Best way to fix a race bucket seat?

[Charlynsane]

Hello guys,

I prepared my mk3 for the "maxi1000",

I will have to fit some FIA approved seats,

What is the best way to fit the seat?

We can find a lot of different seat bracket on the market!

What doy you use? how do you fit it?

Thank you for your help!

[rich@minispares.com]

I used the cobra side mounts on mine, but had to space them up and cut them around a little to clear the cross member

its also important to fit a good bit of steel bar UNDER the floor so the bolts cannot rip up through the floor in the event of an accident

ive see a couple of bad mini race accidents where this has happened!


I spent a lot of time making sure that my seat was direct in line with the steering wheel (often they will be offset in a mini) as I prefer that, with mine I had to compromise a little as my brother sometimes shares my car and he is shorter than me, so we both had to experiment a little to see what suited us both.

[Charlynsane]

Dear Rich

Thank you for your answer, do you have any pictures?

I have also seen Weld in seat subframes,

Like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RSA-Weld-In-S ... 461921b920

I would like to avoid welding but it seems to be a good idea

[fred1380]

dit this on my car

https://www.facebook.com/17345485937947 ... =3&theater

[Dean]

i fitted some similar to the ones in the link to a mates car, but i think he got them from JB fabrication, i can't see them on his site, but i have photos which i will put up, try sending him a email.

you weld the fixings to the bar but the plate on the end are design to fit a mini and bolt to the floor. they come with extra plates to go on the underside of the floor, we had to put a slight bend in them to fit the tunnel better

the drivers set was a FIA race seat with the brackets rich was talking about and it all worked the same way

[Richspec]

I bought some of the parts off ebay and welded them in.
see this page here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7090&start=20

[Charlynsane]

THank you for all those picture guy,

Do the JB bracket are FIA homologated??

[Dean]

Do the JB bracket are FIA homologated??

i would not of thought so, but send jon betts an email to find out more.