Anyone got there saxo vts stripped out?

1. willmad89 L-plater Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 40

   #1 14th April 2015, 16:51

   Just wondering if there's a noticeable difference I don't need back seats and going to be using it on track days I plan to take back seats door card roof liner carpet out
2. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #2 15th April 2015, 02:32

   Back seats weigh naff all. The whole rear seat section in my larger Cit doesn't weigh much more! You'll lose a bit of weight stripping it out but its probably less than 50kg? There is a weight guide kicking around on here somewhere
   
   All depends on if its a full time track slag or a daily driver too, as stripped out they are just massively noisy inside.
3. user_65821 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2013 Bridgend, South Wales Posts: 948 Mk1 VTS, FF BG 182

   #3 15th April 2015, 03:15

   Running a stripped VTS as a work horse is fucking painful, especially with no stereo.
4. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #4 15th April 2015, 03:34

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by SimpleJoee Running a stripped VTS as a work horse is fucking painful, especially with no stereo.

   When i had the VTR seats out to lug a few bits around it drove me mad. The drone of the Magnex reverberated through the whole car. Plus the road noise.
5. Nimix Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2015 Naestved, Denmark Posts: 281 ex-Blue 106 Rallye 1.6 '97 Black 106 Gti '99

   #5 15th April 2015, 09:49

   I removed the back seats in my 106 Gti for a few days, but the noise is insane and the weight loss is less than 10kg.
   
   They are seriously made from cardboard..
6. rushy_23 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Aug 2004 West Mids Posts: 15392 '98 EK9 N1

   #6 15th April 2015, 13:55

   I did this to my old 106 GTi. Including various other deletes from the entire car. If its not a daily driver then I guess no harm (also consider your lack of ability to haul people around).
   
   But noise wise it is a nightmare day to day. Just removing your back seats wont make much difference. Think my 106 was down to about 820kg (includes a half cage) before I sold it on. It did "feel" substantially quicker, but then it also had an S1 Rallye box fitted and a less restrictive exhaust.
7. Tomthetopper Newbie Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 25

   #7 16th April 2015, 22:02

   Just do it, would only take a weekend to do a good job and if you dont like it you can put it all back in! Simples!
8. MuZiZZle Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2011 Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 7779 Phase 2 VTS , E61 M5

   #8 17th April 2015, 01:10

   I recorded a lot of weight info in my build thread, mainly the weight of the former fatty D4MJT

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9. user_35090 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty

   #9 18th April 2015, 19:03

   i drive a stripped out 106gti everyday 2 miles to work and back.
   
   I do have buckets fitted aswel, i have a stereo and the dash in with the front door cards, the back end is empty pretty much.
   
   Can say if your gonna drive further than that to work and back, dont do it unless you plan on removing other stuff, swapping alloys for lighter variants removing the rear wheel cage etc etc. its painful and the road noise is horrendous. But on the plus side, you do have a very small "van" if you need to lump shit about.

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