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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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i need some input.....

so my front seats were in bad shape and i just ordered some racing seats. since the new seat are going to be black and the back seats are gray, i decided to take them off, let me mention that i never have more than 2 people in my car. this is what it turned into after 45 min cleaning.


now my question is, does it look too ricy? ( i dont think so personally)
and the other question is, what do you guys think i should do? keep it like that? put the seat back on? put racing seats in the back? or put a roll cage?!
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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Weight reduction?
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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Weight reduction?
i know, and honestly it's really easy to feel it.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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i say custom box with some nice subs. I would put the seats back on. It just looks weird.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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just carpet the exposed metal. If you never carry more than 2 people you should get a different car now while you have the chance.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 03:02 PM
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just carpet the exposed metal. If you never carry more than 2 people you should get a different car now while you have the chance.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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the seat doesnt even weigh that much.Im sure the spear weighs more than the seat.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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yeah i think the back seats weigh maybe a total of 12 pounds...if that
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hornepirate
yeah i think the back seats weigh maybe a total of 12 pounds...if that
nah i think its a bit more than that. i actually weighed them a while back but don't remember it now. i think both the bottom and back cushions together weigh close to 25-30lbs...not positive though

to the OP. it depends on what you want out of the car. if your gonna turn it into a drag/track car, do it.
or if you just wanna lose weight to save gas, have more space for groceries, or look cool, you can do that too

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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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na..........put a aquarium in that open space. BALLIN.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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na..........put a aquarium in that open space. BALLIN.
yeh ok
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by aramax
now my question is, does it look too ricy? ( i dont think so personally)
If you like it, what does it matter what everybody else thinks?
and the other question is, what do you guys think i should do? keep it like that? put the seat back on? put racing seats in the back? or put a roll cage?!
Thats a joke right? If not see your first statement in quote.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 06:26 AM
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so heres my input... carpet it... and then put 2 nice subs there... just a thought :P
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 07:33 AM
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I would just carpet it, it would look much better than exposed metal and wires.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 07:37 AM
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If you are gonna do all that then go all out. Remove the rear door panels and whatever else you won't need back there.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 07:50 AM
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Put them back in.

Like it or not you own a 4DSC.

If you want a 2 seater buy one.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by aramax
put racing seats in the back? or put a roll cage?!
LOL, that would be the ricest thing ever, go for it!
Honestly, put the rears back in if your not going to do anything with the rear section, you dont drive a race car. If your going to gut it, then gut it completely.

Originally Posted by aramax
i know, and honestly it's really easy to feel it.
I really doubt that. Ive had my rears out for a day or so waiting for my replacments and I couldnt tell a difference, other then the road noise.
Did you order brackets for you new front seats? What are you going to do about the seatbelts?
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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Ricey? No. Terrible? Yes.

+1 on the carpeting if you can pull it off neatly
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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Put the seats back on. And like Flava said, no...you can't feel the weight reduction. It's like 20 lbs. I move more crap in and out of my back seat than that in a day and don't notice it.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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IMO if you have a 4-door car, keep the back seat. WAY to ricy not to have the back seats in a 4-door. If it was a 2 door, carpet the thing and make it look nice, but that's not the case.

Maxima's in general don't look like a sports car so anything you do like that will just make it look like rice. My 90 DSM on the other hand... lol... what back seats? heh
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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Either do something crazy custom to it, or put the back seat back in...otherwise you'll look like you jacked your car from a junk yard.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Flava_24/7
LOL, that would be the ricest thing ever, go for it!
Honestly, put the rears back in if your not going to do anything with the rear section, you dont drive a race car. If your going to gut it, then gut it completely.



I really doubt that. Ive had my rears out for a day or so waiting for my replacments and I couldnt tell a difference, other then the road noise.
Did you order brackets for you new front seats? What are you going to do about the seatbelts?
i haven't order the brackets yet, i didn'y know what all i'm going to need, but for the seat belt i'm going to use the OEM i dont like the 4 harness seatbelts
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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ya if you custom fabricate, you can make some good possibilities
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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final decision seats are going back in as soon as i put the k-sports in.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by aramax
final decision seats are going back in as soon as i put the k-sports in.
Good call
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Coolsaber57
Good call
+1 on that!

glad you decided that
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