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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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How much do the rear seats & seatbelts weigh?

Anyone removed them and weighed them?
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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Not a hell of a lot...they are just foam with the skins...maybe 15-20 lbs max for all the seats and belts. The car gets really loud as well as it is the major sound suppression for the exhaust noise
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by byez
Anyone removed them and weighed them?
Youre going to have to take off more than that if your trying to save weight. I drag raced without my entire stereo, rear seats removed, etc. Then next weekend I drag raced with everything in it and there wasnt any difference in times, actually its easier to launch with my system in the trunk
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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hell, I think 20lbs is on the high side. The seats don't weigh squat and I can't imagine the belts being much either. You're looking at negligible weight, most likely
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Not more than my ball sack thats for sure....so i that'll be around 10 lbs.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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hell, I think 20lbs is on the high side. The seats don't weigh squat and I can't imagine the belts being much either. You're looking at negligible weight, most likely

The belt tensioner mechanisms are quite heavy...don't know about the rear but the fronts are about 3 lbs each. 20 was a high guess though....seats do weigh squat....

Better to take a big dump and loose some weight....for me that would be worth double that
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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If you took out all 3 seats, seat belts, all speakers and head unit, ac, and all panels, would that save you a worthwhile amount of weight? Just curious myself.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Renesis07
If you took out all 3 seats, seat belts, all speakers and head unit, ac, and all panels, would that save you a worthwhile amount of weight? Just curious myself.
I am sure the AC weighs alot
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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Not nearly enough to justify removing them.
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