muzchap
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 03:38 PM |
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Seat Runners - arrrrghhhh
Ok getting to the stage where I now need to start sorting the seats.
Metro runners I thought - perfect... rang scrappy.
me: you got a metro m8
them: yeah
me: I want both seat runners please driver and passenger
them: no probs mate, come down in about an hour
me: Eggggggstatic!
Drive down there... small problem - the runners are from a 'P' plate Metro and they're part of the fricking seat?
Is this right? Do I really need to be drilling out rivets etc - or do I need some earlier ones? Or are there any other options?
Cheers,
M
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smart51
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 04:07 PM |
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don't buy the ones that intatrim (and others) sell. They are rubish.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 04:19 PM |
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midlands wheels do some 19.99 per side
seem fine in my car
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Avoneer
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 05:40 PM |
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You need to drill out the two big rivets on both seats (at least on the earlier ones).
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Kissy
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 05:57 PM |
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what are seat runners?
You wouldn't let anyone else drive it surely?
3kg saved. 
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muzchap
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 06:15 PM |
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Avoneer,
Hmm ok - I'll try that at the weekend then Thanks
Kissy,
Unfortunately, I might have too :-( - And the rate my belly's growing since quitting smoking fags - I might need the adjustment!
From the state of it - you'd think I'd gone from smoking 20 day, to eating the bloody things, carton and all :-(
M
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jolson
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 06:40 PM |
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Ran into the same problem when I went looking for Metro runners. First 2 Metros I found had runners that were part of the seat, and buying seats is a
lot more expensive than buying just the runners. The last Metro was a K-reg (I think) and the runners were bolted to the floor and to the seat (Torq
head fasteners). They should look like this...
Cheers
John
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 06:46 PM |
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Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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Humbug
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 06:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
You need to drill out the two big rivets on both seats (at least on the earlier ones).
Pat...
I think I had the same type... in my case I got the whole seats free, so I used the angle grinder on them to get the runners off!
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Avoneer
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 07:00 PM |
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I ripped off the seat from the base and detatched the reclining back in the car in the yard and just took the sub frame to the counter.
Mine ended up looking the same as the ones in Roadkills picture.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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DavidM
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 07:41 PM |
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I cut them off at the scrapyard with a hacksaw and then drilled out the rivets. Picture of finished narrowed item in my archive.
David
Proportion is Everything
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muzchap
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 08:13 PM |
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WOW cheers guys
Don't I feel like a wimp now for giving up without hacking em to bits
No worries - I'll be back down there at the weekend armed with the necessary to claim my bounty ;-)
The only diff is - the ones in the scrappy have a lever you move to the side - not pull up like yours - I might investigate some older ones ;-)
Oh well - big hammers, angle grinders and drills are the order of the day
M
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 09:47 PM |
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What's the thickness of those Metro runners? In other words, how much does the seat get raised?
Might be just what I need... 
David
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Chippy
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 11:00 PM |
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Sazuki Alto, these are strong runners, and they bolt onto the seat, easy take of.
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DavidM
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 11:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
What's the thickness of those Metro runners? In other words, how much does the seat get raised?
Might be just what I need...
David
Mine raise the seat 30mm
David
Proportion is Everything
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muzchap
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| posted on 30/1/06 at 11:51 PM |
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Ohh Suzuki Alto - yeah might have some of them
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Syd Bridge
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 09:02 AM |
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I've used Ford Fiesta runners. You have to drill/grind some rivets off, but end up with something similar to what is supplied by most of the
aftermarket seat suppliers.
Syd.
Most European built cars use the same basic runners made by the one german company, or so I've been told.
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 31/1/06 at 08:21 PM |
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Avoneer, the pic is John's. I just fixed the link
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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