Recaro Seat fitted
 

Well decided to bite the bullet and go down the Bucket Seat route for the car.
2 reasons, 1- I hardly use it anymore on the road and 2- it should preserve the original from wear and tear from my lardy ar$e.

After looking around at what was available and speaking to a few folks i decided on the Recaro Profi SPA. (its snug thats for sure)

Looked into VAG mounts and what was available as an alternative so until i lay my hands on some i have fab'd up a set to get the seat in the car.

Hopefully some folk can get use out of this as a DIY guide if you are happy to have the steel frame rather than the VAC mounts.

Heres some pics,

The chosen seat

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0217-00064.jpg


Blank sheet to work with Yes i need new sill plates :bigcry:

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Mock up a mount based on dimensions of original subframe

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Make up some angles for the slider to mount to

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Weld the frame up and trial fit

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Give it a lick of black paint and bolt it in

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Few grommets to finish it off

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...L/DSCN0294.jpg


And all ready for next weekend :)

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tidy job Paul

did you do the welding too? being a csl owner I would guess no, but knowing you have owned old fords I would say yes!:-D

Hahaha yes Jim all done by my fair hands, plenty practice in years gone by :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

Nice welds mate :notworthy: ! Better than my Birdshit efforts!

Nice job where did you get the seat belt fixing for the drivers side :thumbs:

The fixing actually come out of an old RS Evo.
Bolts to the car using the original fixing bolt so done the job perfectly here.

:-D


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Neat DIY job Paul :thumbs:

Great job Paul

My only concern would be that the seat looks very high. Might just be the pics though

How do you get three bungs to fill four holes :wink: