Who has totaly stripped the interior of their car? I mean everything except the pedals, wiring harness,ecu, steering wheel, and seat. Is there anything to watch out for, or needs to be left?

Sammy boy, what are you doing!! Keep your clothes on man!!! Maybe they just do stuff differently in KY, but we need the warmth up here in MI. There is a thread or two about guys who removed all the tar and carpet and everything that could help. All the plastic panels are easy, most snap on.

Brent

I'm sure SmoothDaddy with be replying soon, he has striped his down to the bare bones...except for the cat heat shield:D

I think at one point SDF actually use the heatshield for the cat to make a box around the intake filter :D

Don't provoke the wrath of the Figster!

He knows where you live Serban!

:D :D :D

To get sound insulation off... use dry ice. Just put it on the insulation, wait a bit... then you can just crack/chip off the insulation. Much easier than trying to use a solvent or a heat gun. Some Publix supermarkets sell it around here. You may want to try your local supermarkets and see if any carry it.

I've taken care of the tar and sound deadening already. I'm wondering what else has to be left in when you totaly strip the interior.:)

PM SDF. He will have all the answers you need.... That is one crazy MOFO!!

Yo Figgy were you at???

YO YO YO!!!!
Here I come to save the DAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!
LOL!!! I always forget this section exists. :D

Here are some pics of whats left.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid34/p359eb4567f315a3133fdaa0a317c470a/fd34a9dc.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid34/p63a9aabd6fc5fd0f19dc7ca7cfe3ad9f/fd35f1a8.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid34/p959c6f6ea823d7c43308f9cc31188dbb/fd35f15a.jpg

Im going to weigh the damn thing Thursday Oct. 17th.
Im hoping to be around 2,300 lbs. I still have the A/C. I cant live without it!!

My car weighs 2480 with a half tank of gas. It will be less than 2250 when I'm done. hehe
Well, that is my goal, but I might be even less.

I have stripped most everything in the interior. I can take digital pics if you want. Check out monkey-r.com for pictures of some of the se-r cup cars and the gutting they have. Hope this helps.

Originally posted by Yosho
To get sound insulation off... use dry ice. Just put it on the insulation, wait a bit... then you can just crack/chip off the insulation. Much easier than trying to use a solvent or a heat gun. Some Publix supermarkets sell it around here. You may want to try your local supermarkets and see if any carry it.

there is a faster and easyer way. air hammer

I have gone on a good diet. I start in the morning with a screwdriver(I am thristy :D) then in the afternoon I use bodysaw. You dont need floors, door panels or a dash for that matter.

When I took out my tar I just did it on a hot day and peeled out the whole sheets with almost no effort at all. I guess it's kinda late for that now since it's october and all though.

The benefit of dry ice is that it keeps the adhesive on the tar. With an air hammer or a hot day part of the adhesive is left on the flood and It sucks to get off even with solvents. I did dry ice on the floors and usedd a scraper on the wheel well and vertical part of the back seat area. I spent more time cleaning adhesive from these 4 small areas than I spent on the whole rest of the tar areas!

-joel

Originally posted by SENTRA1909
there is a faster and easyer way. air hammer

I have gone on a good diet. I start in the morning with a screwdriver(I am thristy :D) then in the afternoon I use bodysaw. You dont need floors, door panels or a dash for that matter.

Yea i might know alittle about this subject. My daily driver weighs 1985lbs.

I installed a lighter battery.
An Autozone Lawn & Garden U1-3 battery.
It cost 29.99. and you can pick it up with one hand. :D
So far its running GREAT!!!

ALL HAIL THE LAWN TRACTOR BATTERY the poor mans dyna-batt.I too have this feature in my ride.

Originally posted by random thoughts
The benefit of dry ice is that it keeps the adhesive on the tar. With an air hammer or a hot day part of the adhesive is left on the flood and It sucks to get off even with solvents. I did dry ice on the floors and usedd a scraper on the wheel well and vertical part of the back seat area. I spent more time cleaning adhesive from these 4 small areas than I spent on the whole rest of the tar areas!

-joel

Yeah, that stuff is really sticky. I never could get it all off from under the back seat, so I just left it there.

You can take off the tow hooks on all 4 corners.
Thats at least 5-6 lbs.

SDF, have you weighed your car? If so, how much does it weigh?