Section : Seats

Fitting seats

Posted By : Lisa Gane, 12-Mar-2006, 08:18pm

• Fitting seats

  Posted By : Steve Cureton, 12-Mar-2006, 08:32pm

  Lisa, have your new seats got the sliding mechanisms included? If so it should be fairly obvious where you need to drill the floor, if not then you need to do a bit of shopping around, they often come up on eBay or I'm sure there are many people in the TSSC will have some old ones lying around (but not me, sorry)
  

  • Fitting seats

    Posted By : Bob Bowling, 12-Mar-2006, 09:04pm

    The original seat fittings bolt down with four bolts, the front ones go right through the floor, and the back two into captive nuts held in metal cages sitting on the floor. Have a look under the carpets and see if these are stil there. You may have to be a bit creative to get a nut into the cages if the original nuts are missing, I used Blu tak to hold the nuts in place until the bolts got a hold and secured them. There should also be a couple of spacers about 10 mm thick, but I can't remember if these go front or back.

    • Fitting seats

      Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 13-Mar-2006, 08:42am

      The original caged nuts are available, I bought a few at Stoneleigh to replace missing ones. They need to be fitted from below whereas the rear sliding type fit from inside the car. To be honest I've cheated a few times in the past and replaced the front ones with bolts, and large washers under the floor to spread the load and also to seal the square hole in the floor - use a bit of sealer round them before fitting and tightening them.
      There is meant to be a spacer but I can't remember if it's front or rear....
      Colin