Fitting Bucket Seats

[djinuk 2]

i currently have some bucket seats in my 205, however i fitted them onto the original seat subframes, im finding that im sat very high, now i have seen that some people have actually welded bars to the floor pan behind the hump in the floor, allowing the seating position to be lower. My problem is i am only 5ft,9 and my legs would not be long enough to reach the pedals if i were to do this.. any suggestions. and yes im a short arse thanks

[jplautomotive 0]

i currently have some bucket seats in my 205, however i fitted them onto the original seat subframes, im finding that im sat very high, now i have seen that some people have actually welded bars to the floor pan behind the hump in the floor, allowing the seating position to be lower. My problem is i am only 5ft,9 and my legs would not be long enough to reach the pedals if i were to do this.. any suggestions. and yes im a short arse thanks

 

lol i only have short legs as well , i cut the standerd hump bit off and weld bar a lot lower where hump used to be

and my passenger seat is even lower and futher back

 

jonny

[bensonmi 4 2 Cars]

i currently have some bucket seats in my 205, however i fitted them onto the original seat subframes, im finding that im sat very high, now i have seen that some people have actually welded bars to the floor pan behind the hump in the floor, allowing the seating position to be lower. My problem is i am only 5ft,9 and my legs would not be long enough to reach the pedals if i were to do this.. any suggestions. and yes im a short arse thanks

 

couldnt the seat rails be moved, just be mounted further forward on the floor to get the ideal driving position

[jplautomotive 0]

you can see my rails in the bottom of this pic

 

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh95/la...14042008066.jpg

 

 

jonny

[djinuk 2]

ah yes i see, as my car still has carpet etc, im a little woried about modifying it to much, as i still want it to look road going etc aswell , hmm hmm

[iamjackiechan 0]

i was thinking of just cutting the hump out and welding a sheet of steel in so the floor is completely flat and getting proper seat mounts and bolting it to the floor. is there anything wrong with this idea

[jplautomotive 0]

no up to you how you fit them , just need to be strong a sheet would need some support under neath it i would think

 

dont forgot have a lot of force/weight at different angles corning , braking etc

 

jonny

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Do a search, there was a really good topic on this a few weeks back with 4 or 5 pics of the insides of peoples cars showing different approaches.

[Cameron 16]

Ta-daa! (click)

[iamjackiechan 0]

i had a look through all of that post and everyone welds the L shape in on the exhaust tunnel, what wrong with just welding the rail to the exhaust tunnel

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

It would be OK if you don't mind sitting wedged against the door and offset from the steering wheel.

[Cameron 16]

Depends what mounts you have I guess.. I had side mounts on mine so needed to cut into the tunnel in order to get the seat central to the controls as Tom said. You might be able to get away with it with base mounts but I doubt it.

[jplautomotive 0]

mine are base mounts and i have not cut the tunnel , bit of a pig to bolt the seat down but i done it ok

 

the passenger side i have to bolt with a long allen key up though the floor from out side lol

 

jonny