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broster
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27th Mar 06 at 14:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
decided today that i need to mount my seats properly not the bodge type arraif that i have in it before.

I know i need some square section welded in on the drivers side and as i only have one set of side mounts so far i decided to mount the passenger seat on the floor as far back and low down as possible.

however it wont fit, so i need to get the angle grinder on it...



the beam accross the middle is going ot get totally removed and then some square section welded in and the seats bolted to that. Ill paint it all satin black first. will even put my floor plates in to make it all sexy.

I'll update this thread later in the week when i get the car to work and see if i can beg some help...
mwg
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27th Mar 06 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why dont you buy some more side mounts for the passenger side then you dont have to hack your cars floor up?

Or is that the easy option?
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27th Mar 06 at 14:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have side mounts, but they wont sit in low enough, i need to do some cutting and welding i feel, god damn vauxhall for not making the corsa floor flat!
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surley using the origanl mounts, weld a bar across and custom make a rear bar. the seat would still fit nicly and sit low enough
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27th Mar 06 at 14:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no, would sit to high and wonky. i want to cut it up anyway
Rileysport
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he's cutting this up regardless
N90ATH
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lol its just an excuse to cut and weld really aint it. u want to be like jr and seehow much weight u can loose
broster
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27th Mar 06 at 14:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
jr is a gay boy and wont cut the original floor pan etc.

im not in it for the weight loss, just want my seat fitted properly
Greasemonkey
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27th Mar 06 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wont this weaken the shell ????
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Can you not just cut a section out of the rail going accross so the welded in bar retains some strength in that section?
a_j_mair
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27th Mar 06 at 14:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is that not structural
Stu_22
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I would of thought two box sections going across would be better
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27th Mar 06 at 14:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
most probably..... wanted to do something extreme..... the main hoop of the cage is to far back to give it extra strength i suppose
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quote:
Originally posted by Stu_22
I would of thought two box sections going across would be better


thats what ill be having, but dont i need to cut the original bit
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Yeah. the way I read it you were going to cut the pannel around the hand brake away and replace it I would just cut in to it for the box sections
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27th Mar 06 at 14:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ill cut into it and drop the bars down, seems the best option.
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Yep go for it then I will copy it once you have it right
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haha i need another set of side mounts first
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
jr is a gay boy and wont cut the original floor pan etc.





hes right though
broster
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what you really are a gay boy
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can you not cut a section out the side mount? or is that a silly suggestion?
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silly suggestion
Martin_C
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hairy muff.
ed
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Cutting the floor to fit the seats is common place in race car preperation. Do it!
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27th Mar 06 at 20:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cut the entire floorpan out and used a hand woven wicker base, should give a nice ride and put some extra tension in the shell

 
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