Bolts holding in the seats

[Russ35]

While I've hopefully got access to the underside of the car this weekend I'm thinking it might be a good time to swap the seats around.

While I do this I'll replace the normal bolts with some allen key headed ones. Is there a specific size and what sort of length do I need?

[johnnywgk]

Not sure of size, but someone here posted a helpful thing.

Fit the bolts to the seat with a nut (tightly) before you put the seat in place so
you don't have to fiddle about trying to get an allen key in the bolt, whilst bent
over backwards, standing on your head, sideways.

Obviously you will need 8 more nuts, oh and extra washers.

Also, when i took my seats out, i had to angle grind through some nuts/bolts,
because they would'nt budge.

[Griffinr]

I did mine last weekend, only had to grind 1 off but replaced them all anyway. Used M8 x 30 hex head with the extra nut to hold them to the rail as suggested in the above post. Mine was already fitted like this which was a bonus as the seat slider had seized so I could not get to the bolt heads anyway.

Rob.

[tubbystu]

and you'll need halfpenny washers (http://www.304-316.co.nz/HalfPennyWasher.html) on both sides of the floorpan, rather than just the outside if using lock nuts on the runners - to help spread the load and not just punch the nut body through the GRP floorpan.

[phillpot]

tubbystu said:

and you'll need halfpenny washers (http://www.304-316.co.nz/HalfPennyWasher.html) on both sides of the floorpan, rather than just the outside if using lock nuts on the runners - to help spread the load and not just punch the nut body through the GRP floorpan.

Guess some big washers are better than nothing BUT weight of you and seat should be spread over the whole area of the seat runners, IMHO

Even went one step further with mine and made a strip out of 25 x 3mm alloy to run from front to rear bolts under body tub rather than just big washers.

Edited by phillpot on Thursday 12th November 21:30

[Gerald-TVR]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[johnnywgk]

Full stop!!! yes definatly penny washers top and bottom.

Have you seen what stilletto heels do to a wooden floor. It will be the same with the nuts under the rails, they must have penny washers aswell.

Ps. not only for fat peeps lol.

[tubbystu]

johnnywgk said:

Ps. not only for fat peeps lol.

Oi !

[Gerald-TVR]

+1

[Russ35]

There is nothing wrong with being a few pounds (Ok stones) overweight. I work on the theory that the extra fat will be extra insulation if I ever fall into the sea while walking down Blackpool Prom.

Thanks for the replies, I'll what I can get hold of. Then I can crush the other seat.

[johnnywgk]

One more thing, when i took my seats out, i had different quantities of penny washers under each corner, i suppose to level the seat on the unlevel GRP, so make a note of quantities.