pjavon
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:29 AM |
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New Seats
Just fitted some new seats in my tiger, and a new removable steering wheel boss to make it a lot easier to get in and out. Thoughts on the dot's
&strips please as i can't make up my mind if they look o.k. or not, but please remember i'm a sensitive sort of bloke
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tul214
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:34 AM |
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They look good imho, what have you done with your intatrims?
Edited...i think i was too late when i asked you last time
[Edited on 22/4/07 by tul214]
1.6 Raw Super6 sold
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:34 AM |
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is that mount behind your head safe? I could imagine it piercing the seat if you got rearended fast 
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pathfinder
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:38 AM |
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Like the seats and the steering wheel, but dump the dots!
Same thoughts as joel, that rear mount looks lethal.
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pjavon
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:41 AM |
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Sold the intatrims on here, which funded these, i did spend a lot of time thinking about some threaded bar sticking in the back of my neck but more
along the lines of if i rolled or something, didn't really think of being rear ended you've got me worried again now.
I done it like that because they needed support at the top and most track cars have similar type brackets Mmmm might give it a rethink
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:49 AM |
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who told you they needed support at the top mate
I think youll find theyll be fine without
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omega0684
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 10:58 AM |
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the seat certainly look the business!!! can i ask where you got the tunnel upholstry done?
Alex
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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Humbug
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 11:14 AM |
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The seats look good but IMVHO the dots and dashes are naff. If you need some padding, how about just a single shaped pad on the headrest part?
Also, I agree with the others that the metal support post thingy looks dangerous - I would rather have a slightly more flexible seat than risk that
skewering my neck in an accident.
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 11:37 AM |
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I use a similar seat on the driver side for track days. Not attached to the car at all just sits on a frame. The belts are more than able to keep me
and the seat securely fixed on track.
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worX
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 12:48 PM |
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as above...
dots/stips each to his own, but wouldn't be on my car!
but Get Rid Of That Spit Roasting Device that you are waiting to be impaled on !
Steve.
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grusks2
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 01:45 PM |
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Ive got the same seats in my cat, i was thinking of some kind of fixing at the top, as my seat flex slightly at the top.
But my roll bar is further away from the seats in a Cat than an Avon
On my race car i had the same thought of thing but it had a 10cm bracket on the end of the tube going across ways with 2 bolts less likely to stab you
in the head.
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Benzine
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 02:27 PM |
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I quite like the dots, I'd change the seat belts to black though ^__^
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zetec7
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 02:44 PM |
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Concur - leave the dots & dashes to Morse code types, and remove the lance - reminds me of the school days & pithing frogs in science
class
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pjavon
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 03:16 PM |
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Thanks for the 'nice' comments people
I know what you mean about the Spit roast bar, at first glance it does look dangerous( and i must admit you lot have got me worried) but for that to
move forward the whole back end of the car, which would include the seat belt mounting points would move aswell, so my original thoughts were
i'd be in that much trouble by then they would cure any further discomfort before seeing St Peter at the purley gates.
But the fact that you lot have got me thinking about it again must mean i should take them out, i think???
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stevebubs
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| posted on 22/4/07 at 04:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pjavon
Thanks for the 'nice' comments people
I know what you mean about the Spit roast bar, at first glance it does look dangerous( and i must admit you lot have got me worried) but for that to
move forward the whole back end of the car, which would include the seat belt mounting points would move aswell, so my original thoughts were
i'd be in that much trouble by then they would cure any further discomfort before seeing St Peter at the purley gates.
But the fact that you lot have got me thinking about it again must mean i should take them out, i think???
I'd be more worried that the seat would crack and the bar come through that way.
If the seat needs strengthening then I would either add extra layers of fibreglass perhaps with some metal supporting strips.
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gottabedone
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 08:35 AM |
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In a crash, your body mass will move forward and then rearward into and with the seat( it will flex ). With your spit roast thingy there pushing at
neck level on maybe a 1" or 2" mounting, it may take less of an accident than you think from any direction to get speared.
Nice seats though - do they flex enough to worry about?
regards
Steve
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iank
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 08:48 AM |
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If you want to keep the neck spike (TM) at least increase the surface area of the seat mounting plate significantly. The bigger it is the less
chance of punching through the grp.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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pjavon
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 05:20 PM |
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Exellent point gottabedone, any videos you see on t.v. with crash test dummys they always shoot back into the seat, thanks for the fair point. Think
i'll remove them but i would prefer some sort of top mounting as they do flex, but i don't know what yet as i got that idea from karting
seat i seen at the autosport show, although as said it did have a bigger plate, but i think more thought may be needed
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stuart_g
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| posted on 23/4/07 at 08:50 PM |
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going a little bit off topic here, the top harness mounts, is the chassis tube threaded or do the bolts just pass straight through?
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pjavon
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| posted on 24/4/07 at 07:05 PM |
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I drilled out a bit of 20mm round bar and welded it through the CHS cross member. It sticks through about 5mm top and bottom so the bolts sit square.
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