OK, so here's my situation: 95% of my driving time is spent commuting to work alone. The remaining 5% of the time I'm driving my girlfriend around. So, I'm thinking, why do I need the passenger seat? It's extra weight, and it blocks the access to the rear seat.

Taking it out was the best thing I did to the car. My girlfriend likes the tons and tons of legroom that opened up, and I love all the space that I can now use. I can carry boxes and other bulky items that wouldn't even fit in the trunk.



My only question is, why don't more people do it? And don't give me that "I need four seats" stuff - do you honestly try to fit people back there?

 

becuase it looks garbage....if you are going to take any seat out it should be your back one..not a front seat

 

I like it I think it looks fine But hey while u at it might as well pull ur back seats also

 

front seat > back seat

how tall is your gf?! im sure she doesnt need THAT much legroom

 

I like that idea. I often need more room in the front to carry stuff.

 

The back seat weighs like 2 pounds, where the front seat weighs much more. What I'm saying is that with the passenger seat in place, the back seat is pretty much useless. Take it out, and you still have a usable passenger seat + plenty of room.

 

Wait, so your GF sits in the backseat now?! LOL!

The weight loss is negligable, at best. If anyone complains about foot room, then I just won't let them ride with me. If you need more trunk space, get a truck.

 

the seat weighs like ~20 lbs

 

so with a passenger in the back seat, doesn't have to be your girlfriend, doesn't it feel like a taxi cab?

 

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I could be wrong, but I thnk the front seats are about 35 lbs each (4th gen anyhow....) It's a pretty good weight savings to take out a front seat, plus I can fit a 20 ft ladder in my car when i need to by taking out that seat, haha.

 

This is, quote possibly, the most retarded thing I've ever heard of.

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You dating a 7ft tall Sasquatch?

 

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i was guessing. I couldnt remember what the exact weight was so i added the ~

20 ft ladder + lude = me wants to see it and get a picture haha

 

not a bad idea. i like this post tho.....it's entertaining lol

i'm gonna take out the driver seat too. double the weight savings lol

 

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ROFL!

My thought exactly

 

I agree, taking the passanger seat out is great, but it looks tacky....I've had my passanger seat taken out for days at a time, cause I was busy wiring stuff and carrying my dogs around, so I didn't want them to expletive my leather seats up. You're right, it does create alot of room to carry things around

 

Probably better use for not having a front seat is that it would be reallllly easy to get a road bj.. my girlfriend brought that up the other night and i have been thinking about that same mod lol.

 

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A gallon of gasoline weighs rougly 6-6.5lbs. How about you also run like 2 gallons at a time, instead of the full 16 gallons and save a ton of weight!

 

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Ha, I actually do have a picture, but sadly it's on my other computer.

If you can imagine I don't really have anything on the inside of my car and it goes from the rear license plate to the passenger side floorboard!

 

i weighed my seats before and i know i was really suprised at how light they really were.

 

i still have my front seat, and its more comfertable then the reas, and it looks like i have more room for "boxes" or whatnot &gt;_&lt;

 

fifth gens seat designs must have address the weight issue because

my fourth gen leather seats came in at 37 lbs.

 

i 've gutted everything in the rear

 

I did this when I used to BMX. The front passenger seat is quite hefty.

 

So, what cars are you racing that the removal of the front seat allowed you a win? Didn't think so. My front seat stays.

 

My car is completely gutted also. Well almost complete, still working on it.

Passenger seat is gone also - and yes, it does free up a LOT of room. At one point, i had my door, fender, bumper, tool box, floor jack. scissor jack, and a bunch of random stuff in there.