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Resin Seat infill, PU Foam
eddie99 - 11/9/10 at 01:27 PM

Hi Guys
Looking at doing this in the global race car. It has a large kart seat in it at the mo which is too big and i was thinking of doing this type of resin seat infill which is removable so others can also drive the car just removing the infill..

Has anyone else tried/done this?

Is it easy? Where is good to get the bits? I see Demon tweaks do a little kit, also found websites like:

http://www.msar-safety.com/detail.asp?p=200

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Formula-Ford-Racing-Seat-Foam,-Expanding-Polyurethane_W0QQitemZ330470233317QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=138089689003&rvr_id=1380896 89003&cguid=c1d837871290a0aad454fa34ffa0168f#ht_500wt_1115

Thanks

Ed


flibble - 11/9/10 at 01:48 PM

Can't help on the will it work/have you tried it before front but looking at the Ebay 2 Part foam it does look very much like >This stuff<, just more expensive

Edit: P.S. - Are you still selling wiring loom kits, have you a pricelist etc.?

[Edited on 11-9-10 by flibble]


designer - 11/9/10 at 05:49 PM

Any fibreglass stockist stocks 2-part foam.


Chippy - 11/9/10 at 10:22 PM

We used this process on the F1 cars, as they had no seat at all. What we did was pour two part foam into a black plastic bag, spread it over the seating area and get the driver to sit in it till it had hardened, (wear thick trousers as it does get a bit warm). Then strip of the plastic sack, clean up the resulting foam pad, them just apply a layer of GRP and the lightest weave cloth we could get. Makes a perfect figure hugging seat, fairly cheaply. HTH Ray