FAZ
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almost anyway...
[Edited on 07-10-2012 by FAZ]
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Nic Barnes
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oh yeah check that out!!! cool
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Nic Barnes
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made a start on chopping and tidying the car loom in my corsa. removing all the wires that dont need to be there anymore.
bit better
green tea looks like a cup of piss.
so ended up with that lot which i weighed on the scales as i knew some elite people would be interested in the results. 0.7kg in total. by the time i have finished with the dash part it think i will be 2kg lighter.
need to get hold of some of them sticky pads with zip ties built in to secure it down.
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corsadonk
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Nice and tidy. How much weight have you lost yourself?
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Nic Barnes
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0.7kg in that lot. the abs wiring was probably the heavier stuff, thicker black wires in one of the pics above.
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Nic Barnes
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fair bit to sort through in that lot. most of it is the abortion of a wiring job that was done back when the clifford alarm was fitted in the 90s ffs.
burried, forgotten about was one of them inlet air temp things that sell on ebay. forgot it was even wired up.
got that far then struck disaster
it would appear all them years ago when i put the steering wheel back on, i put it on wrong. cant get the removal tool in as the horn wire, red one, is coming through th wrong hole. them plastic pegs go in the round holes, not the elongated ones. great.
so left it for now. try remove the wheel later and the dash i hope.
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Sean
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Plonker, nothing worst than pulling a steering wheel off that just doesn't want to come off! Best thing I ever bought was a removal tool 
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Nic Barnes
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yeah ive got the tool just it wont bleeding fit. gonna have to try and pull ther wheel off i think. annoying.
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NathanR
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Rather you than me Nic nice work though .
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corsadonk
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
0.7kg in that lot. the abs wiring was probably the heavier stuff, thicker black wires in one of the pics above.
I was asking how much weight you had lost, not your car.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by corsadonk
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
0.7kg in that lot. the abs wiring was probably the heavier stuff, thicker black wires in one of the pics above.
I was asking how much weight you had lost, not your car.
did wonder as i had written that above
i was 18 stone this time last year, friday gone i was 12 stone 12lb's so just over 5 stone
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corsav6_mut
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When i took my wheel off i WD40'd it the day before then it wiggled of fairly easily might be worth a shot if the puller wont go in
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Nic Barnes
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got the puller working in the end. lightly persuaded it past the plastic with a hammer. worked a treat.
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Nic Barnes
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success with a hammer and steering wheel was removed.
dashboard out
door cards off to remove loom from the doors as well.
pretending i have a clue what i am doing.
my mate ste found this burned wire. traced it all the way back from the indicator stalk to under the bonnet of the car. probably shorted out when the loom got burned on the turbo manifold couple of years ago.
this evenings chopping. still a bit more to do, and then stuff to tidy and re-wrap.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180959168673?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
ordered up a new steering wheel so i can go drifting.
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Jamie-C
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I love taking uneeded wires out of cars, always feel very satisfied afterwards for some reason
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Nic Barnes
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its bloody frustrating tracing things back. still got the whole of the passenger side footwell stuff to sort out. sadly a lot of it is the alarm wiring so that cant get touched.
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Alex_Rally
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can u not sut the inside of the door skins out to save more weight ???
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Nic Barnes
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Nah still have windows and window mechanism for now in them. Will do that when I get Perspex though yeah. Can take the crash bars out the doors as well.
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Sean
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What are all the wires for exactly?
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Nic Barnes
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A lot of it I have no idea pmsl. If it wasn't connected to something it got cut out.
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Sean
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Hahah! Fair play! I bought a Haynes manual yesterday so I can trace wires/relays and strip out all the excess 
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Sean
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Might aswell take heater matrix out whilst your at it? Heaters are for pussys anyway... Just get a heater that plugs into the cigarette lighter incase steamy windows get to much I was surprised how heavy mine was
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Nic Barnes
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I'm thinking about that at the moment but I use the car a lot all year round so probably not be ideal. Reminded me actually to search for heated screen for it see how much they are.
Mostly just chopping out the wires for things I don't need rather than the weigh aspect of it, but I will be over 3kg lighter in the car now i would guess. May take heaters out.....
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Sean
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Ill weigh my heater matrix and blowers ect tonight and let you know how much they weigh I'm stripping alot out of my car saving weight anywhere possible lol still plan on using it as a daily until I can insure 2 cars I am only 19 after all I'm insured on my mrs arosa and drive a 106 at the mo selling that in June when Novas done 
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Nic Barnes
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That's the only thing that makes me consider it is its not my only car so I'd not have to suffer, I'd choose to suffer pmsl. Yeah weigh it if you could Sean and let me know. Might make the decision for me.
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