Can i cut the rear bins away and still use....

Can i cut the rear bins away and still use....

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vrooom

Original Poster:

3,763 posts

273 months

Tuesday 10th May 2005
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.. seat belts mounting places on it?

jay

haynes

370 posts

248 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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I would guess not, can you fit harnesses instead? Are you fitting a cage?

Plotloss

67,280 posts

276 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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You can but leave a goodly amount of metal.

Why do you want to cut them? To get larger seats in?

vrooom

Original Poster:

3,763 posts

273 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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Yes to fit cage, or fitting lower but further back seat. basically i have no use for rear seat bin. Can i weld a sheet of thick metal on pillar and the floor. and mount the seat thingy that pull the seat belt in on it?

Jay

Plotloss

67,280 posts

276 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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I think I would be more inclined to cut the bin, leave the metal around the belt point and reinforce it with more metal of the same size rather than cut and reweld a bit in.

love machine

7,609 posts

241 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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I've got a SD 6 point in my 66 and I didn't have to cut the bins, am I missing something?

cooperman

4,428 posts

256 months

Wednesday 11th May 2005
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Have to retain the bins in my rally cars to meet the regs and I also have cages in both. It's a bit difficult to drill off for the 'B-Post' cage legs with them inside the bins, but not impossible. The difficult bit is holding the bolt heads to tighten them up really tight.

haynes

370 posts

248 months

Thursday 12th May 2005
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I think one trick is to get a long punch (or extend a short punch) and with a goodly whack mark the hole centres from the inside, then drill through from the outside. I havent tried this, i removed the bins and fitted harnesses.

Fatboy

8,059 posts

278 months

Wednesday 18th May 2005
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love machine said:
I've got a SD 6 point in my 66 and I didn't have to cut the bins, am I missing something?

If you've got a lower brace bar (which also mounts on the exhaust tunnell), as on my SD multipoint cage, it requires removal of the bins

love machine

7,609 posts

241 months

Wednesday 18th May 2005
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No, I reckon you go much more than a 6 point and it makes your car too heavy

Fatboy

8,059 posts

278 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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love machine said:
No, I reckon you go much more than a 6 point and it makes your car too heavy

A couple of extra metal bars is inconsequential compared to lugging my fat arse around

bjw970s

29 posts

248 months

Tuesday 31st May 2005
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Damm,

Beat me to it - I've cut the bins out in my new build as well as the rear seat squab and seem welded the edge to allow more cross members.

I reckon that the impact of my weight plus rally car needs the extra bars if I have to stop suddenly.....!