Fitting Sparco seats to a my95
13 October 2003, 12:22 PM
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Sparco do not supply a fitting kit.
Has anyone done this or know how?
Looks like I am going to have to make some frames.
I'm so not going to make a good job of it.
Can't believe Sparco do not think that Impreza drivers are going to want to fit their seats to it.
Has anyone done this or know how?
Looks like I am going to have to make some frames.
I'm so not going to make a good job of it.Can't believe Sparco do not think that Impreza drivers are going to want to fit their seats to it.
13 October 2003, 04:11 PM
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What seats are you talking about, racing seats? If so, they're designed to be fitted to racing/rally cars, not roadcars! 
Proper way to fit them is to weld a pair of bars transversely between the transmission tunnel and the sill - preferably with some reinforcement welded into the shell first. Side mount frames are then bolted onto threaded inserts laid into the bars. You may find somewhere like Safety Devices selling a kit with all the tubing and webbing cut ready for welding.
If you end up making something yourself, be very careful, as the last thing you want is the seat ripping loose, either under heavy cornering, or worse, in an accident. Drilling the floor and bolting straight down into it is inadvisable for this reason - if you're going to get something made and don't want to have welding carried out, aim to use the existing mounting points.
If in any doubt, take advice from someone with experience fitting these seats, or just stick with the standard items, as the consequences of a failure could really ruin your day.
Proper way to fit them is to weld a pair of bars transversely between the transmission tunnel and the sill - preferably with some reinforcement welded into the shell first. Side mount frames are then bolted onto threaded inserts laid into the bars. You may find somewhere like Safety Devices selling a kit with all the tubing and webbing cut ready for welding.
If you end up making something yourself, be very careful, as the last thing you want is the seat ripping loose, either under heavy cornering, or worse, in an accident. Drilling the floor and bolting straight down into it is inadvisable for this reason - if you're going to get something made and don't want to have welding carried out, aim to use the existing mounting points.
If in any doubt, take advice from someone with experience fitting these seats, or just stick with the standard items, as the consequences of a failure could really ruin your day.
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Excellent news on the subframe, will look into this myself as I want to change my seat and would prefer to avoid welding if safely possible.
Gilly, no worries mate, much better a live Scoobynetter than a dead one as far as I'm concerned.
Gilly, no worries mate, much better a live Scoobynetter than a dead one as far as I'm concerned.
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Crap...I would prefer a full on racing seat in my car...and all those seem to be side mount...and there aren't any subframes made for those as it seems...
And the one proper reason to swap seats is to get more trackday clearance with the helmet on...that won't happen using base mounts and sliding subframes and such methinks....
Ah well...time to botch up something...cheers lads!
/J
And the one proper reason to swap seats is to get more trackday clearance with the helmet on...that won't happen using base mounts and sliding subframes and such methinks....
Ah well...time to botch up something...cheers lads!
/J
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