Help, picture of your seat required

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

 

Can someone with a 400 series car take a picture of their seats showing the gap between the seat edge and centre tunnel. Also the gap between seat edge and doorside cill. Even better if you have the cf sports seats.

Ta muchely

[Simon Bateman 87]

The car is in the garage at home, but I'm happy to take a couple tonight for you if that helps.

Standard Sparco type seats on mine though.

Edited June 12 by Simon Bateman

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

4 minutes ago, Simon Bateman said:

The car is in the garage at home, but I'm happy to take a couple tonight for you if that help.

Standard Sparco type seats on mine though.

Thanks Simon. I now have a picture of the standard Sparco.  If anyone can help out with a pic of the cf seats that'd be the icing on the cake.  

[Simon Bateman 87]

3 minutes ago, Bruss said:

Thanks Simon. I now have a picture of the standard Sparco.  If anyone can help out with a pic of the cf seats that'd be the icing on the cake.  

Sorry Bruss, are you saying you no longer need me to take some pics or are you saying in addition to my pics, you still want some of the CF seats?

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

1 hour ago, Simon Bateman said:

Sorry Bruss, are you saying you no longer need me to take some pics or are you saying in addition to my pics, you still want some of the CF seats?

No longer need the standard Sparco's, so no pics of yours but thanks.

 

Just the cf seats needed now.

I'm fitting a set of 400 cf seats in my S1 and need to make some new fixings. I just wanted to compare seating positions between my S1 and the 400 series as the brackets are different widths. It'd be a pain to make new fixings and then find they're 10 mm out.

 

 

[Simon Bateman 87]

6 minutes ago, Bruss said:

No longer need the standard Sparco's, so no pics of yours but thanks.

 

Just the cf seats needed now.

I'm fitting a set of 400 cf seats in my S1 and need to make some new fixings. I just wanted to compare seating positions between my S1 and the 400 series as the brackets are different widths. It'd be a pain to make new fixings and then find their 10 mm out.

 

 

No problem.  If you need any other info then let me know.  Good luck with your mods.

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

Now fitted. Just need to retrim the rest of the car in yellow thread!  Goes well with the gold wheels though

First impressions are that they are firm compared to the Recaros, but at approx. 1/3 of the considerable weight of the Recaros then its worth it.  Being the original 6 stone (all right 11 stone) weakling I wouldn't want to carry one Recaros mre than around 50metres. The cf on theother hand, both can be stacked and picked up one hand and hardly notice them.

 

[Spinney 430]

I love the gold wheels with that body colour.

Wonder how they'd look on my blue car?

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

32 minutes ago, Spinney said:

I love the gold wheels with that body colour.

Wonder how they'd look on my blue car?

Thanks. Blue and gold look good on the Mitsubishi.

[Colin P 438]

50 minutes ago, Spinney said:

I love the gold wheels with that body colour.

Wonder how they'd look on my blue car?

Here you go

 

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

lol. Take no notice. It'll look more like this

 

 

[Spinney 430]

42 minutes ago, Colin P said:

Here you go

 

You’re ‘avin’ a giraffe guvnor!

Wheels in ‘Jewish Racing Gold’ could work with the blue though, I reckon.

22 minutes ago, Bruss said:

lol. Take no notice. It'll look more like this

 

 

Hmmm, maybe a little garish, but getting better.

[Bravo73 1,028]

12 minutes ago, Spinney said:

Hmmm, maybe a little garish, but getting better.

Maybe you need a set of the gold & silver wheels from the 410 GP edition:

[phenoyz 25]

On 12/06/2019 at 03:18, Bruss said:

No longer need the standard Sparco's, so no pics of yours but thanks.

 

Just the cf seats needed now.

I'm fitting a set of 400 cf seats in my S1 and need to make some new fixings. I just wanted to compare seating positions between my S1 and the 400 series as the brackets are different widths. It'd be a pain to make new fixings and then find they're 10 mm out.

 

 

Hello

Do you have the part number for the brackets/fixings etc?I think i will do this to my s1 too...

Thanks

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

4 hours ago, phenoyz said:

Hello

Do you have the part number for the brackets/fixings etc?I think i will do this to my s1 too...

Thanks

In the end I used 2 original mountings and drilled new positions for the other 2 mounting points. You then need to move the existing threaded backing plates to align with the new holes. The rear one is straightforward, just slide it in to place. The front one is a tad more difficult. There is a keeper riveted Inside of the ally box section that holds the nut in place. You need to drill out the rivet, and let the keeper drop, drill your new holes, and then move the keeper box to the new position and rivet back in place.  The 400 seat runners then need to have a new hole drilled at one end. To spread the load in the runner section I then made up a rectangular 'washer' from some 3mm ally bar. 

Hope that is clear ish. 

[Gashead1105 275]

My blue/white V6 had gold wheels. Looked spot on...

 

 

[Spinney 430]

1 hour ago, Gashead1105 said:

My blue/white V6 had gold wheels. Looked spot on...

 

 

Ooh that is tempting. It’s even got red calipers like my car.

Apologies for the diversion Bruss. 

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

No worries. Always good to see others fettling their cars.

 

 

[Bruss 407 1 Vehicles]

Just a quick thumbs up to Jon seal, Brackets arrived today and are very professionally made. complete with cut outs for added lightness.  Excellent work.