Tubular seat rail installation

sealant removed




thinners to remove all the sticky crap



arond 6kg removed by doing that

 

how l.ong are your legs Gilly?
you trial fitted your seat yet to confirm brkt positions etc.

I'm going to have to rmeove my ibiza OE runners as the sills cracked and split on the drivers side which is a bit scarey. Plate is seriously thin and flimsy on the sill

 

If it`s any help, here`s my Mk1 ... I`m ~ 5`10" with inside leg ~ 31".

The position is actually too high, could do with being an inch or two lower.

 

yeh trial fitted it . palm of my hand touches the top of the steering wheel when sat back in the seat .

 

how did you remove the original seat runners ?

 

angle grinder

 

Spot weld cutter is the best, neatest way. Little bit of angle grinder for the front sections which are mig'd on. Finish of by removing stubs with the belt sander.

 

my inner rail wont come off from spot weld cutter.. material is too thick... evil job. disk cutter, awaiting more disks at th emo... its' hard stuff!

 

evil ibiza...
got more cutting disks arrived today.. its coming out dead or alive (it or me)

 

bill get some slitting discs and flapper discs . Thats how i did mine . And i rubbed the paint back to find the spot welds and drilled them out

 

Wipe with thinners usually reveals the dimples in the metalwork from the spot welds.

Centre punch, and on with the spot weld cutter.

 

spot weld cutter wont touch my rails. materials too thick. tried that.
inox 1mm slitting disk got it off in 30secs.

 

Any pics of the slitting discs? - sounds like a useful tool.

 

sounds good i need to do mine soon too if its that much easier using the slitting disk

 

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Abrasives/NortonAbrasives/d130/sd2793

its a ace tool but they run down quite quick my advice is to buy a few

 

I bought some from Buck & Hickman, Inox stainless steel 1mm cutting disks... 1/2 used just the one disk! amazed it lasted so well.

 

Bill,

the clue is in the name INOX. aka stainless steel aka 1.5 times stronger than pig iron!

 

Has anyone seen the new tubular seat mounting kit in the 2008 Demon-Tweeks catalogue? Page 158, 40.

"Contains 2 x 560mm long, 25mm OD CDS tubes, 4 mounting brackets with floating M8 nuts and 4 side strengthening plates."

 

so thats 80 for 2 seats plus postage ? makes mine very cheap indeed