Stripped interior vs not stripped? adv/dis - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

vboy720 · 07-13-2009, 09:21 PM

I tried searching and didnt find anything. If you can do better than me at searching please point me in the right direction. Can we please make this a useful thread vs flaming.

Ok so me and a few of my buddies where talking about cars, and I brought up how instead of doing my full stereo that I was about to put in my car. I was thinking of stripping everything out from behind the driver and passenger seat to the trunk, selling the stereo, and getting coils. The reason why I am now very tempted is because my friends said that after stipping the car, it made a world of a difference.

My friend said he used to race his friends mustang cobra and lose all the time, but after stipping the interior, no extra mods, he would smoke the cobra. He also said you feel so much lighter for example how it flys over bumps and hills, the lighter feeling through turns, etc.

So to set the pace for my point of view. I daily drive this car, every freakin day. But I am the hardcore enthusiast. I dont care about the noises it would make, or even, maybe, the extra gas smell. I dont even have AC right now, and I live in Sac where the weather this time is 100+. I want this car to be at its full potential for track events, or spirited drives.

Now, do you guys that have or have had stipped cars notice a big enough difference in your car, that you think its worth it? My car is really clean inside with no flaws in the interior. Or the guys with full interior, why do you like keeping it? Any oppinions on stipped vs not stripped?

just a heads up, my car is a stock KA, and i am 100% doing a roll cage after my coils/ruca/toe etc mods.

ILoveMyRHS13 · 07-13-2009, 09:31 PM

I took my rear interior out and never noticed a difference. Not to mention it looks like shit. Full interiors with cages FTW.

Flybert · 07-13-2009, 09:31 PM

Strip your interior and you can beat vettes, ferraris, porsches, indy cars, f1 cars, everything. You should listen to your friend.

Taniguchi_Is_#1 · 07-13-2009, 09:34 PM

if flybert says so, i would be inclined to believe it's true.

tricky_ab · 07-13-2009, 09:36 PM

Stripping you interior = Loud as hell...If it's your daily good luck with that...

QuickSpoolSR · 07-13-2009, 09:38 PM

the interior peices weigh like nothing...

Matej · 07-13-2009, 09:44 PM

..........

MunsonAuto · 07-13-2009, 09:44 PM

The weight of the interior in an S13/S14 does not compare to that of a Mustang. These car's are light tin cans to begin with, the interior is no different. I think I saved maybe 35lbs total including removing the rear seats, rear seatbelts, all plastics/carpet and sound deadening. It is definitely louder than before, but I just turn up the radio and tell myself that it's a V8 S13...it's supposed to be loud.

I would say the coilovers are a better investment than the stereo if you're looking to have a good track car/spirited driver. It's really up to you, if you don't mind the added road noise, hearing stones and crap hit the wheel wells in parking lots and the extra gas fumes/smell then I'd say give it a try for a day or two. It takes about an hour and a half to strip the rear of one of these, so at most you waste 3-4 hours *shrug*.

jiggs · 07-13-2009, 09:46 PM

How about a full bride interior, nismo harness, full roll cage, and full audio. Jump on the bandwagon

ILoveJDM · 07-13-2009, 09:47 PM

ive stripped a few of my cars, 180 hatch, 240 coupe etc

biggest waste of time. no difference other then its louder then hell.

i always usually end up putting the interior back in.

girls also think stripped interiors are ugly as fuck

awesomenick · 07-13-2009, 09:49 PM

Mine is like all the way stripped. No A/C. All kinds of lame going on.

I'm slowly buying interior parts to put it back in.

If you change your mind on it, putting interior back in sucks. Taking it out is easy.

Just leave the interior in. No interior is lame.

mikefc · 07-13-2009, 09:58 PM

stock interior just feels more comfortable, if you know what im saying?

lazysk8er2 · 07-13-2009, 10:02 PM

so even sound deading removal doesnt make a difference?

i think the reason of interior removal is that its just less stuff shaking around and rattling n stuff. i have solid mounts all around and i know at idle my interior plastics buzz.

5t341tH · 07-13-2009, 10:06 PM

its your car. do what you want.
i keep my interior because it looks nice. no need to gain +1hp to make it look like shit

jiggs · 07-13-2009, 10:07 PM

Just keep it, its not that much of a weight diff

I LUV MY S13 · 07-13-2009, 10:08 PM

interior is wat? 15lbs haha

jamg · 07-13-2009, 10:09 PM

stripped interior on a car you don't track 100% of the time is stupid.

not only stupid, it looks U G L Y ass hell.

