seat rail mods

rising son · November 29, 2011, 04:54:39 PM

been wanting to ask but feel im being a pain with all the questions, so appologies

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im 6ft and in my fc i feel as if i could really be doing with the seat going back more, even an inch or 2, does anybody know of any mods that can be done to the standard seat rail ? dont really want to change my seats as they are lovely

rising son · December 01, 2011, 11:03:38 AM

anybody?..

wheelynutz · December 31, 2011, 10:53:15 PM

Quote from: rising son;800633been wanting to ask but feel im being a pain with all the questions, so appologies .
im 6ft and in my fc i feel as if i could really be doing with the seat going back more, even an inch or 2, does anybody know of any mods that can be done to the standard seat rail ? dont really want to change my seats as they are lovely

Me too! ....anybody?:3Confused

festa · January 01, 2012, 03:31:21 PM

I have the same problem I read some where you can drill the stops off the seat runners and it gives 2 to 3 inchs more movement,

rising son · January 01, 2012, 11:17:15 PM

Quote from: festa;804485I have the same problem I read some where you can drill the stops off the seat runners and it gives 2 to 3 inchs more movement,

any idea where you read this? by drilling the stops out would this not make the seat go back and off the rail?? sounds promissing tho.....

festa · January 02, 2012, 08:44:45 AM

sorry mate I can\'t remember, you have to remove the seat from the car and on the runners there are pressed in dimples to stop them going back drill this out and the seat will move back you may also have to cut a slot in the runner for the seat positioner to slot into.
The seat will hit the back seat before it comes off,
Cheers

rising son · January 02, 2012, 10:18:04 AM

festa awesome mate !!! gonna do this now cheers

rising son · January 02, 2012, 01:10:21 PM

the inner rail is easy peasy, 2 min job and slides right back... outer is a little more tricky... still working on it, shud be ok tho

festa · January 03, 2012, 07:09:04 PM

Hi mate how did you get on in the end with the seat rail mod?
Cheers

rising son · January 04, 2012, 12:10:37 AM

dunno if im missing something bud, the one near the handbrake was really easy, just drill out the dimple, the one near the door however had a dimple and a kinda flat head bolt, drilled both out and still wont go all the way back... wondering if there is something internal on that rail

festa · January 04, 2012, 06:24:59 PM

Hi mate I\'m planing on doing mine this weekend I\'ll let you know how I get on
Cheers

rising son · January 04, 2012, 06:27:42 PM

would be appreciated

rising son · January 08, 2012, 10:54:25 PM

any joy festa?

festa · January 09, 2012, 02:51:30 PM

Hi mate, had a go at it yesterday on one rail I think the one closest to the door there is a dimple pressed into the rail and a silver steel rivit about 2 inchs in front of that, drill the rivit out.
on the other rail there is just a pressed dimple, drill this out.
Before you drill any thing with the seat out slide the rail back as if the seat was as far back as it can go you will see that you still have 4 to 5 noctchs that the seat could travel back, when I drilled out the stops the seat rails would still not go back at which point frustrastion kicked in and with some ramming movement back and forward they when\'t back to the last notch, becareful not ram it back and forth to hard or one of the rollers will come out.
Now the problem is when you get the runner back the runner will only go halfway forward again which makes it a bit harder to get the back bolts in.
All in its worth doing what a differance an inch makes, excuse the pun, I went for a drive and didn\'t need the seat reclined right back to fit behind the wheel a much more comfortable drive.
Cheers

rising son · January 09, 2012, 02:54:59 PM

yup pretty much exactly what i done aswell... even gave it a good ramming, excuse the pun , still wont go all the way back... will try again now i know its possible by doing this, cheers