Doldy
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Ok-
Im thinking ahead again BUT thats never a bad thing  !
Ok, Bucket seats.....
What are the lightest bucket seats for reasonable price, also whats the best way to fix them down as on my old ones which i have just sold i used the original sub-frames (Heavy), along with a special seat subframe (Heavy)....
So basically need some advice on which seats, and best way to fit them in.
Thanks all, Doldy
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N90ATH
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call up demon tweaks and ask for 2x seat mounting kit part number 635
its a kit, ech one come with 2 weld in rails and 4 mounting brackets with flaoting m8 nuts and 4 strengthing plates. greatbit of kit
if u have the demon tweaks motorsport catalogue look on page 158 and 33.50 each not a bad price
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N90ATH
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as for seats i have corbeaue sprints both weight around 4.2 kgs each and are very comfortable even on long journeys, i got a set of 2 off ebay for 240 delivered which not abd as most place charge bout 185 a seat
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bieransri
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cobra imolas, awesome seat light comfy and very reasonably priced.
if your doing a full strip out. use weld in rails and bolt the side mounts to these.
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Doldy
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quote:
Originally posted by N90ATH
call up demon tweaks and ask for 2x seat mounting kit part number 635
its a kit, ech one come with 2 weld in rails and 4 mounting brackets with flaoting m8 nuts and 4 strengthing plates. greatbit of kit
if u have the demon tweaks motorsport catalogue look on page 158 and 33.50 each not a bad price
Awesome, so do you take out the original seat mounting metals etc and then weld in the rails, bolt the side mounts on where you want them on the rails, bolt the seats to the side mounts?
Maybe you could get me some pics Nath? With the seats out? 
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bieransri
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these bolt to the seat, then you need to weld in rails and bolt these to the rails. just finding a pic of the rails for you
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DAZ1985
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Could these be used on my seats beiran?
to make the seat tilt back abit more?
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Doldy
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I know they are only good for side mounting seats. Im not sure if all side mounting seats holes are the same width apart?
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They tend to be almost the same, the rear holes on the mounts are elongated to allow for slight differences.
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bieransri
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found a few
on the last one you can see that the support bars that run across the front of the seat and across where the gear selector is have been removed. theyre on a nova but iirc from stripping corsas its relativly the same principle.
i would advise putting a harness eyebolt on the inside seat bar too as on the inside of each seat theres no where to mount a harness. unlike the outside of the seat where you have the bolting point for an original seat belt.
hope you at least get some help from this
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bieransri
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
Could these be used on my seats beiran?
to make the seat tilt back abit more?
yours are base mounted dude
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Doldy
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That is superb, so is it worth buying the demon tweeks kit as nath said? Or is it easy enough to just get some bar and do it yourself? Looks pretty simple IMO!
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bieransri
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not sure what the tweeks kit includes but i bet you a length of bar and some plate will be cheaper than anything tweeks sell
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DAZ1985
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quote:
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quote:
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Could these be used on my seats beiran?
to make the seat tilt back abit more?
yours are base mounted dude
i can see by the pics now
ill make something up at work get it tilted back abit
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Doldy
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So some metal will need to be removed to put the bars in. I think theres just the excess metal around the gear stick hump and the other hump where the original seat mounts to (hooks on).
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Doldy
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Like marks: http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/1368/DSC00308.JPG
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bieransri
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yea thats right. the seats will sit very close to the bit that humps over the tunnel. ive seen it all removed and seen a wedge cut out like above.
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Doldy
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My quest will begin tommorow!
Now need to decide on seats, and find a good priced place to order them from!
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bieransri
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http://www.sportseats4u.co.uk/
imola s' are on offer in halfords, £400 a pair, probly cheaper from ss4u. that where i had mine from.
imola s' are awesome, loads of support but so so comfy
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Doldy
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£499 a pair on ss4u. Do they only come in black/blue?
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jr
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corbeau forza sports, light, comfy, cheap
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bieransri
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quote:
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£499 a pair on ss4u. Do they only come in black/blue?
no you have to go through the extra options when purchasing, theres a few colours tbh
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Doldy
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quote:
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corbeau forza sports, light, comfy, cheap
Base mount only  !
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by bieransri
http://www.sportseats4u.co.uk/
imola s' are on offer in halfords, £400 a pair, probly cheaper from ss4u. that where i had mine from.
imola s' are awesome, loads of support but so so comfy
Got to agree there, I've got Imola s' and my back prefers them to my original sport seats. 3hrs back from PVS and it didn't bother my back at all
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jr
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why do you not want base mount ?
mine are fine on J18 on corbeau subframes, infact seating postion couldnt be better
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