Gutting the interior of my GST?

[Hideki]

I was seriously planning on ripping out my carpet and any sound insulation (if any) that are in the interior of my GST. I went to gut the trunk area of my car, but when I found my washer fluid reservior staring at me in there I thought it would just look stupid... Anyone out there with experience in gutting out the interior of their GST let me know what I'm getting myself into

 

[snowborder714]

Well, what type of info are you looking for? I've take pretty much everything out of my interior before. It's not hard at all.

Let me know what specifically you're looking for and I'll help out.

 

[fulanititoo8198]

It gets loud back there.

 

[mikh338]

It gets loud back there.

i agree, it is very loud without the interior in

 

[Re4peR26]

The only thing i gutted interior wise on my car is the trunk area, just so i acually had some . It was fairly simple alot of one time clips.. If you ever want to replace it go to autozone and get the clips 89 cents.

 

[spoonman]

I have driven my friends 2G many times and he has no installation under the carpet and has removed most of the trim in the rear, the car is a little louder and looks not as nice but he shaved off alot of weight. Or you can completely strip your car down to gauges and a seat like me very loud and very cold.

 

[Hideki]

Well... I took everything out of my trunk (except the trim for now) and the back seats. I went to remove the carpeting in the front seat area, but I can't get that hard insulation stuff off, so it just looked stupid and I kept the carpet. I heard somewhere you need dry ice and then it'll chip off... Either way it looks so much more spartan now

 

[TKW#13]

I have a Momo driver seat and stock passenger seat and thats all, it is definitely louder. Especially if you have exhaust, but if your looking to lose weight it is the thing to do.

 

[BoostedinSoFla]

Having done this a few months ago I can say that it will get louder. You'll hear every single thing that your tires come in contact with. The carpet shouldn't be hard to remove at all. After you remove both passenger and driver's seat then the rest should be easy. Just get the door sills out then all you have to do is remove the gas pedal stop/rest, the dead pedal and a bunch of clips holding it to the floorboard right under the dash area. Now, as for as experiences go; I can say that it was a pretty dirty job due to the condition of the car when purchased. The carpet had this ungodly aweful odor and when I removed it I made sure I was wearing gloves and a mask (that's how bad it was).

Here's a pic when I did it. (When the car was a POS). The interior looks nothing like this anymore and has come a long way.

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I also gutted the rear plastic panels in the hatch area, cleaned them up and reinstalled them. When I removed the spare tire there was a mixture of nasty water/oil settled underneath and all over the washer fluid bottle. This was even more disgusting than the carpet. I had to pressure wash it out and gave it a thorough cleaning. I actually got rid of the washer bottle for some reason, now I dont have any working squirters. Now my trunk is a night and day difference. It now houses a complete subwoofer enclosure wrapped in suede to match my headliner along with a custom wrapped spare tire cover plywood incase I want to use it for storage when I remove the enclosure.