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Nathan1.5td
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5th Mar 08 at 13:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

LOL ill google it
JonnyJ
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quote:
Originally posted by JayM
Theres no point in it, id rather have the comfort and quietness of having an interior. Only worth it if its going to be used on track!


Take this mans advice

Doesnt sound like you want serious stripage and tbh i dont see the point losing just little bits of your interior, its going to make naff all difference to anything apart from just not being there, which is pointless.
Neo
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5th Mar 08 at 13:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by andyc1234
dont bother taking the back seats out just fold them down it does the same job


Oh of course, forgot to mention this, aerodynamics and such

[Edited on 05-03-2008 by Neo]
Nathan1.5td
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5th Mar 08 at 13:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i have...
thats why i ask here b4 doing stupid things that i might regret
Nathan1.5td
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5th Mar 08 at 13:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

On another note...
Today in college we had a class in "car maintanace" from a history teacher who drove a people carrier with more rust than the titanic on it
fazza
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5th Mar 08 at 13:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

at the end of the day mate, no offence but its a diesel corsa. you wont really notice much differece anyways so i wouldnt bother imo.
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5th Mar 08 at 13:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I was going to removed the back seats/rear parcel shelf/cards/sound deadning ie completly strip the rear then I thought

"Sod it, it's not a track car and I will miss the comfort and couldn't be doing with the extra road noise"

As said, it will make no diff in a diesel. I'd leave it in mate, load of hassle to put it all back in etc come sale time.

My take on it is that unless you are completely stripping the car front and back, like jr then I wouldn't bother.
csweatherston
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5th Mar 08 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

^^ this man speaks sence
Fonz
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quote:
Originally posted by JayM
I thought if it was there then it had to have legal tread, if its not there then it doesnt matter, sure thats what we used to do. You wouldnt believe I used to be an MOT tester cant remember nothing


thats pretty much what i am saying, if present needs to be legal
Nick-S
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5th Mar 08 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600
As said, it will make no diff in a diesel. .
explane plz


i drive a diesel corsa and it made alot of diffrence






[Edited on 05-03-2008 by GSi_16v]
16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600
As said, it will make no diff in a diesel. .
explane plz


You telling me that removing the rear seats and stuff that is easily replaced "to keep his mum and dad sweet" would make any difference in a 1.5 TD?
Nick-S
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5th Mar 08 at 13:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

why would it make any less of a diffrence than a 1.6
16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
why would it make any less of a diffrence than a 1.6


It wouldn't, I never said it would?

1.5 TDs are slow anyway, and as previously stated, unless it is a track car and he's fitting a better engine and he is going to the extent of stripping it like jr, DaveA etc then there is no point. I'm saying that you just wouldn't notice it in a diesel and I wouldn't notice it in a 1.6.

Like I say, stripping a car to the extent of keeping your mum and dad happy is not going to make a diff, be it a 1.5 TD or a 1.6 Sport.

[Edited on 05-03-2008 by 16V_1600]
Nick-S
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5th Mar 08 at 13:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i get you now

but still, i only semi striped mine and it did make a diffrence
Whittie
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quote:
Originally posted by Fonz
quote:
Originally posted by Nathan1.5td
Is it a legal requirement to have a spare tyre?


no but it was (not sure if it still is) checked as part of the MOT


Nope, Clio 182's don't even come with a spare now.
Scotty C
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5th Mar 08 at 15:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'm unsure why you want to loose weight but still want to fit 4 people in? if you want to notice a difference, you need to gut it. Removing spare wheels, headrests etc isn't going make the SLIGHTEST difference!

[Edited on 05-03-2008 by Monster]
jr
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5th Mar 08 at 15:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

turn the boost up, strip it, see what it does
AK
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if you use it on the road as your only car dont

We have to drive the feckin skyline 8hrs on Friday night to get to Donnington for Sat.

It is feckin loud.... we'll both be wearing full ear defenders.... the diff whine, exhaust drone, stone rattles.... cold air from missing plugs in the floor...

Ahhhh Bliss...

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