Mr Whippy
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 posted on 29/3/07 at 07:22 PM |
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Seats bolted straight on the floor
Hi Guys,
Just a quick question. For an MOT test is it alright to bolt the seat onto the floor with no adjustment as I am the only one that drives this car and
I like the seats as low as possible. Any one know????
Ta 
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nitram38
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 07:24 PM |
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No problem with that!
Its when they aren't bolted down you are knackered! 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 07:31 PM |
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 It's just that I notice that for the SVA they need to be adjustable so I wondered if they had changed the rules for the MOT aswell. Thanks.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 07:40 PM |
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Mine are bolted straight to the floor, had no problems with SVA or MOT, seats should'nt have to be adjustable to pass a test.
Brad
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mad dad
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 08:02 PM |
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quick (silly??) question...when you are bolting through the floor do you use flat bar or something top and underside and bolt through or is the floor
strong enough without any additional strengthning??? thx
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Humbug
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 08:04 PM |
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They don't need to be adjustable for SVA
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jos
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 08:05 PM |
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theres nothing in the sva test that says that the seats have to be adjustable.
my seats aren't adjustable. i'm 6'2" and my sva tester was 5'2". he did have a little difficulty reaching the
pedals but managed it in the end
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roadrunner
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 08:07 PM |
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My chassis is a slightly older one, it has a steel floor welded in, i have'nt had any issues with it so far.
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shortie
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 08:12 PM |
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Seats do not have to be adjustable for SVA.
If bolting straight to an ali floor than I suggest using some kind of spreader plates but basically if you seat rips out the floor then you're
harnesses have also ripped out and you're most likely brown bread by that point!!
Rich.
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nitram38
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 08:42 PM |
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I don't have a front seat in my car at all!
My chassis is the seat frame!
 
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[Edited on 29/3/2007 by nitram38]
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BenB
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 09:09 PM |
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Yup. No adjustablility needed for SVA or MOT. I used a aliminium floor so needed big washers under the bolts to spread the load (fail point on my SVA
when I'd just used normal washers)....
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 29/3/07 at 09:56 PM |
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oh where did I get that idea from then!???
Well thats good news indeed. Thanks very much.
p.s cool pic above, just love that car, you should make them as a kit
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02GF74
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| posted on 30/3/07 at 08:52 AM |
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not need to be adjustable. some have cushion/bench seats stuck onto the floor and back panel.
Use penny washers on both sides - floor and seat. To stop bolt head biting your bum, use button head screws or coach bolts.
since my chssis cross rails are under my seat, rather than drill them, I use squre box ali brom B&Q - exactly same size as rails as spacer and
drilled trhough floor - much easier and doesn't weaken rails.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 30/3/07 at 03:13 PM |
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Personaly there is no way I would trust a pop riveted alloy floor to support the entire weight of the driver and passenger. I'm welding in a
couple of pieces of RHS to the Striker frame to support my seats
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 30/3/07 at 06:06 PM |
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We had our seats bolted to the welded steel floor of the car and with the 2 of us it's warped badly enough for us to weld in some bars across to
fasten the seats to.
So IMO and experience I'd put in some bars. HTH
Roadkill - Lee
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