fitting seats with sidemounts

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mikekean
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:23 pm

my sparco pro 2000's arrived today. and i had a go at fitting them. and as i feared the sidemounts dont bolt to the standard mounts. how have you guys got yours mounted?

i was thinking of getting some 2 inch box section drilling it to mount to the floor and then drilling it again to bolt the seat to it. this would also give me somewhere to mount the standard seat belt catch to. as we need to have standard seatbelts in our rally cars in jersey aswell as the harnesses becuase our local driver authorties say harnesses arent good enough for the road.

so any ideas? id rather bolt them in rather than weld bars from the sill to the tunnel or something.

cheers

mike.
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:06 pm

Speak to uwem3 He's making some seat mounts that bolt straight in an e30 and have lot's of adjustability. He sold me an unpainted pair the other day and they fit perfectly and are super solid.

Give him a pm and I'm sure he can help.
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:12 pm

I am also waiting for some of these from uwe m3 when he makes them !

So let me know how long he says it will take dude !
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:54 pm

Also . . . Get some pics up of your purchases dude !
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:12 pm

seat mounts are on order.
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:17 pm

seat mounts are on order.

Yes ! You know ill take Two pairs Uwe please.
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:28 pm

do these have sidemounts on them. or do you bolt your own sidemounts to these mounts?
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:50 pm

these are sidemounts which bolt into the rignal mounting points in the car,

highly recomend them :cool:
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:57 pm

bugger i just spent £120 on ally sidemounts :cry:
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:42 pm

UweM3's sidemounts work a treat :D

Got some on my Sparco Evo seat and it's solid as a rock, though if you have carpet we found you need a 15mm spacer (2 bits of pipe in my case winkeye ) at the back to get them to sit right.
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:50 pm

im not using any spacers on top of my carpet and it sits perfectly,
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:54 pm

im not using any spacers on top of my carpet and it sits perfectly,

That because you special .
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Post Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:15 pm

agreen wrote:
im not using any spacers on top of my carpet and it sits perfectly,

That because you special .
Something like that.

How do you spell 'your' oh yeah with the R
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you're

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Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:25 am

1an wrote:
agreen wrote:
im not using any spacers on top of my carpet and it sits perfectly,

That because you special .
Something like that.

How do you spell 'your' oh yeah with the R
with the 're actually :roll:
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Post Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:02 am

Jhonno wrote:
1an wrote:
agreen wrote:
That because you special .
Something like that.

How do you spell 'your' oh yeah with the R
with the 're actually :roll:
so there ! :rofl:
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Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:56 pm

mikekean wrote:my sparco pro 2000's arrived today. and i had a go at fitting them. and as i feared the sidemounts dont bolt to the standard mounts. how have you guys got yours mounted?

i was thinking of getting some 2 inch box section drilling it to mount to the floor and then drilling it again to bolt the seat to it. this would also give me somewhere to mount the standard seat belt catch to. as we need to have standard seatbelts in our rally cars in jersey aswell as the harnesses becuase our local driver authorties say harnesses arent good enough for the road.

so any ideas? id rather bolt them in rather than weld bars from the sill to the tunnel or something.

cheers

mike.
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