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Greasemonkey
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24th Feb 04 at 08:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Walking to work today just thinkin as you do, do you guys think its worth me strippin my interior out changing my 17's for 15's and going down that route as all my money gets spent on my C16XE engine and it seems wasted with all that extra weight and the 17's.
My engines got 150BHP+ but think i will appreciate it more with a stripped out car
discuss lol
Paul H
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24th Feb 04 at 08:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nah looks really nice as it is
R Lee
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24th Feb 04 at 09:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i personally think that 16's are the nicest size wheel for B's. you might as well strip your car if you haven't got anything else to do.
Noonster
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24th Feb 04 at 09:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I agree 16s look best - 17s in some cases look too big.
Greasemonkey
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24th Feb 04 at 09:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I got loads i wanna do, i am starting to save for my throttle bodies, im aiming at a 200BHP C16XE'd corsa
R Lee
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
I got loads i wanna do, i am starting to save for my throttle bodies, im aiming at a 200BHP C16XE'd corsa


woohoo gonna be cool
stuyw
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24th Feb 04 at 09:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if ur doing 200bhp conversion, id strip it out m8
broster
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24th Feb 04 at 09:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get some 15's, coilovers and then strip it, but dont leave the metal bare, get some thin materail for it, if that makes sence, few gauges, and some buckets, then a cage! lol, domn u cant do all that before i do! i must beat you to it! lol
Greasemonkey
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24th Feb 04 at 09:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You can help me do it matey, where do i get that material from??
Noonster
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24th Feb 04 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
gonna look good BUT gonna cost £££'s.
broster
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24th Feb 04 at 09:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah ill do mine same time! lol, get material form a material shop, plenty about! then some spray glue or tape to hold it all in place! thats what im doing to mine!
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24th Feb 04 at 09:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Noonster19
gonna look good BUT gonna cost £££'s.


tis always gunna cost what ever you do tho aint it damn cars!
stuyw
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24th Feb 04 at 09:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i made a false floor for mine n used tacks to hold the carpet down. I got some accustic carpet for 5er a roll
broster
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24th Feb 04 at 09:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you are gunna strip it i wouldnt personally put a false floor in, just adds all the weight back in!
Siberia
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24th Feb 04 at 09:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by broster
quote:
Originally posted by Noonster19
gonna look good BUT gonna cost £££'s.


tis always gunna cost what ever you do tho aint it damn cars!


well especially if u fit 3 engines
DangerousDave16v
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24th Feb 04 at 10:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
imo -get some lightweight racing 15" rims, but i wouldnt put in buckets , in think they just look ridiculous, maybe recliners or semi buckets, but i rekon originals are fine, dont think your gonna gain much by stripping , just more noise!
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24th Feb 04 at 10:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
Walking to work today just thinkin as you do, do you guys think its worth me strippin my interior out changing my 17's for 15's and going down that route as all my money gets spent on my C16XE engine and it seems wasted with all that extra weight and the 17's.
My engines got 150BHP+ but think i will appreciate it more with a stripped out car
discuss lol



stripping makes a big difference to performance
GLSi GUY
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24th Feb 04 at 10:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have a 1.0L 12V

i stripped it last night, ready for my buckets to go in.

its fun taking all the rear seats and stuff out.

my car is lowered 60mm on 15x205 multispoke alloys, with 45 profile tires.

[Edited on 24-02-2004 by GLSi GUY]
Adam_B
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24th Feb 04 at 11:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by broster
if you are gunna strip it i wouldnt personally put a false floor in, just adds all the weight back in!


yeah that 6mm plywood is well heavy!
broster
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24th Feb 04 at 11:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
didnt realise it was 6mm ply. some people start chuckin mdf in, this is what i thought he ment by false floor, oops.
Adam_B
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24th Feb 04 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no, we (me & stuyw) made 2 last weekend, dunno what other folk use. I think it looks a lot tidyer with door cards etc and floor in.
Greasemonkey
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24th Feb 04 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hhmmm i dont know now, think i will get my TB's and managment then see how it goes from there, i got a spare set of completely shagged 15's which i will stick on when my cars back and see what difference it makes, i suppose with extra power i will need bigger wheels to get the power down
yzf-r6 (stella Man)
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24th Feb 04 at 12:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how long till u get tb;s then mate?
Greasemonkey
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24th Feb 04 at 13:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quite a few months yet, they are like £1700 should be around back end of summer, got to save for a holiday first to keep her indoors happy, and she wants to go Goa
mk4_astra
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24th Feb 04 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how often do you have more than 2 people in your car?are you insured on a parents car that you could occasionally borrow if you needed 5 seats?i know a few people who have stripped and i would personally say strip, it costs nothing to take out your backseats etc and the money you get from your 17's should pretty much cover the cost of lightweight 15's. then when you got the money you can think about carpeting and buckets etc, once you stripped your car put it all in sacks and you'l be suprised on how heavy it is! if you wanna take it a step futher you could ditch your air con and replace leccy windows with manual 1s.
hope this helps mate

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