Quite an update today, some of the biggest changes to the car yet! Also some of the worst photos but my phone is dying a death...
So, I set about planning for the installation of the Recaros and I spent a long time deciding what kind of subframes etc to use, but that will come later...
Before all that I decided if I was going to use buckets, the back seat would be redundant, so out they came!
And not wanting the increased noise and raw unfinished-ness of a full track car I set about building my false floor, from these two guides;
Muld
The Boosh!
Laying out the MDF
Mocking up the wadding and vinyl
Pull tight and staple, turn to opposite side, rinse, repeat.
Flip it over and add some audio underlay to dampen the sound a little and give it some insulation.
All fitted!
After much deliberation, I got in contact with @
clio392 and spoke with him about his custom side mounts which attach to the original clio rails. I'd seen them in a group buy he tried to run before,
here.
So they arrived very quickly and very nicely made, requiring me only to apply the final finish.
I was thinking about having them powder coated, but instead I was impatient and went over to Halfords for some of their finest matt black enamel paint. I sprayed them up during the week, no pictures of that, too boring.
This morning I got up nice and early, to take full advantage of the nice weather we were so long over due. It rained on and off all morning for 5 minutes at a time.
None the less, out came the seats.
The new false floor made a great work bench!
Mounts went in.
Seats all fitted and my
£3.50 vinyl stickers went on the mounts!
All finished!
I went for a 30 min drive round my local lanes and holy s**t they are amazing. The driving position is perfect and everything seems so effortless now, even the gear stick feels like its in a better position, because you are that much lower.
It does however make me want a new steering wheel to replace my knackered bus wheel and a PMS shifter kit...
And that's it! No idea what's coming next. I'm about to move house, so probably will stay as it is 'til summer at least. I still have a tiny oil leak and still have all the front end suspension/steering bits to fit, sadly they will have to wait a little while...