bucket seats

[madmax]

any one put base mounted buckets seats and harnesses in a mk1 clio

 

[powelly]

Not yet cos mine are on order at the moment

whys that fella what do you wanna know?

Vix

 

[Bubbles]

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1071531109__IMG_5612-resized.jpg

?

 

[CzoneClio]

Looking good there Bubbles, wish id have saved a bit more and got leather buckets now

 

[madmax]

i dont know where the hanbrake side harness mounts would bolt on to, subframes possibly ?

 

[david16v]

Quote: Originally posted by madmax on 20 July 2004


i dont know where the hanbrake side harness mounts would bolt on to, subframes possibly ?

should , ideally , be bolted through the floor pan with plates on the underside , that way in the event of an accident the belts will hold both you and the seat....

 

[madmax]

is bolting the harness to floor plan easy enough to do myself or a garage job

 

[david16v]

depends how handy you are with a drill - just make sure you use a big plate underneath or the bolt will pull through in an impact

 

[Dust]

Have you removed rear seats?

I didnt drill anything, just used the bolts from the old seatbelts on both sides, and the rear seatbelt clip bolts.

 

[madmax]

yeah my rear seats have gone have u got any pictures of this, i read inm the haynes book that it is a bad idea to drill your own holes and you will fail your mot ?

 

[Dust]

Havent got any pictures, will try and get some for you. But neither have i put my buckets in yet, and the clip next to the handbrake is actually connected to the seat. Ill have a look for you tonight.

 

[Adams_16v]

iv made brackets that fit on the subframes. welded them on then bolted them.

 

[Lunner]

Cobra subframes come wiht a bracket to take the handbrake side of the harness, the other two piints mount to the esitinf seatbelt points, on in the back seats and one by the rear outsdie corner of the seat.

You dont wanna be making your own mounting points, it took car engineers ages to make seatbelt mounting oints simply cus of the forces your body is under in a crash.

I would NEVER make my own seatbelt mounting points, wiht well designed seats and subframes there should be no need to

 

[david16v]

Quote: Originally posted by Lunner on 20 July 2004


Cobra subframes come wiht a bracket to take the handbrake side of the harness, the other two piints mount to the esitinf seatbelt points, on in the back seats and one by the rear outsdie corner of the seat.

You dont wanna be making your own mounting points, it took car engineers ages to make seatbelt mounting oints simply cus of the forces your body is under in a crash.

I would NEVER make my own seatbelt mounting points, wiht well designed seats and subframes there should be no need to

you been reading the clio max manual then ......

I know whos seat id rather be in in a shunt

 

[madmax]

yeah but like one of the previous posts to this topic said the idea is to hold you and the seat in place if the mounting point is on the seat then it wont do this !

 

[Adams_16v]

standard mounting points are one on the subframe, and one on the side of the car.

the mounts iv made are made from original clio mounting points, that have been taken off the OE seats and welded to the subframes and bolted straight through the floor. They fit exactly as normal mounting points fit.

They are as sturdy as they come! I try not to do things by halves

altho the scelotape to the floor pan was the backup plan

 

[madmax]

do you have any pictures ?

 

[madmax]

and what if I was to use side mounts bolted straight to the floor (no adjustment) ?

 

[Adams_16v]

ill get some pics mate!!

 

[Lunner]

Quote: Originally posted by david16v on 20 July 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Lunner on 20 July 2004


Cobra subframes come wiht a bracket to take the handbrake side of the harness, the other two piints mount to the esitinf seatbelt points, on in the back seats and one by the rear outsdie corner of the seat.

You dont wanna be making your own mounting points, it took car engineers ages to make seatbelt mounting oints simply cus of the forces your body is under in a crash.

I would NEVER make my own seatbelt mounting points, wiht well designed seats and subframes there should be no need to

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you been reading the clio max manual then ......

I know whos seat id rather be in in a shunt

Well after hitting a lampost sideways in mine at 30 mph, and walking away wiht no injurues cept whiplash, i know whos id be in too

 

[david16v]

still rather be in mine m8......must be that FIA roll cage thats screwed to the chassis that makes me feel safe then

with 18 holes drilled through the floor !!!!!!! as not recommended by haynes

Im baling out of this subject now.........................

 

[Adams_16v]

what does haynes say?

 

[Lunner]

haynes recommends that when you put bucket seats in you use only the orignal seatbelt mounting points

 

[madmax]

i like the idea of the harness holding me and the seat in as posted earlier

 

[powelly]

Got my harnesses yesterday and had the same problem of where to put the lap part lol!

gotta wait for my subframes to see if we can attach them to that! dear oh dear hehe thats another 2 weeks!

 

[madmax]

yeah that whats i am worried about so am trying to find out before i order !

 

[powelly]

Nah just go for it and worry about it later thats what i do hehehe!!

Vix

 

[madmax]

i get paid tomoorow so I will order my seats and harneses

 

[powelly]

Good man you know you want to hehe!!

these things are worth doing

Vix