megane buckets in my clio?

[Joew182]

hi all,
a friend who has a modified R26 has offered to sell me his seats. the previous owner had changed the standard recaros for a pair of OMP buckets. the price includes the frames and runners etc etc for me, but before i buy them will they actually go in okay? i really cant be bothered with all the faffing around altering or buying new subframes for them! the sub frames are (im assuming) the ones for the buckets, not the renault/recaro ones originally on his meg.
any knowledge on this is appreciated.

 

[Mike@Rentech]

They won't fit if I remember correctly.

 

[Joew182]

Oh right okay, that's a shame as he would sell both for £150 :/
What would I need to do in order for them to fit right?

 

[Panda]

U need subframes that fit the clio, @JON FOZ sells some.

Sorry mis read thought u was on about trendlines, but again i assume u just need brackets to fit seat and car which i think Jon Foz sells again

 

[Joew182]

So I won't need to change the slider mechanism on the seats then, no?
I just need to get the brackets to connect the seats the the floor of the car?

 

[Panda]

If you want sliders the Sliders will need to match the car ur putting them in. The r26 sliders wont fit.
Not to sure about fixed seating sorry.

 

[Joew182]

Oh right okay so I'll need sliders and frames for the clio then for the seats to fit.
Ffs haha

 

[JON FOZ]

Sounds like you need Clio specific subframes like these;

Post up a pic of what you have

 

[Joew182]

Oh how convenient that you have some
I don't have them yet, but from what I have seen of them they are OMP fixed bucket seats with sliders and the bit beneath the sliders that connect it to the floor.

 

[dablk]

Dont forget about planning for belts/harnesses.

 

[Joew182]

Well the purpose of gettin the seats was in the end to strip the back out. Don't have money for harness' atm tho however, IF the seats do go in will the standard 'belts suffice?

 

[dablk]

You will need to do your research then on solutions. Most bucket setups are designed for harnesses and not seatbelt clips with pretensioners. Pre tensioner need a mounting point which don't usually come on base frames. The side frames of the recaros in a trophy for example have the mounting point on them. But recaro side mounts for buckets do not.

Just do some digging.

 

[Joew182]

Hmmmmmm seems like quite a pain in the backside to buy it and Install the seats first.
Think what I shall do is save up a bit more for this and then buy seats/frames & harnesses all at once. That way far less faffing will be required hahaha!
Cheers for the info tho, obviously I'm a newb at the bucket seat/stripping process here haha