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Anyone know what the angle of the rear seats in a Corsa B is? 
Random I know but would be helpful if someone knew 
[Edited on 25-01-2006 by Matty G]
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R Lee
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i'm guessing 7 degrees 
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mwg
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Random or educated guess
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R Lee
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a random educated one?
eitherway, don't take my advice, i just woke up 
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tom_simes
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very random, why? for a boot build?
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mwg
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yes for a boot build. I can draw it all out on CAD at work to make templates for the MDF and thats the only bit of information I dont have
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get a piece of cardboard, and cut the angle bigger and bigger until it all lines up right, then just measure it.
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mwg
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You just gave me an idea so had a ratch through the old drawing stuff that people used to use at work when they had to draw by hand and found a fancy adjustable protractor that will measure to an accuracy of seconds I think it will be good enough
A normal protractor like you get at school wouldn't of worked. Wrong shape and not adjustable like this one
[Edited on 23-01-2006 by Matty G]
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mwg
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It works like your diagram above but basically as you adjust it to the line you want you can read off the angle Thanks
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a normal protractor would work, but you would have to build the 'tool' i designed above.
TM of tom_simes
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mwg
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yes a normal would work if I did how you said but this one I have will be alot quicker and more accurate. Thanks for your help!
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tom_simes
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no problems Matt, let us know if it works properly! Do me a favour and try my way too, see how close to the real angle you get?
[Edited on 23-01-2006 by tom_simes]
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mwg
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I've just been and measured the angle with that contraption I found at work 
The angle of the back seats is... 19.5° from vertical
Didn't try your way Tom, was too cold and windy to stand around cutting bits of cardboard
[Edited on 25-01-2006 by Matty G]
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