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a_j_mair
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29th Sep 05 at 21:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i am curently makin another part for my boot floor to extend it

this is the floor as it was



doors are like this


dash is like this


unsure whether to get harnesses or not

[Edited on 29-09-2005 by a_j_mair]
MR2Mike
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29th Sep 05 at 21:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get blue harnesses
bubble
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what is the fabric in boot?
dna23
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wat we commenting on mate sorry
a_j_mair
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29th Sep 05 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
all the rear door cards and boot plastics are getting refitted aswell. just undecided whethere to get them or not. the boot is just acoustic carpet i have used
a_j_mair
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Stu
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30th Sep 05 at 08:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Harnesses look cool and as long as they are fitted right are better than seatbelts............but they are a serious pain in the arse! Mine did my head in after a while (2 days!!!!)

Stu
Stu
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Corsa_Carl
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30th Sep 05 at 08:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive seen pics of that dash sumwhere and i didnt know it was yours! i love it

that roll cage in that corsa looks cool
a_j_mair
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30th Sep 05 at 08:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats what worrys me, i use the car every day dont want it to piss me off, cage looks where you get it and where/how does it fit?
Stu
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I loved that cage! Sold that Corsa about 4 years ago, cage was a Fearless half polished made by Brett Warburton. It was actually made for a Nova but fitted in the Corsa a treat.

To be honest tho, seatbelts just wouldnt have looked right at all in that car. It was harnesses or nothing!!!
a_j_mair
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30th Sep 05 at 08:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have a sunroof so could be bit of a bugger
Stu
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Yeah, I think you can buy certain cages that work with sunroofs tho?

That Fearless cage (cos it was destined for a Nova) didnt come right to the roof of the car (it was about an inch low) so you may have got away with that?

Stu
a_j_mair
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30th Sep 05 at 09:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
where are the mounting points?
stuyw
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it bolts to the mounts where the rear seat used to be, so u dont need to drill new holes
a_j_mair
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mmh. i was going to be smoothing and customising the rear boot plastics, trimming them to match the rest. that means would need to get cage first
might just get some harnesses then
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Y dont u just put the rear seats back ina nd trim them the same as your front seats?
a_j_mair
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i could but have decided to just keep the two seats. saves having to have passesngers which ends up with my back bumper being ripped to pieces, could only allow 2 people in the back but you know how it is, always end up with more
Stu
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Cage bots to the chassis in 4 places 2 points in the floor behind the seats and one point on each of the rear struts. You do need to do a bit of drilling. Rear strut brace as you can see bolts to both rear suspension turrets, again you need to drill.

You can get some cages like someone said, just bolt into your seatbelt holes tho.
stuyw
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when i fitted my cage, i just took rear seats out and used to holes to bolt cage in which were already there for the rear seats, with the rear stut brace, is just a matter of removing the plastic covers where the rear stuts are, removing the nuts on the stut and putting the strut brace on top and re tightening. i got mine from MPS if that helps
Stu
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Yeah, all depends on which cage you get. I reckon a proper designed Corsa cage will be a much better and easier to fit.

Rear stru brace on mine was made by me I did toy with the idea of doing what you said above Stu but cos I knew my harnesses were being attached to it, I didnt think it would be very safe. I reckon at 60mph the weight of a 12 stone body would snap the strut bolts off.

I think the strut top idea is better if you attach the harnesses elsewhere tho, a lot of people use the rear seatbelt point for the harnesses. Again I couldnt use that becaue of the false floor

Stu
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30th Sep 05 at 10:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i plan to attach harnesses to the original rear seat belt points below my false floor, going to make a few slots for them to go through.

Still just a little unsure whether to bother getting them or not
stuyw
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what u could do for a neater finish is fit a false floor then cut out holes where the anchor points are for the rear seatbelts and attach ur harness to them, will give it a neat look

Stu, - was ur rear stut brace made from steel then? as u said, the alluminium one would bend in half if u was involved in an accident with the harnesses bolted to it
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30th Sep 05 at 10:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've got harnesses. I love them and don't find them annoying at all.
a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
i plan to attach harnesses to the original rear seat belt points below my false floor, going to make a few slots for them to go through.


this is what i plan to do. will be very neat and tidy and look

just harnesses every day may get annoyed.

[Edited on 30-09-2005 by a_j_mair]

 
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