont do it.

sean

how much weight does this process actually reduce.

BenB

Depends on the car. Some of the older civic had less tar so it was only maybe 10-15 lbs. I've heard the tar in my coupe can be 30+.

I've also removed all Interior stuff: Rear seats, carpet, front door panels, rear side panels, rear deack, trunk carpet, side panels, floor and it was 120 lbs.

So thats about 150 I will have out.

Even if I put the interior back in I'm going to take the tar out. It will only cost me the cost of a degreaser and it wil reduce some weight. It may sound pointless but if you are bored, it will give you something to do as a mod to your car for practically free.

Along with removing the power steering, washer fluid resivoir and tubing, spray nozzels, CF Hood and various other things, it WILL add up.

Next is going to to be the firewall.

I definitely noticed a difference with the interior stripped in all aspects - breaking, accelerating, handling. It's not like OMG...but theres a difference.

It all boils down to...how fast do you want to go?

W.Zero

all i did was use a screwdriver and it came off just fine. and ive already got it painted.

BenB

I'm using a screwdriver/chisel at the moment.

Man that looks really good.

What did you use to get all the leftover residue off? Just scraped it all off with the screwdriver? Or did you use a degreaser?


[Modified by BenB, 7:00 PM 10/7/2002]

W.Zero

i let the body shop do it

KEVlN

After I stripped mine, I sanded it down and painted it flat black. Looks great, but I would recommend a semi-gloss paint. Flat gets dirty and is super hard to keep clean.
-kev

MugenGTR

i actually agree w/ EVERYONE on this one, haha. sand it down w/ a air sander to make things easier. and yea, flat or primer gets dirty hella easy. a more glossy paint stays cleaner is is actually cleanable

Mista Bone

Use Goo Gone to remove the residue. Be ready to throw away a few rags though.

vtec69

wooooo