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12-05-2010, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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The Poor Man's Rear Seat Close Out
As most of you all know, the rear seats on the M3 are pretty heavy. And since M3 drivers have no friends, I decided to remove them and save about 40 lbs of weight. However I didn't like the look of the big "hole" into the trunk compartment, so I was looking for 'close out' pieces to cover it up.
Unfortunately the only ones available on the market are carbon fiber and cost quite a bit of money, so I decided to do my own 'poor man's close out'. Materials: 1) card board from LCD TV box 2) felt with adhesive 3) x-acto knife 4) Velcro tape Steps: Basically I used a relatively thin piece of card board first to work out a template, which involved a few iterations. When the template is perfect I took out my TV box and cut out a permanent piece. Then felt is applied to the card board along with a few pieces of Velcro to secure the close out on the car. I also kept the side bolsters (very light) and felted them to cover up all the wirings. Total cost was about $35. |
12-05-2010, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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Very impressive and cheap too!
Did you show Lou this? I know he wants to do the same thing.
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12-05-2010, 05:28 PM | #4 |
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Id be willing to relieve you of some weight by buying your rear speakers and tweeters
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12-05-2010, 08:42 PM | #12 |
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wow great job!! amazing work there!
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12-05-2010, 10:13 PM | #13 |
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awesome idea
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12-05-2010, 10:16 PM | #14 |
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very nice, looks great!
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12-06-2010, 02:44 AM | #16 |
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Impressive Diet! 40lbs well saved especially if you never use your back seat. I was at the Essen Auto Show this weekend and Akrapovic had a sample roll cage made out of titanium and it was exremely light weight!
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12-06-2010, 10:05 AM | #19 |
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You're forgetting to include the cost of the LCD TV
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12-06-2010, 11:55 AM | #21 |
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Quite a creative project! Looks great!
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