Stripping out interior

[madmanmart]

Here's mine to give you an idea its also good to lose the sunroof if you have one, it weighs about 20kg.

I also replaced the windows with poloycarb and lost the bumper renforsing bars.

[tech1889]

what made you not go for a through the dash cage ? and bolt your harnesses to the cage ??

[madmanmart]

what made you not go for a through the dash cage ? and bolt your harnesses to the cage ??

Basicly the whole car is built on a budget, the cage came up on ebay local at a low price so it's just the way it's worked out.

[Diamond Hell]

and bolt your harnesses to the cage ??

No, never.  To fit harnesses correctly and safely you need to have devoted harness bars in addition to the cross-brace.  The harnesses wrap around the bars and go back through the clips to secure them.  The harnesses should be between 0 and 10 degrees down below the shoulder height, as close as practical to the back of the chairs.... which should be fixed-back buckets.... and the harnesses should be 3", to avoid cutting in and snapping bones too much.

This is why putting in harnesses/cage/buckets is a particularly expensive exercise, if it's done properly and to make it safer than OEM.

The above set up is likely to cause spinal damage and snapped collarbones and generally being massively f*cked up in the event of an accident.

HTHs.

[danny_p]

the upright for that frount hoop need some padding ASAP   i cant help looking at then and thinking knee   YEOUCH

[tech1889]

Do most full cages have dedicated harness bars then or are they extra ?

[Diamond Hell]

They're generally extra..... but define 'full cage'.  Full cage ain't a few hundred quid of OMP 6-point. 

Your best guide on all this is the MSA Blue Book, which has regulations and best practices for safety, developed over decades.

[KMW]

Your cars looking good Madmanmart, is that a cold air feed in your headlight and if so have you got any more pics of the pipework?
Also do you have bigger brakes / what are they??

[tech1889]

Yer I have the blue book 

[Paul86S2]

Remove the headlining completely - never had a problem with condensation without mine and we've done a lot of wet trackdays.

Get rid of as much weight as possible if you don't need it remove it.

You can save some weight by replacing the electric window motors with manual ones if you still want them to open.

Leave the dash and heater as DH said the heater and blower are needed in the cold and wet.

Its surprising how much the stuck on sound deadening weighs. A heat gun makes the removal of this much easier.

Madmart - nice choice of car, best mark of Golf for a trackcar

Not sure about removing the front bumper support, I think it is needed to keep the front chassis legs stable.

Paul