GSXRJJordan · 07-13-2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flybert

Strip your interior and you can beat vettes, ferraris, porsches, indy cars, f1 cars, everything. You should listen to your friend.

Haha! You da man Flybert. Wait, doesn't your track car have some interior in it too?

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuickSpoolSR

the interior peices weigh like nothing...

The carpet and sound deadening do weight a little bit. I'd guess at least as much as the passenger seat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILoveJDM

ive stripped a few of my cars, 180 hatch, 240 coupe etc

biggest waste of time. no difference other then its louder then hell.

i always usually end up putting the interior back in.

girls also think stripped interiors are ugly as fuck

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamg

stripped interior on a car you don't track 100% of the time is stupid.

not only stupid, it looks U G L Y ass hell.

Agreed. I bought my car completely stripped, and have been buying interior parts to put back in it ever since.

Interiors are nice. Keep it. I agree with selling your stereo stuff to buy coils though.

kcvpr · 07-13-2009, 10:33 PM

According to THIS Stripping the interior completely from the doors back is a loss of approx. 75lbs.

BustedS13 · 07-13-2009, 10:36 PM

huge waste of time. negatives outweigh the good.

replacing the back seat with a shelf, though. now you're talking.

palmdale_mob · 07-13-2009, 10:39 PM

I say just take out the passenger seat

You will have more room to put stuff, and your passenger will have more leg room and the seat might be about 30lbs? According to my arm scale

Thats how my car is atm, also it starts to get annoying having to explain to everybody why you took your perfectly good seats + interior

Touge Noob S13 · 07-13-2009, 10:46 PM

Just strip the trunk if you REALLY want to strip it without looking like shit, otherwise just leave it like it is.

HyperTek · 07-13-2009, 10:50 PM

if its a street car, keep the interior... Police will thank you, your girlfriend will thank you, and you will thank you. lol

johnksoy · 07-13-2009, 10:52 PM

Don't do it! When I found my car on ebay 2 years ago it said things like stage 1 weight reduction and I was like cool. When I bought the car i only found out he deleted ac lines and halfassed the trunk area. I was eager to take out all the interior behind the driver seat.

So the day I got the car I was ripping the trunk carpet off cause I didnt know better to take it off the right way, thinking of smashing my rear speakers off, taking off panels and seeing holes with wires running through them... That same day I realize that it was stupid and tried to put stuff back together except the rear seat since I was like the last of my friends to get a car and really didnt need to drive people around, but the damage was already done I miss my trunk carpet.

Also If your gonna keep your car for a long time get AC! No ones gonna give you an award for abusing yourself.

BustedS13 · 07-13-2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by palmdale_mob

I say just take out the passenger seat

You will have more room to put stuff, and your passenger will have more leg room and the seat might be about 30lbs? According to my arm scale

Thats how my car is atm, also it starts to get annoying having to explain to everybody why you took your perfectly good seats + interior

i was just working on the 240 today and had the passenger seat out, and was thinking how i wish i'd had the passenger seat out in high school. flat surface for pizza delivery and i could make people sit in the back. you ever go over a speed bump in the back seat of an s13 hatch? CRACK goes your skull.

HyperTek · 07-13-2009, 10:54 PM

Nothing worse than seeing a gangsta leaning bro in a 89 honda civic stripped cuz he thinks its fast.. 240sx would be no different.

palmdale_mob · 07-13-2009, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BustedS13

i was just working on the 240 today and had the passenger seat out, and was thinking how i wish i'd had the passenger seat out in high school. flat surface for pizza delivery and i could make people sit in the back. you ever go over a speed bump in the back seat of an s13 hatch? CRACK goes your skull.

Yeah it frees up a lot of space, I play in a band and I'll just throw in my amp no problem, just sometimes I'll give someone a ride and they will just sit on the floor, like theres still back seats buddy

I haven't been in the backseat of a hatch, but at least you'll get legroom with the chair out, maybe get a little slouch going idk

Nezahualcoyotl · 07-13-2009, 11:14 PM

Don't do it. I pulled the rear seats and trunk and instantly hatted it. I put everything back and it took longer to put it back on. Also, I "accidentally" took the rug/carpet thing off of the door panel on my S13 and it looks a bit better but still needs work.

vboy720 · 07-13-2009, 11:23 PM

Thanks for the input. I really didnt think that stripping the interior made that much of a difference, but when my friend was telling me his experience in stripping his stang, I was shocked. The other reason why I was pondering, was because I thought when you put in a rollcage (most likely autopower) you would have to take out the back seats anways.

