SN95 Backseat Delete, Would Anybody Do One?

90lxwhite · Sep 8, 2013

What do y'all think about the backseat deletes? I'm on the fence I kinda think it'd be cool Andy maybe help w uhpolstery costs but ah I dunno

jAEded · Sep 8, 2013

IMO depends on your application. I like more weight in the back cause my back end has no traction without it.

90lxwhite · Sep 8, 2013

I'm just cruisin' around

racerxmd · Sep 8, 2013

Just had mine done on my '86 GT. It came out Way Better then I thought it would. I purchased the kit from KDezines then had it adapted to my car's interior with the cage in it. Here are some pics of it being installed:

90lxwhite · Sep 8, 2013

I'd be cageless

madspeed · Sep 8, 2013

i like blue tape

RangerJoe · Sep 8, 2013

It's on my list of things to do, just not where I want to spend $300+ at right now.

I don't use my backseat, and i like the clean look.

Joe

stykthyn · Sep 8, 2013

the weight you would save is minute. If you are just rolling around keep it.

racerxmd · Sep 8, 2013

Blue Tape make it go Faster! LOL Tape was just used to protect the tubing on the cage and also the Mini-Tubs while the rear seat delete was being fitted. Also plan on painting or re-dying the interior panels .

mikestang63 · Sep 8, 2013

street car. nope
street strip car? Just remove the seat before you go to the track.
strip car? sure On my 85 hatch I made a home made one out of plywood and carpeting. Probably weighed as much as the rear seat now that I think about it...lol

hoopty5.0 · Sep 8, 2013

Im gonna buy the Scott Rod kit once I get to that point

CarMichael Angelo · Sep 8, 2013

racerxmd said:
Just had mine done on my '86 GT. It came out Way Better then I thought it would. I purchased the kit from KDezines then had it adapted to my car's interior with the cage in it. Here are some pics of it being installed:

Kudos to you dude,..that looks great. That looks like at least 1/2" MDF,..how much does it weigh.
(I mean I really wouldn't care if it weighed 75-100 lbs,.....it looks 1000 times better than a raggedy missing seat w/no carpet under it.)

I'm doing it to my 'Mont purely to house the subs, and amplifiers. I will make my own,..but right now,..kinda planning on it looking "like" a back seat.

Mustang5L5 · Sep 9, 2013

back seat isn't that heavy. Seat cushion, the two backs and the frame are maybe 50-75 lbs tops.

I'd rather have my seat, than have that "racecar" look on a street-driven Mustang.

I put an 01-04 SN95 leather rear seat in mine. It's pretty darn light

srtthis · Sep 9, 2013

mines only got a driver seat... but its also pretty much a race car

elarm1 · Sep 9, 2013

Mustang5L5 said:
back seat isn't that heavy. Seat cushion, the two backs and the frame are maybe 50-75 lbs tops.

I'd rather have my seat, than have that "racecar" look on a street-driven Mustang.

I put an 01-04 SN95 leather rear seat in mine. It's pretty darn light

Is it really that much? I didnt think it weighed that much when I took mine out! But extra weight is extra weight. Question is, how much weight would you be saving with a delete kit???

jAEded · Sep 9, 2013

I don't think it would have as much affect on cg cause the seats are close to the centerline. Its your call based on what you want. For a road car IMO its better off pulling weight from the front. Heads, hood, k-member and battery relocate.

I have a subwoofer in the back so the back seats kind of hold it in place. I took it out one time and I didn't like how the car handled so it went right back in. For me I drive this car everyday, and a lot of 2 lane switchback roads where I am.

Mustang5L5 · Sep 9, 2013

elarm1 said:
Is it really that much? I didnt think it weighed that much when I took mine out! But extra weight is extra weight. Question is, how much weight would you be saving with a delete kit???

Honestly, it probably weighs less than 50 pounds. It's also weight over the rear axle. If you could call any weight "good" it woud be weight on the rear to bring the car closer to 50/50.

Thats why I always thought adding IRS had a benefit of the added weight at the rear of the car. Unless oyu are building a drag car, I'd rather have a heavier 50/50 over a lighter car with a 54/46 weight distribution

01Laser · Sep 10, 2013

I did mine thinking I'd like it, but I was so wrong. I think it's awful and I paid a couple of hundred for the kit. Wish I had pictures to post...

Here's the one I have.

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com...Mustang-Black-Aluminum-Coupe-Rear-Seat-Delete

jcgafford · Sep 10, 2013

01Laser said:
I did mine thinking I'd like it, but I was so wrong. I think it's awful and I paid a couple of hundred for the kit. Wish I had pictures to post...

Here's the one I have.

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com...Mustang-Black-Aluminum-Coupe-Rear-Seat-Delete

yeah, that basically looks like unusable seats...

Ozz · Sep 10, 2013

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