m_attt 31 1 Cars Posted April 21, 2006 hi i have a pair of cobra monaco's can i use the original seat subframes with the tilt taken out as i dont have £160 for proper subframes yet. thanks in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonmurgie 2 Posted April 21, 2006 Well you 'may' be able to bodge them together but to be honest, when it comes to seats, I wouldn't bodge anything... I kept a look out on eBay and other sites until I managed to grab a pair of subframes for my Monaco's for £50 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonD6B 0 Posted April 22, 2006 Can 'Evouk' on here help? He deals with Cobra supaform. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest rick03054 Posted April 22, 2006 I tried that. I had corbeau forza's. I made up a bracket and it worked ok but the seats ended up too high to tilt, they hit the roof! So it's fine if you dont want anyone in the back... If you do it make sure it's all perfectly square, my first attempt was just a little bit out and it stopped them sliding back and forward. So was pretty useless altogether really! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d-9 0 Posted April 22, 2006 (edited) Just make up brackets and bolt em straight to them rather than messing about with sliding subframes, far more secure and means you can mount em lower. Edited April 22, 2006 by d-9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m_attt 31 1 Cars Posted April 22, 2006 i dont need access to the back as i have no interior, with making brackets to fit them straight to the floor whats the steering wheel height like is it comfortable or is the a way of lowering that too, cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d-9 0 Posted April 22, 2006 with mine you can pretty much see what ive done here: http://www.oddenhillfield.demon.co.uk/dg/seat.jpg put a strip of steel across the mounting points on the shell and bolted the mounts onto that, then used the mounts to adjust the high and angle of the seat. Im quite tall but had no problems with the seat hight this way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m_attt 31 1 Cars Posted April 22, 2006 mine are base mount will this still be possible cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted April 22, 2006 Hi,Yes mine are base mounted,i made up these bit of a pain to template,but work well i feel. it was very low to start with so i boosted them up a little with the original plastic washers. Sam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveK 0 Posted April 22, 2006 i was just going to make up some side mounts myself when i get my seats and weld crossbars like you have done d-9 would making the side brackets be legal? using 3mm steel or 6mm aluminum or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ben205 Posted April 24, 2006 i was just going to make up some side mounts myself when i get my seats and weld crossbars like you have done d-9 would making the side brackets be legal? using 3mm steel or 6mm aluminum or something? Not sure if that would be legal or not. This is what i did; I had a sheet metal fabrication company make me up 2 plates witht the correct hole dimensions in. This allowed me to use the existing subframes. Subframe1 Subframes2 Good way of doing it cause its cost effective and you still get to keep the slide and tilt operation. Only downside is that the plates are fairly heavy so would not be ideal for a track car. Those seats and plates are for sale should anyone be interested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
