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[Paulus H]

I have dumped the std drivers seat subframe. I no longer have the ability to move the seat back and forth.

The plus side is that now my drivers seat sits firm against the rear bulkhead. Plus I have gained the ability adjust the recline of the seat.

VERY GOOD FOR THE TALLER DRIVER!

In simple terms I've removed the part of the seat subframe that allows the seat to be move backward and forward. In its place I have 2 x aluminium bars that the seat now mounts to. The steel angles that are attached directly to the seat remain. The angle of recline is determined by the number of spacing washers fitted between the aluminium bars and the std steel angle that are attached to the seat.

First the std sub frame is removed from the seat (and car)

Next the bars are fitted to the chassis, see below...




Next off space the seat so it is not sitting on the floor. I used around 40 m/m of washers. At this point you can use the balance of washers to adjust the recline of the seat.

Below are dimensions of replacement subframe bars.



I have lots of other photo's, anyone requiring more info is welcome to PM me. Anyone living near Derby is welcome to come and have a look for themselves.

Paul

[davemate]

sounds excellent. how do you find the seat height in relation to the pedal height/steering wheel? more pictures would be great to see.

Edited by davemate, 15 September 2010 - 10:54 PM.

[Paulus H]

Esentially as the seat height/recline are now easily adjustable, I can aim to get the driving position as close to optimum as possible. Put simply I am very pleased with the results. Regarding more pictures probabally the best thing is if you PM me with your email address and I'll can send you a whole bunch of pictures. Best regards, Paul

[Ouchie]

Do you want somebody (me) to upload them to an image hosting site? That would be easier for others and saves you from having to deal with PMs and emails all the time. Or you can do it yourself easily with http://imageshack.us

[p4cks]

Do you want somebody (me) to upload them to an image hosting site? That would be easier for others and saves you from having to deal with PMs and emails all the time. Or you can do it yourself easily with http://imageshack.us

Excellent idea.

I'd love to do this mod. I've been wanting to sit lower and further back in a VX since day one!

[Paulus H]

OK, I will try for some decent sized pictures....


Here goes...











If these pics are readable. I'll post the "how to" later...

Paul

[techieboy]

They are indeed readable! You clearly don't use the rear parcel shelf for the soft top ever then?

[Paulus H]

Hopefully these pics will help with the how to....
















The seat is a lot further back now. The parts required for the mod are easy to source and make.

The 25 mm x 6 mm bar costs me about £1.00 per meter. Fasteners are very cheap.

Of course the downside is loss of adjustabily of seat runners.

I am well over 6 feet tall. This mod is very useful for me!!!!!

[Paulus H]

Credit where it is due. Ouchie explained to me how to use flickr so that my pictures were not miniscule. Thanks Ouchie. PM me for further details if req. Best regards, Paul

[Paulus H]

PS I am NOT sponsored by Mayfair Lights!

[Ouchie]

Credit where it is due.

Good guide and plenty of good pics. Hard to get it wrong with your guide
Thanks for sharing with the community.

Pointless for me as I'm the right side of 6ft
Although I would like the passenger seat to be adjustable.


I might switch over to Flickr myself now. I thought it was pretty good when nosing about trying to figure out how to get the pics to show properly.

Edited by Ouchie, 17 September 2010 - 10:11 AM.

[Mangham54]

Although I would like the passenger seat to be adjustable.

The missus is only 5ft2 and would benefit masively from passenger seat movability (is that a real word?), it would make the space behind the passenger seat more accesible which would be good for a whole lot of reasons, plus being able to collect dropped change without a specialist toolkit would be great.

[sworks]

Thanks for posting this As you, i am well over 6ft too, so the extra room would be good. Does anybody know if there would be a safety issue doing this? Seem to remember reading something about shear brackets? Thanks Chris

[davemate]

be careful that the steel against the aluminuim doesnt cause rust.

[techieboy]

be careful that the steel against the aluminuim doesnt cause rust.

Duralac, FTW.