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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Default roll cage has arrived what shall i do inside....

Cant decide weather to strip the whole interior out and just have 2 buckets seats in, no carpets etc, or leave as much of the standard interior in as poss i.e seats , carpet etc .This is the car in question.

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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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is it a full cage ??were the pics
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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is it a full cage ??were the pics
Yes bolt in type...
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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whats your primary use for the car?? road car that you uses for the track or track car??
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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whats your primary use for the car?? road car that you uses for the track or track car??
Its used as a second car so mainly road and the odd track day...
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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Leave it as standard as possible, with carpets imo
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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Nice spec list.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jaiscossie
Its used as a second car so mainly road and the odd track day...
well personally i would keep all the interior in, ive got a full cage in my car and ive done the full stripped out thing and to be honist its noisey and not to much fun to drive, at the end of the day its personal preferance,

i would assume the interior would have to come out to fitt the cage??
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Tev
well personally i would keep all the interior in, ive got a full cage in my car and ive done the full stripped out thing and to be honist its noisey and not to much fun to drive, at the end of the day its personal preferance,

i would assume the interior would have to come out to fitt the cage??
These are the very reasons why I would leave the interior in.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Rossco
Nice spec list.
cheers Just been looking at your resto and noticed you have left the carpets in the front but not in the rear...not a bad idea this
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Originally Posted by Tev
well personally i would keep all the interior in, ive got a full cage in my car and ive done the full stripped out thing and to be honist its noisey and not to much fun to drive, at the end of the day its personal preferance,

i would assume the interior would have to come out to fitt the cage??
Yeah its all gotta come out, the 90spec seats are in really good condition so thought it would be a good time to either give them all a good clean when there out and then put them back in or strip the lot out and put a pair of sparcos in.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jaiscossie
Yeah its all gotta come out, the 90spec seats are in really good condition so thought it would be a good time to either give them all a good clean when there out and then put them back in or strip the lot out and put a pair of sparcos in.

once everythings out of the car stick the drivers seat back in and go for a drve see what its like trust me its noisey,

i would also stick with 90spec seats they r blinding seats, buckets r fun for about 2 weeks then they r a pain in the ass, especially if you have to get in and out of harnesses everytine you wanna go somewhere
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jaiscossie
cheers Just been looking at your resto and noticed you have left the carpets in the front but not in the rear...not a bad idea this
Yeh if i was to do it again I would leave the carpet and sound deadening in (ive just put the carpet in) the front, the fun of a noisy car sound wears off.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Deffo leave everything you can in, I would put the cage in but keep the full interior if poss.

NEVER take out the carpet and sound deadening. I did this on my van and fuck me is it noisy and bloody cold in the mornings!!!!!
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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TBH, I think strip the lot and just use it for track if your putting a full cage in. If you want to use it on the road more go half cage and get rid of the rear seats. I wouldn't to use a car on the road alot with a full cage and no helmet.
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