Back Seat Removal

[kramer2125]

So i want to totally remove my back seat, and place a sway bar or two where the back rest used to be. Just seems like a neat idea, will save on weight a lil bit, plus it'd be unique i think. IS this possible? What bar would ya'll reccomend?

[Ian]

A sway bar?

I think that some company makes a rear strut tower brace for our cars, if thats what you mean, but i dont have a link offhand.

[FunkZ]

Something like this?

http://www.rksport.com/product/p_01047157/view_detail

[kramer2125]

YEAH! Thats what i was lookin for, thanks fellas.

[Alt space n]

Removing the rear seats gives you extra "trunk" space too. Since I carry my tools and such in my car its nice to have more room. The only problem I've found with taking out the backseats is the portion of the floor not covered by the carpet. *shrugs* I guess I just pick up on that stupid stuff.

[hawgs]

So you want to save weight by removing a back seat that weighs maybe 30 pounds and a roll bar that weighs at least 50? I don't know what they teach you in North Virginia, but in Texas... thats bad math.

[kramer2125]

Hawgs,

Good point about the weight. However, the roll cage doesn't weigh nearly that much. Once i've removed all of the excess weight in the back seat, i'll have removed morethan 50 pounds anyway. I don't know what they teach in texas, but in virginia we think things all the way out.
Its cute that you're looking out for me tho ;)

[WickEdSix9838]

Hawgs,

Good point about the weight. However, the roll cage doesn't weigh nearly that much. Once i've removed all of the excess weight in the back seat, i'll have removed morethan 50 pounds anyway. I don't know what they teach in texas, but in virginia we think things all the way out.
Its cute that you're looking out for me tho

well sorry man, but the back seat doesnt weigh 50 lbs, not even 30...but thanks for lookin out! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[teal99camaro]

I've never seen a thread where hawgs hasn’t managed to offend, argue with someone, or assert his far superior intelligence... Hawgs why are you so angry!!

[OneQuickV6]

Why, because he's right? The backseats don't weigh that much. And if you get a full rollcage, it will weight beyond 50lbs, I assure you of that! Also, unless you have the power to run fast enough to warrant a rollcage, you're wasting your time and money! It's kind of like neon lights on an import, unless the car actually needs them to operate, you just look lame for having them.

[kramer2125]

Fellas Fellas!

I just removed the back rest, and the Butt portion of the seats. I come to find that the butt portion is foam and fabric with a big portion of wire going around the perimeter. The back portion of the seats are foam and plastic! I thought for sure that the backing to the seat was aluminum or steel since it is what would keep the back seat from crumbling in an accident. Actually, it looks like if another car hit our F bodies at above 30 mph (in the back seat area) the care would crumple like a F-ing tin can! HAWGS, you were right mate. I put em on a scale, and no where near 50 lbs. I was gonna take a pic of the seats on the scale and humiliate you, but no dice haha. The general consensus is that a simple bar going from one side of the back seat to the other wouldn't in any way help stiffen the suspension?

[BLUE]

If you want to stiffen the suspension get SFCs, STBs, 32mm front swaybar, Bilstein HDs, Lowered springs. Rollcage is meant to use as a protection of a driver when the car rolls over at an excess speed.

[ September 18, 2004, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: BLUE ]

[V6Bob]

"The general consensus is that a simple bar going from one side of the back seat to the other wouldn't in any way help stiffen the suspension?"

Do you mean a simple chassis brace similar to a front tower brace? You threw everybody off when you said "sway bar" in your first post and then said the rksport roll bar was what you were looking for. At this point I'm really confused.

[teal99camaro]

i know he was right, its just his being a prick and saying how he doesnt know how things work over where you live... he needs to act like a nice person and talk to people like he respects them.

[ReodDai]

Removing the seats doesn't get rid of hardly any weight. Leave the seats, just remove the seat belts (thats were all the weight is). The seats themselves may weigh 5 lbs for all 3 pieces.