Sean
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Anyone on here done this? Looking to do it to the nova as my seats are mounted way to high.. What's the best way to go about it? Cheers
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aaron_c20
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drill holes threw the floor of the car and bolt them down lol ?
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.Matt
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First thing is can you get it MOT'd? As none moving seats is a fail i think.
If so, i believe many people just weld square tubing to the floor then make brackets for seats to bolt on.
[Edited on 29-09-2012 by .Matt]
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Christopher
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Mot shouldnt be a problem matt!
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by aaron_c20
drill holes threw the floor of the car and bolt them down lol ?
thats no good, you would need at least spreader plates under for them to pass mot
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Mike
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quote: Originally posted by .Matt
First thing is can you get it MOT'd? As none moving seats is a fail i think.
That's only if the sliders aren't operating correctly I think, if it doesn't have sliders they can't be tested.
Not sure what the Nova floor pan is like but I'll try and find the pics of my seat mounts to give you an idea.
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Mike
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Don't really have any decent pics but this one gives you an idea.
![](http://www.corsa-d.co.uk/carimages/9626/IMG_3196.jpg)
Basically we cut the original hooks out and made plates with captive nuts to replace them, for the back we welded a piece of angle with captive nuts running between the sill and transmission tunnel.
It may have worked out easier cutting out the old mounts completely and just going for 2 pieces of angle but the original mounts where perfect height so we used them.
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Sean
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quote: Originally posted by aaron_c20
drill holes threw the floor of the car and bolt them down lol ?
Idiot.
.Matt
Doesn't fail an mot if there is no sliding mechanism
[Edited on 29-09-2012 by Sean]
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SimonTW
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Nova floor pans are stupidly thin so I wouldn't bolt straight to that as your seat will probably rock around and distort the floor.
I bought a seat rail kit off ebay and had it welded in but you could easily knock something up from tube and plate and do it yourself from what I've seen on your thread.
![](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6904895727_79093c2bcf_b.jpg)
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[Edited on 30-09-2012 by SimonTW]
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Sean
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Awesome stuff cheers for that Simon.
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john_c20xe
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quote: Originally posted by Sean
quote: Originally posted by aaron_c20
drill holes threw the floor of the car and bolt them down lol ?
Idiot.
.Matt
Doesn't fail an mot if there is no sliding mechanism
[Edited on 29-09-2012 by Sean]
you got that wrong. if it slid back ad foward from the factory its got to now,
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john_c20xe
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sean i bolted these directly to the floor! i think they were serria cozzy seats, they had very slim subframes attched to the seat, i didtched the main subfarme and welded/bolted them in, still slid back and fowards
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Sean
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quote: Originally posted by john_c20xe
quote: Originally posted by Sean
quote: Originally posted by aaron_c20
drill holes threw the floor of the car and bolt them down lol ?
Idiot.
.Matt
Doesn't fail an mot if there is no sliding mechanism
[Edited on 29-09-2012 by Sean]
you got that wrong. if it slid back ad foward from the factory its got to now,
Where did you read/hear this? One of the guys at work has just gone on an mot refresher course and they covered this, if there is no mechanism there it can't fail... And cheers for the pics John ![](/board/images/smile/thumbs.gif)
[Edited on 01-10-2012 by Sean]
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Christopher
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Simons kit looks good sean! Something similar to that has got to give much more support hasnt it!
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gazza808
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quote: Originally posted by john_c20xe
quote: Originally posted by Sean
quote: Originally posted by aaron_c20
drill holes threw the floor of the car and bolt them down lol ?
Idiot.
.Matt
Doesn't fail an mot if there is no sliding mechanism
[Edited on 29-09-2012 by Sean]
you got that wrong. if it slid back ad foward from the factory its got to now,
what a load of bollox.
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