But I guess im keeping the interior, putting my saz-3000d, 2 fi audio q's, kinetic hc1400and alpine z3 in. im a stereo junkie

No one thought otherwise about advantages of stripped interior eh?

Leo-kun · 07-13-2009, 11:24 PM

Yes please keep the interior.

Though if you ant to drop a few lbs...

07-13-2009, 09:38 PM	#6
QuickSpoolSR Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: des moines IA Age: 33 Posts: 756 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	the interior peices weigh like nothing... __________________

07-13-2009, 09:44 PM	#7
Matej Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 9,423 Trader Rating: (39) Feedback Score: 39 reviews	.......... Last edited by Matej; 07-13-2009 at 11:47 PM..

07-13-2009, 09:44 PM	#8
MunsonAuto Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont Age: 30 Posts: 287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The weight of the interior in an S13/S14 does not compare to that of a Mustang. These car's are light tin cans to begin with, the interior is no different. I think I saved maybe 35lbs total including removing the rear seats, rear seatbelts, all plastics/carpet and sound deadening. It is definitely louder than before, but I just turn up the radio and tell myself that it's a V8 S13...it's supposed to be loud. I would say the coilovers are a better investment than the stereo if you're looking to have a good track car/spirited driver. It's really up to you, if you don't mind the added road noise, hearing stones and crap hit the wheel wells in parking lots and the extra gas fumes/smell then I'd say give it a try for a day or two. It takes about an hour and a half to strip the rear of one of these, so at most you waste 3-4 hours shrug. __________________ www.tannermunsondrifting.com

07-13-2009, 09:46 PM	#9
jiggs Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 379 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	How about a full bride interior, nismo harness, full roll cage, and full audio. Jump on the bandwagon __________________ JS4HATERS

07-13-2009, 10:06 PM	#14
5t341tH Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: socal (Huntington Beach) Age: 33 Posts: 2,776 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	its your car. do what you want. i keep my interior because it looks nice. no need to gain +1hp to make it look like shit __________________ lexus baby

07-13-2009, 09:21 PM	#1
vboy720 Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NorCal Posts: 288 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Stripped interior vs not stripped? adv/dis I tried searching and didnt find anything. If you can do better than me at searching please point me in the right direction. Can we please make this a useful thread vs flaming. Ok so me and a few of my buddies where talking about cars, and I brought up how instead of doing my full stereo that I was about to put in my car. I was thinking of stripping everything out from behind the driver and passenger seat to the trunk, selling the stereo, and getting coils. The reason why I am now very tempted is because my friends said that after stipping the car, it made a world of a difference. My friend said he used to race his friends mustang cobra and lose all the time, but after stipping the interior, no extra mods, he would smoke the cobra. He also said you feel so much lighter for example how it flys over bumps and hills, the lighter feeling through turns, etc. So to set the pace for my point of view. I daily drive this car, every freakin day. But I am the hardcore enthusiast. I dont care about the noises it would make, or even, maybe, the extra gas smell. I dont even have AC right now, and I live in Sac where the weather this time is 100+. I want this car to be at its full potential for track events, or spirited drives. Now, do you guys that have or have had stipped cars notice a big enough difference in your car, that you think its worth it? My car is really clean inside with no flaws in the interior. Or the guys with full interior, why do you like keeping it? Any oppinions on stipped vs not stripped? just a heads up, my car is a stock KA, and i am 100% doing a roll cage after my coils/ruca/toe etc mods.

07-13-2009, 09:31 PM	#3
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Strip your interior and you can beat vettes, ferraris, porsches, indy cars, f1 cars, everything. You should listen to your friend.

07-13-2009, 09:34 PM	#4
Taniguchi_Is_#1 Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Arkansas Prefecture Posts: 3,141 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	if flybert says so, i would be inclined to believe it's true.

07-13-2009, 09:36 PM	#5
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,413 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Stripping you interior = Loud as hell...If it's your daily good luck with that...

