i got bored today so i decided to B.S with my car. got some orange glass paint for my clear corners and bumper, JDM yo!!(thanks Lamchop0000) then cleaning out the car , taking out all the tar and useless junk that adds weight.( DRY ICE works very well!!!!)


dirty as hell!!!

that is all for now, i want to get this thing as light as possible!!


[Modified by 91_EF_Civic, 10:28 PM 12/12/2002]

 

lights look cool , u shoulda keeped your interior , this is a beater, not a project car right?

 

I'd hit it

did it used to be wired for subs or something? the lights look awesome by the way. keep it up T

 

where exactly do you find dry ice?

 

ice cream man yO!

 

well its my beater but also my racer, LOL the interior will go back in when im done getting all the **** cleaned up and remove all the tar. i got the dry ice at a local grocery store for 1.09 a pound, works so good!!!

im just trying to find ways to getthe car lighter, without removing major stuff like bumper supports and stuff

yes i do have a amp and 1 12" sub and then some 6x9's but im selling the amp and sub


[Modified by 91_EF_Civic, 10:53 PM 12/12/2002]

 

what kind of amp and sub is it?

 

kenwood amp, planet audio sub

 

what kind of weight is saved by doing this (removing the tar)? I'd like to do it to lighten up my hatch but heard that it makes road noise, ect really loud. How loud cuz once ya rip this stuff out there's no going back I imagine?


So do you guys think its worth it? I'd still be keeping the interior, just removing the tar stuff.

 

i think i read somewhere that tar is either 10-20 lbs. or wieght.

 

if you do strip out the interior like hes doing theres gonna be so much road noise, but after a while you get used to it. i dont really think the tar is to reduce weight, its just ugly having it in your car without the interior.

 

Word, I had the back stripped out of my turbo CRX for a bit, but I just didn't like the way it looked. I mean what's the point? That 5~10's lbs of tar isn't worth the extra noise you're gonna have to put up with on a daily basis. The plastic interior and seats may all weigh a total of 20lbs. But what if you need to ride more than 1 extra person a ride?

As far as I'm concerned stripping out the interior does nothing more than paint a big target on your car. I mean if someone walks by your car, what are they gonna notice more a plane jane car or something with the **** ripped out of it. Just gives thieves another reason to steal your car. In my own car I pulled the back interior out and put "pink panter" house insulation above the fenders just to knock down exhaust noise some.

NICE work on the corners though, they look good


[Modified by Speed PHreak, 4:51 PM 12/13/2002]

 

My daily driver was also stripped before. I too think that it's worthless to gut it out for a daily driver. Plastic doesn't weigh a lot. Probably the whole interior weighs less than one passenger seat.


[Modified by CRXracer89, 10:04 PM 12/13/2002]

 

i had the same question so when i took the tar out of my 89 hatch i put all of it in plastice zip lock bags and weighed it... 21.6 pounds! including the bags which were 6 grams each so the actual weight was 21.6lbs-12grams!

 

looks good so far... i would also take yourself to wallymart and get yourself a riding lawn mower batter!

 

Tim, what seats you have. wanna buy my stock Si seats.

 

Here's a list of what your interior really weighs.
http://www.b-tuning.com/forums//inde...4fe5a7837dfb81

 

YES!!! i need SI seats badly.

well anyways people i have my interior out to CLEAN and remove all the tar and other junk that worked its way under the carpet/seats. plus i dont want a rear seat that way i dont have to haul people around.

 

It took me like 3 days to remove all the sound deadening material because that's when I had just gotten all four of my wisdom teeth taken out.

 

b16a1-ef8 where in OC are u?? im in SO O.C.

 

Yeh id says its pretty loud with the sound dedning material.. out.. HF's dont come with it from teh dealer.. But my SI was alot less noisy.. you hear alot of tire noise it seems like.. But i also have shity tires that could be another reason.. Hey where did you buy that orange glass paint? I caint find it at any hobby shops around here.. IF i pay you will you send me a can? lol. THanks.

 

in that guys weghit test thing. it dosent include spare tire, and jack. dont forget every lb counts.

 

do you just put the dry ice in a bag and set it on the sound deadening crap??
my friend is a moron and took a torch to his and used a scraper. i told him you could use dry ice and break it out and he was like "damn i had on a mask and everything with a torch burning it out" moron hahaha

 

i think i saw a post about si rear seats for sale in the classifieds last night

 

okay i talk to you more about them at the meet.