I was planning on gutting my car and i seen some pics on it and when done right the car looks clean. what's your opinion?

 

i would do it but wouldnt take out everything...id leave door pannels w/o the insulation and dash then pull it all out after those. looks clean and does the trick

 

simply removing the back seats and the rear seatbelts will be enough for most people that still want the car to look somewhat user-friendly.
next stage up is to remove all of the carpet and then the side panels in the rear.
also you can remove small things like the shift console, upper side panels (pillars), roofliner and misc. dash parts.
if you are gonna go all out, remove everything, even the door panels and dash!


[Modified by owen_the_soyboy, 12:23 PM 1/16/2003]

 

If you are going to "gut" it I agree, you should go all out. Like this guy:



Props to colt. Anyways, I think I will keep my car stock interior, it is a much nicer ride compared to my bro's gutted hatch. Oh well in the end it's up to you.

Scott

P.S. Yes, the gauge cluster is Ziptied to the steering column, a little too hardcore for me.



[Modified by SlippylesKB, 12:39 PM 1/16/2003]

 

Damn I would hate to be in that car in an accident...all those pieces flying by....sketchy

 

remove everything and chip out he tar

 

Done right, like this?





It will probably look like **** unless you get it all repainted, because Honda puts very little color and no clear on the floors and walls of their cars. You will also have tar **** on the floors and other places depending on what car you have, and even if you get that off clean with dry ice then the floor will be primered underneath and it won't look very good at all.

I had my entire insides painted base/clear so it would be uber-clean.

I'm just ****-picky, that's all.

 

Actually he cheated. He still has door panels and what appears to be the pillar plastics.

 

tom, once again....

so fresh and so clean

 

if anyone in the atlanta area has gutted their hatch and dosn't want the rear plastic, i'll buy it off of them. I don't like all the noise

 

i agree...
i've seen gutted civics and crx before...
and the weight reduction really seems to help with the time..

 

Funny I noticed that after I posted and was hoping no one would pick up on it, damn you guy's are good.

Scott

 

the cleanest hatch ive seen gutted was that green EG with the mugen RnRs(black with red lip i think)he was with FFsquad,..i dont think it was katmans car though,..anyone have the pic of the car im talking about

 

My opinion is "what are you doing it for". Like for weight reduction or your on satisfaction? My i do like the idea. Just depends on y you doing it.

 

As soon as I saw this thread I was honest to God going to search around and find this very pic, but I see you beat me to it, Tom . It's been said a bunch of times, but you have, hands down, one of the cleanest hatches I've ever seen man . How's the broken axle replacement coming, BTW?

 

my bro's drag car

 

what does it say on the windshield that you didn't want us to see? S, J, something?


[Modified by filmfiend81, 3:15 AM 1/17/2003]

 

gutted
soon to be caged

 

daaayyum, he doesnt even have a seat. now thats gutted

 

If he took out the dash why didnt he take out the door panels?

 

Out of curiosity, why do you people do this? Weight savings? That "race" feel?

I think it's just oogly as hell. I have a drag rex that is gutted... but it's a straight drag car.

My boy's rex had a leak, so a bunch of water got in and it got kinda moldy, and ****... but what other reason would you do this for? While Tom's car is very "clean" in the kind of way you can eat off of it... I just don't see the attraction.

peaces.

 

yes. Id hate to be in an accident in it myself. I cut everything out of the doors besides the jam area with door hinge and latch, reinforcement bars in door, inner structure of rear fenderwells, no dash, no doorpanel anymore, pretty much just all the inner bracing besides the shocktowers down. If i got hit by a 10 speed it would prolly be a catastrophy. theres no cluster in there anymore either, and id bet its under 1000 lbs with no motor or trans.
essentially all the car is is the floorboard, engine compartment and the outer body of the car itself. Just like a nascar. Im not putting the motor back in till its caged however. But i did drive it a few days like this. And all i can say is wow. fun times.

 

I took out the rear seats and seat belts, all the back paneling, the carpet, and the sound deadening. I like it that way, but thats my opinion.

 

Heres some pics of my old EG. I think it was pretty gutted.

 

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