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I managed to make a seat lowering mounts from two aluminium profiles but I am really struggling with bolting them to the floor. Once the seat is lowered it's impossible to get to the rear bolts. Anybody with some experience with the Northwind engineering 2" lowering kit? It should be facing the same problem. I wonder if I have to take out the bolster/leather base in order to access the bolts and then put the trim back on once I mount the seat. Any ideas?
Or I will just give up and purchase the Northwind stuff
Or I will just give up and purchase the Northwind stuff
Just read the original post again.. To remove the seat in the first place you will need to take out the seat cushion, this is done by releasing a wire clip at the front of the underside of the seat, then lift out the seat cushion. The four seat bolts are below that.. It may sound confusing, but once you find the clip and get it released you'll see what I mean
GTSDave said:
Just read the original post again.. To remove the seat in the first place you will need to take out the seat cushion, this is done by releasing a wire clip at the front of the underside of the seat, then lift out the seat cushion. The four seat bolts are below that.. It may sound confusing, but once you find the clip and get it released you'll see what I mean
that's all I wanted to know. I removed the seat, removed the original sliders/mounts, bolted mine onto the base and it was all looking fine till the moment I realized I cannot reach the reat bolts once the seat is back in the car. will get back to work tomorrow 
Some thing for a Friday morning Dave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_alloy
oxam said:
I have alloy mounts in my track toy and yup they are strong enough.
Strong enough under normal operation or strong enough to hold the seat in place under the huge forces of a crash. Personally i would prefer my seat to stay put should the worst happen. Sorry cant help but see death and destruction at every turn
fatboy18 said:
6 point harnesses should also help my seat stay in place 
well it will help you stay in place and you will help the seat stay in place, personally I'd prefer not to be part of that sandwich.It amazes me sometimes how people don't think about the consequences of things going wrong, i had to stop a colleague putting an old style VDU on the back seat behind their seat once, total bemused look as to why until i suggested if she crashed it would kill her. She seemed happy for me to put it in the boot after that. Yeah 99.99% of the time its ok, but you don't get a chance to re-arrange things when it is going wrong.
ViperDave said:
well it will help you stay in place and you will help the seat stay in place, personally I'd prefer not to be part of that sandwich.
It amazes me sometimes how people don't think about the consequences of things going wrong, i had to stop a colleague putting an old style VDU on the back seat behind their seat once, total bemused look as to why until i suggested if she crashed it would kill her. She seemed happy for me to put it in the boot after that. Yeah 99.99% of the time its ok, but you don't get a chance to re-arrange things when it is going wrong.
Dave can you sleep at night It amazes me sometimes how people don't think about the consequences of things going wrong, i had to stop a colleague putting an old style VDU on the back seat behind their seat once, total bemused look as to why until i suggested if she crashed it would kill her. She seemed happy for me to put it in the boot after that. Yeah 99.99% of the time its ok, but you don't get a chance to re-arrange things when it is going wrong.
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