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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: soopahfly on May 10, 2007, 14:42:58 PM

Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: soopahfly on May 10, 2007, 14:42:58 PM
Ive got the option to buy a pimp-ass Recaro seat to replace the damaged standard drivers seat. Its got electric bits, heated and inflatable lumbar support!
Not bad for £20.

But its got no rails! How can I cheaply and safely get it fitted to my car?
Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: Binary Shadow on May 10, 2007, 14:50:06 PM
cheap + safe = not possible lol
Title: Re:Changing Seat!
Post by: Mark on May 10, 2007, 15:13:49 PM
Youre gonna need the correct subframe fella.
Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: maximusotter on May 10, 2007, 16:04:12 PM
Sounds like a job for JB Weld!
Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: Poison_UK on May 10, 2007, 16:32:51 PM
Ive mounted peoples bucket seats without the correct subframe before, just bolted down two straight points of metal then mounted them on there. They passed an MoT (tho what does a MoT really say in this country)
Title: Re:Changing Seat!
Post by: funkychicken9000 on May 10, 2007, 16:34:47 PM
I thought the over-riding motivation for safety was to prolong life, rather than get it through an MOT   :shock:
Title: Re:Changing Seat!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on May 10, 2007, 16:37:06 PM
I have to agree, I wasnt keen on replaceing my knackered seatbelt buckle myself amidst safety concerns, bolting down a seat that could help save your life in a crash isnt something to take lightly.
Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: Vini on May 10, 2007, 17:01:01 PM
Have a few people overlooked the fact this is a Seicento?
Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: redneck on May 10, 2007, 17:38:18 PM
get a few bits of metal and a hammer.

i thought you were a man soopah.
Title: Changing Seat!
Post by: knighty on May 10, 2007, 21:07:54 PM
cant you bolt it to the frame of the old seat ?
Title: Re:Changing Seat!
Post by: mr_roll on May 11, 2007, 20:21:26 PM
Ebay for the subframes?

Or buy them and hope they come up on ebay or from a local source? or national source.
Title: Re:Changing Seat!
Post by: Pete on May 11, 2007, 20:23:26 PM
Some box section and a bit o welding would do.