Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Reclining seats. Custom seat rail?
#2
Yeah, bit of a bastard, especially in a 3dr, I ended up making mine up with some 6-8mm plate steel when I did them - but they were non-adjustable.

Best way is to buy some old seats, do some measurings, take a grinder to the bottom of the seats and get the rails off and them make up some brackets and weld them on - it's your best option if you really are fixed on having them on a rail - IIRC I've got some knackered seats with rails on for a 3dr if you're interested, you can have them!

Although depending on your height, you may actually prefer setting the seat up, then making it fixed, I'm 6'6 so ended up setting the seat way further back than it would be otherwise.. That way also the seat sits much lower to the floor as you've taken away the space the rail would take up, so your arse sits just above where the cross brace in the chassis would be, pretty much as low as you can get the seats.
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. Wink
Nanstone GTD5 GT17S - XUD9TE
Volvo V50 D5 R-Design SE Sport - Daily cruise wagon.
Reply
Thanks given by:


Messages In This Thread
Reclining seats. Custom seat rail? - by Dazecoop - 01-02-2016, 10:43 AM
RE: Reclining seats. Custom seat rail? - by Ruan - 01-02-2016, 03:00 PM
RE: Reclining seats. Custom seat rail? - by Lars - 23-04-2016, 08:01 AM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Custom seat subframes rd070707 8 2,124 30-03-2015, 01:26 PM
Last Post: rd070707
  Swapping GTi6 seats from 5 door to 3 door rail... silverzx 3 1,365 02-04-2014, 07:20 AM
Last Post: silverzx
  Reclining Bucket c.gerrard 16 3,209 18-02-2014, 11:16 PM
Last Post: 7057sam

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)