seat rails

mossie110

my son's friend has a toyota glanza. and he bought second hand cobra seat any idea where he can get seat rails, would it be possible to buy crap seats for another glanza or a starlet and weld on flat bars to bolt the seat on to.
many thank
mossie.

Atomic Pineapple

mossie110 wrote: »

my son's friend has a toyota glanza. and he bought second hand cobra seat any idea where he can get seat rails, would it be possible to buy crap seats for another glanza or a starlet and weld on flat bars to bolt the seat on to.
many thank
mossie.

Pretty sure it will fail the NCT if you weld bars on to it!

Should be able to get seat rails to suit off any of the Japanese parts suppliers, theres plenty of them about these days, google will throw up a few.

The-Game

On the subject would anyone know of any shops around dublin who would have specific sparco seat rails to match your car?? Im looking for the rails for a Mitsubishi.

Dish

Try ice tronix, i know they carry alot of aftermarket stuff for jap cars

Midnight_EG

Icetronix fabricated rails for my Recaros to fit into my Civic, so they'd be worth a call.....but it costs a nice little bit....

The-Game

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Icetronix fabricated rails for my Recaros to fit into my Civic, so they'd be worth a call.....but it costs a nice little bit....

Roughly how much did it cost to get the 2 rails made up??

Midnight_EG

The-Game wrote: »

Roughly how much did it cost to get the 2 rails made up??

€170 (Rails, Fitting)

The-Game

Was it for a 3 or 5 door Civic, if it was a hatchback were the rails they made on sliders?? To let people in the back?

Midnight_EG

The-Game wrote: »

Was it for a 3 or 5 door Civic, if it was a hatchback were the rails they made on sliders?? To let people in the back?

3 door, and yep with sliders, but they're rather small, so there's only a little bit of play.

But surely your seats have a quick release?

The-Game

Midnight_EG wrote: »

3 door, and yep with sliders, but they're rather small, so there's only a little bit of play.

But surely your seats have a quick release?

No these were in a 5 door so i don't think it was an issue, no quick release!!
Might have to call in to them and see what sort of price they can do me on a set!

I was looking at fitting them onto standard rails but then the seats are waayyy too high up... I'm guessing yours sit in low in the car?

Midnight_EG

The-Game wrote: »

No these were in a 5 door so i don't think it was an issue, no quick release!!
Might have to call in to them and see what sort of price they can do me on a set!

I was looking at fitting them onto standard rails but then the seats are waayyy too high up... I'm guessing yours sit in low in the car?

Ah righty ok, you still havent told me what they're for cos you're not OP :P

And yeah I checked today, the prices have gone down, and yeah they sit fairly low, I'll get a pic tomorrow and place a coke can beside it for comparison, ground up. :]

The-Game

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Ah righty ok, you still havent told me what they're for cos you're not OP :P

And yeah I checked today, the prices have gone down, and yeah they sit fairly low, I'll get a pic tomorrow and place a coke can beside it for comparison, ground up. :]

Ah they're for a Mirage Hatchback! Excellent if you can get those pics, would appreciate it!

Midnight_EG

Coke can is about 30mm from the skirt, and the bottom of the seat is at the middle circle thing :P

The rails come about 20mm off the floor at the arch you bolt the two front bolts into, otherwise it's 40~50mm from the floor.

The-Game

Sounds good alright!! Are the seats themselves low? The ones i have kinda raise up towards the front

Midnight_EG

The-Game wrote: »

Sounds good alright!! Are the seats themselves low? The ones i have kinda raise up towards the front

Oh yeah sorry, it gets higher as it goes towards the front, so your bum is lower than your legs :P


They're Recaro seats if you have any experience with them

The-Game

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Oh yeah sorry, it gets higher as it goes towards the front, so your bum is lower than your legs :P


They're Recaro seats if you have any experience with them

Yeah theyre sweet alright and even got the red ones!! :cool:
My ones are Sparcos, may have to fly down with a seat and see what they think!