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Base mount seats?

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:24 pm
by rix313
The seats which are in my car use a base mount, they are currently fixed in place with a set of very heavy, rusty, home made jobs.

Having a hard time finding subframes or information on proper mounts for these kind of seats? Not sure if I should just buy a new seat and side frames and be done with it? current ones are a little tired.

Any way :)

Re: Base mount seats?

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:34 pm
by Theo
A side mounted seat is so much better, you can get it alot lower for a start and you can get the seat positioned at a comfortable angle using by playing with the various moniting holes on the side mounts. You should however consult the blue book to get the seat and harnesses positioned safely.

Re: Base mount seats?

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:01 pm
by aluntirlan
Rich,

My previous track car (Mi16 205 GTi) had base mounted Corbeau seats. I took the seats and the existing standard seat sliding mechanism to a local precision engineering shop and they fabbed up something from the Peugeot OEM sliding mounts to suit the Corbeaus. I raced 5 seasons in the car(including some Irish events where the scrutineers are on fire!) and never had a problem. Plus, anyone could drive the car because you could still adjust the driver's seat!

What they did for me was probably cheaper than the cost of a brace of side mounts.

Cheers - Alun

Re: Base mount seats?

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:44 am
by RPM
We offer the full cobra range of seats and mountings including base mount

What make is the seat you are trying to fit?