jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Its a fine balance between losing weight & having a fully stripped track car. I've probably gone farther than most by dropping the stereo & AC (and heater matrix soon), but I still wanted the car to look like a road car from inside & out. Today I started the interior update. The car has had the rear seats removed & interior stripped, but I wanted to bring back an OEM feel in the rear. The Porsche GT2 has always been my inspirartion for the perfect road car so I got myself some interior carpet material and set about creating that look in the Supra. I decided to use some OEM fixtures to hold the carpet in place. So I unbolted the braces just behind the seats. I will be refitting the rear quarter interior panels as the couple of kilos they weigh is nothing compared to the nice feel they give the interior (looking at the inner workings of the seat belts doesn't give a road car feel) I also decided to do it in a number of pieces, the first running from behind the seats to the rear crosss brace. I removed the cross brace so I could use that to hold the carpet. This shot shows what you see when you currently look into the car from the boot. Here is the material I found (I think it's commonly used to cover subwoofer installs in cars), it matches the facelift black carpet perfectly. I cut it roughly to shape, the put it in the car. I made a hole so I could put the central rear harness eyelet in which would hold it roughly in place while I tweaked the edges. A shot from the boot to give an idea. And one from over the drivers shoulder. Couple more. Couple more with the rear brace placed over. I still need to push it into shape and bolts stuff down but already it feels a lot more road car like inside and should help muffle some road noise. It's also very light so hasn't added anything to the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 just a word of advise, in event of accident, i think the mounting points for the lap straps are not ideal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 just a word of advise, in event of accident, i think the mounting points for the lap straps are not ideal Oh, can you elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 WOW looks great !! Does not have the bare metal look...made me think i should do that to mine... Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Looks great mate, now ive sold off my interior im really in two minds what way to go with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i know the supra is not ideal in stock form for harness mounts, but i think this describes it http://www.livermoreperformance.com/images/Products/Crow/installation1.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 i know the supra is not ideal in stock form for harness mounts, but i think this describes it http://www.livermoreperformance.com/images/Products/Crow/installation1.gif My lap belt mounts to the same point as the Toyota OEM point, where do you think my lap belts mount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 WOW looks great !! Does not have the bare metal look...made me think i should do that to mine... Good job Cheers bud Looks great mate, now ive sold off my interior im really in two minds what way to go with mine. Cheers Jamie I'm all for weigh saving, but a kilo of material really does restore some sense of normalness inside the cabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 subscribed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 My lap belt mounts to the same point as the Toyota OEM point, where do you think my lap belts mount? ah, i meant the shoulder straps:innocent:, my bad, dont want anyone to get hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 ah, i meant the shoulder straps:innocent:, my bad, dont want anyone to get hurt Ahh, right, yeah as you say pretty restricted in the Supra where the shoulder strap points can be mounted (without a full cage). Thanks for pointing it out though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 so im guessin you use this mainly for tracking? bit extensive going to all that trouble if not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 so im guessin you use this mainly for tracking? bit extensive going to all that trouble if not?? It gets tracked very rarely, I'd say it's more a road car (which is why I want it to look like such). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i dont understand why you would want to remove the heater matrix and aircon then? is it all down to weight saving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 i dont understand why you would want to remove the heater matrix and aircon then? is it all down to weight saving? Yip, car is never used over winter, I never use AC (prefer the windows), so far I have probably lost over 150kg of weight, in a 600bhp car that equates roughly to another 75bhp to retain the same power to weight as a full fat car, not only that the car handles & brakes better. You could look at each individual item and say "yeah keep that it only weighs xxkg", but you have to make these sacrifies to shed 150kg and I don't mind losing stuff I don't use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 which makes sence, whats the point in having it if you dont use it. Weight saving has always bin up in the air for me, i wouldnt mind losing the rear seats, adding some lighter seats, lighter alloys and brakes etc but stuff like the A/C and radio id have to keep but congrats to you man! lightening these fat ladies is a tough thing to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 which makes sence, whats the point in having it if you dont use it. Weight saving has always bin up in the air for me, i wouldnt mind losing the rear seats, adding some lighter seats, lighter alloys and brakes etc but stuff like the A/C and radio id have to keep but congrats to you man! lightening these fat ladies is a tough thing to do! , TBH the radio is pretty much redundant when you've got a 4" exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Yip, car is never used over winter, I never use AC (prefer the windows), so far I have probably lost over 150kg of weight, in a 600bhp car that equates roughly to another 75bhp to retain the same power to weight as a full fat car, not only that the car handles & brakes better. You could look at each individual item and say "yeah keep that it only weighs xxkg", but you have to make these sacrifies to shed 150kg and I don't mind losing stuff I don't use i admire that type of thinking, one day one day:D i wonder what wieght i could save of the cl600, i reckon about a ton of luxury bits:eyebrows: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 , TBH the radio is pretty much redundant when you've got a 4" exhaust haha yeah understandable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i admire that type of thinking, one day one day:D i wonder what wieght i could save of the cl600, i reckon about a ton of luxury bits:eyebrows: Come on Gaz, get ya arse back in a supra:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Come on Gaz, get ya arse back in a supra:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxluc Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 , TBH the radio is pretty much redundant when you've got a 4" exhaust That's a very nice argument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Come on Gaz, get ya arse back in a supra:) just in the middle of sorting a new house with a big garage, the contract i am on will ease down in november, so good chance there will be a new one on the cards then:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Well done sir, I like to see people strip Supes back to the bare minimum! That's a nice re-trim in the back. As already mentioned about the harness strap though... you can use the original rear seatbelt mounts for the top straps - cross them over as well. That will be less 'spine compression' in the event of needing the harnesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Well done sir, I like to see people strip Supes back to the bare minimum! That's a nice re-trim in the back. As already mentioned about the harness strap though... you can use the original rear seatbelt mounts for the top straps - cross them over as well. That will be less 'spine compression' in the event of needing the harnesses Cheers Steve, Just been thinking about the straps, I guess if they are too low down in a crash they could break you collar bone? What do you mean coss them over? What other options do I have without fitting a full cage? Is it OK to wrap them around the rear cross brace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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