avsum Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 Mornin all. I have the Westfield Racing vinyl seats, so what's the easiest way to install them? I have drilled the holes through the chassis floor for the rails, but have now realised that it's gonna be an ar5e one way or the other to get the seat mounted to its bracket then mounted to the rails. I've spoken to Westfield about this, and Mark has kindly sent me some pictures, which are of help for where to position the seat within the seat bracket. However it's your experiences of how to get it mounted as easily as possible, and with as much knuckle skin intact as possible, that I'm after! Cheers. Quote
scott beeland Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 You're right...It's an A***....Mine never quite lined up how I liked it and I felt there was some forced flex in the drivers seat/bracket to get it all pointing forewards. Also a bit tricky setting what angle (recline) you wanted them at. Gave up after 2 yrs of use and now have PKM grp shell seats bolted direct to floor Quote
avsum Posted May 15, 2005 Author Posted May 15, 2005 ok, so I will have to have a detailed look at your seats the next time I see you Scott....if I can get you to slow down for long enough that is! I however am stuck with the seats I have, at least until SVA time. So a question for anyone who's just installed their standard Westfield Vinyl racing seats, what order did you do it in. My considered opinion at the moment is the following: 1) Mount seat to seat frame, getting the rake of the seat right. My preference will be for the seat to be as flat as possible, so having tried it the front lip of the seat will overhang no more than 1" from the seat frame front edge. 2) Mount rails to seat frame bracket - out of the car 3) Adjust sliders so seat is as far back as it will go, place seat in car and mount front two bolts through floor. Then adjust sliders ie move seat as far forwards as it will go, and do the two bolts at the back. Important point/difficulty (! ) the bolt goes through the floor towards the ground, with the nut on the underside of the car. If you try it the other way round the two bolts in the slider strike each other and inhibit movement of the slider. Quote
adhawkins Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 Once you have the position sorted, it's worth 'tack' welding the bolts into the sliders. That way, you don't need to have something on the nut and the bolts in order to tighten / loosen it (IYSWIM). Andy Quote
scott beeland Posted May 15, 2005 Posted May 15, 2005 Scott....if I can get you to slow down for long enough that is! Dunno what you mean I never drive fast Quote
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