07-13-2009, 09:47 PM	#10
ILoveJDM Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SK Canada! Posts: 1,947 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	ive stripped a few of my cars, 180 hatch, 240 coupe etc biggest waste of time. no difference other then its louder then hell. i always usually end up putting the interior back in. girls also think stripped interiors are ugly as fuck

07-13-2009, 09:49 PM	#11
awesomenick Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: UT Age: 32 Posts: 944 Trader Rating: (33) Feedback Score: 33 reviews	Mine is like all the way stripped. No A/C. All kinds of lame going on. I'm slowly buying interior parts to put it back in. If you change your mind on it, putting interior back in sucks. Taking it out is easy. Just leave the interior in. No interior is lame.

07-13-2009, 09:58 PM	#12
mikefc Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 462 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	stock interior just feels more comfortable, if you know what im saying?

07-13-2009, 10:07 PM	#15
jiggs Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 379 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just keep it, its not that much of a weight diff __________________ JS4HATERS

07-13-2009, 10:08 PM	#16
I LUV MY S13 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norwalk, Los Angeles Age: 32 Posts: 3,349 Trader Rating: (35) Rides Gallery: I LUV MY S13 Feedback Score: 35 reviews	interior is wat? 15lbs haha __________________ -Jorge

07-13-2009, 10:09 PM	#17
jamg Nissanaholic! Join Date: May 2009 Location: GA Posts: 2,106 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	stripped interior on a car you don't track 100% of the time is stupid. not only stupid, it looks U G L Y ass hell.

07-13-2009, 10:33 PM	#19
kcvpr Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Vacaville CA Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	According to THIS Stripping the interior completely from the doors back is a loss of approx. 75lbs.

07-13-2009, 10:36 PM	#20
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 36 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	huge waste of time. negatives outweigh the good. replacing the back seat with a shelf, though. now you're talking. __________________

07-13-2009, 10:39 PM	#21
palmdale_mob Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CA Age: 30 Posts: 825 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	I say just take out the passenger seat You will have more room to put stuff, and your passenger will have more leg room and the seat might be about 30lbs? According to my arm scale Thats how my car is atm, also it starts to get annoying having to explain to everybody why you took your perfectly good seats + interior

07-13-2009, 10:50 PM	#23
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,222 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	if its a street car, keep the interior... Police will thank you, your girlfriend will thank you, and you will thank you. lol __________________ Keep it Classy

07-13-2009, 10:52 PM	#24
johnksoy Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CA Posts: 74 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Don't do it! When I found my car on ebay 2 years ago it said things like stage 1 weight reduction and I was like cool. When I bought the car i only found out he deleted ac lines and halfassed the trunk area. I was eager to take out all the interior behind the driver seat. So the day I got the car I was ripping the trunk carpet off cause I didnt know better to take it off the right way, thinking of smashing my rear speakers off, taking off panels and seeing holes with wires running through them... That same day I realize that it was stupid and tried to put stuff back together except the rear seat since I was like the last of my friends to get a car and really didnt need to drive people around, but the damage was already done I miss my trunk carpet. Also If your gonna keep your car for a long time get AC! No ones gonna give you an award for abusing yourself.

07-13-2009, 10:54 PM	#26
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,222 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Nothing worse than seeing a gangsta leaning bro in a 89 honda civic stripped cuz he thinks its fast.. 240sx would be no different. __________________ Keep it Classy

07-13-2009, 11:14 PM	#28
Nezahualcoyotl Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Santa Ana, California Age: 34 Posts: 769 Trader Rating: (16) Feedback Score: 16 reviews	Don't do it. I pulled the rear seats and trunk and instantly hatted it. I put everything back and it took longer to put it back on. Also, I "accidentally" took the rug/carpet thing off of the door panel on my S13 and it looks a bit better but still needs work.

07-13-2009, 11:23 PM	#29
vboy720 Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NorCal Posts: 288 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Thanks for the input. I really didnt think that stripping the interior made that much of a difference, but when my friend was telling me his experience in stripping his stang, I was shocked. The other reason why I was pondering, was because I thought when you put in a rollcage (most likely autopower) you would have to take out the back seats anways. But I guess im keeping the interior, putting my saz-3000d, 2 fi audio q's, kinetic hc1400and alpine z3 in. im a stereo junkie No one thought otherwise about advantages of stripped interior eh?

07-13-2009, 11:24 PM	#30
Leo-kun Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Yokota jp, Bay Area CA Age: 28 Posts: 184 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yes please keep the interior. Though if you ant to drop a few lbs...

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