diet

[glennrossi]

I have read loads of posts and decided the best way forward is to put the car on a diet.... the car is a riot so if I can make it lighter happy days, everything will have to go as not worried about re sale value.Trouble is the gains are minimal for this and that but I am going to look at is as a whole, so any opinion please .

 

[R3k1355]

You own a 172 then?

 

[Tim.]

the car is a riot

the gains are minimal

If it's so good already and you're not going to improve it much then why bother?

 

[Daniel]

Leave the dash and the door cards in. They weigh f**k all and removing them makes living with the car a pain in the ass.

Seats weigh a ton so bin them.

Carpets, sound deadening and the tar on the bodywork all weighs a load so bin all that too.

Remove both front airbags and fit a lighter smaller steering wheel too.

Remove and bin the rear wiper and motor.

Remove all the speakers and the stereo

Ding dong, you're good to go.

 

[Louis]

Bet it's a 1.2

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

....then sell it, its CS law.

 

[glennrossi]

You own a 172 then?

172 but not cup, going to track day this year with a view to some racing maybe next, this seems to be the cheapest form of racing if there is such a thing...

 

[Louis]

172 but not cup, going to track day this year with a view to some racing maybe next, this seems to be the cheapest form of racing if there is such a thing...

I just saw your other thread, if its caged etc you may aswell strip it completely? Tar sound deadening is really heavy by itself!

 

[R3k1355]

172 but not cup, going to track day this year with a view to some racing maybe next, this seems to be the cheapest form of racing if there is such a thing...

Do as Daniel recommends, personally I always find that when a car is totally stripped it's horrible to drive around in.
The carpet makes a fair bit of difference to the noise and reverberation inside, consider keeping that in.

Leave the dash and the door cards in. They weigh f**k all and removing them makes living with the car a pain in the ass.

Seats weigh a ton so bin them.

Carpets, sound deadening and the tar on the bodywork all weighs a load so bin all that too.

Remove both front airbags and fit a lighter smaller steering wheel too.

Remove and bin the rear wiper and motor.

Remove all the speakers and the stereo

Ding dong, you're good to go.

 

[glennrossi]

Hi, I am stripping out my clio sport and have come across a black box fitted in the rear quarter bodywork behind the driver.It is about 6 inches by 3 inches and have no idea what it is, I have removed it and car still runs, any ideas ???