Stripped Interior

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EGlude Attitude said:
My rear interior is gutted, no seat belts, back seat, carpet, door panels, spare tire, jack...all gone. I want to tint the windows though so people can't really tell when I'm driving down the road. Plus I'm doing a cage and thats pretty hard to do with full interior on a 4 door.
i have a cage with full interior it really wasnt that bad... just an fyi..
 

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Gut it. Then there is no reason to have to give people rides. :evil:

IMO if you build a car to be somewhat fast then it's kind of hard to not get on the throttle every once and a while. When you do get on it, there should be no one else in the car so ...............



I don't have a removeable cross bar so the rear seats would not be used anyway and I'd be damned if I drilled into my JDM rear interior so here I am w/ a gutted daily driver w/ 2.5" piping from the header collector to the N1 w/ no cat screaming in my ear from garage to the parking lot at work. I love everysecond of it.
 


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Jezek said:
no, keep that....Here's how mine looks ( this is with NOTHING back there ):


for a second there, i thought that was my interior...LOL, samething i'm doing, but i'm not putting in the ITR rears seats...i'm putting in the ctr rear seats.. :lol:
 

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well la-de-da LOL


yeah, I actually prefer the itr rears over the ctrs....the ctrs are boring to me lol
 


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well true....but the reason why i'm going with the CTRs is because i'm trying to get the whole interior CTR..but the ITRs does look better...red stitching... 8)
 

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Gut the carpet and the seats, but keep the plastic panals.

Jezek said:
no, keep that....Here's how mine looks ( this is with NOTHING back there ):


That seat belt rig scares the crap outa me. You should never rig a harness to the floor like that, it should terminate no more than 6" below the shoulder line. Get a harness bar and save yourself severe spinal injuries if in an accident :( .
 

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here's mines...



but i'm putting in CTR rear seats back in, cause i sold my blazer, and i need osmething to drive my son around....
 

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is it really that unsafe to bolt harness's to the rear seat belt mounts?
 

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Sirk said:
is it really that unsafe to bolt harness's to the rear seat belt mounts?
Yes, the top of the harness should be in line as much as possible with you shoulders. Having them bolted to the floor can cause spinal compression in an accident.



"Harnesses have their own drawbacks. First are roll-over concerns. You should NEVER, EVER use any 4, 5, or 6-point harness in your vehicle without a roll bar. In the event of a rollover a multi-point harness will hold your body upright as the roof collapses on your head. At a minimum you should use a good 4-point roll-cage to help prevent this from happening. The stock 3-point harness, however, does not suffer from this problem. During a rollover accident it will allow your body to move downards with the roof in most cases, helping to prevent crippling neck and spinal injuries.

Secondly multi-point harnesses must be installed correctly in order to be effective. The shoulder harnesses should be attached no lower than six-inches below the shoulder line, and should be at no more than a 45-degree angle from the top of the shoulder to the mounting point. Ideally the belt should be mounted evenly with the top of the shoulder line. Additionally you want some length of seat-belt material between you and the mounting point for adjustability and proper effectiveness. Too much material though can cause other problems.

There are two reasons for these stipulations. First, seatbelts by design are intended to stretch in an impact. This allows your body to slow down gradually in a collision. Too much material between the mounting point can cause an excessive amount of slack after they stretch, allowing your body to escape from the belts. When belts are mounted to the rear seat area of the vehicle, the large amount of material between the mount point and the driver can suffer from this problem. This could allow the body to come into contact with interior parts of the car, like the steering wheel or dash board, or even dislodge completely from the belt.

Secondly by making sure the belts are even with or slightly below the shoulder line ensures proper effectiveness. If the belts are mounted too low they can cause spinal compression injuries in a frontal crash. As the body moves forward the belts pull downward on the shoulders, compressing the spine. This can cause compression fractures in the vertebrae, herniated disks, or even break the spine."

http://www.corral.net/Tech/Interior/CG-Lock/Page_02
 

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Dr.Anus said:
Gut the carpet and the seats, but keep the plastic panals.



That seat belt rig scares the crap outa me. You should never rig a harness to the floor like that, it should terminate no more than 6" below the shoulder line. Get a harness bar and save yourself severe spinal injuries if in an accident :( .
I know I know...i have learned much from this site....Thanks but I'll be putting in autopower cage this winter hopefully =)
 


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