v8250
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Dear All, as a share for those fitting RX8 seats...this morning, drilled and ground off all the mounting plates and superfluous guff from the RX8 seat bases - advisory, be sure to wrap your rails and seats before drilling begins. This is to stop the swarf...and there's a lot of swarf...from getting into the rails and sticking to the rail grease + into seat crevices + sticking to the electric motors. Ask me how I know
+ I've had a major brain wave...
All the seat riser manufacturers state their risers do not fit early/military Defenders/late Series buses. This is because some frame/rail mountings are of the twin screw per end type. Whilst pondering naval post lunch I had a eureka moment...all that's needed is the following:
I've ordered the 1m alloy plate £28 from eBay plus the 2x MUD seat risers. I'll post pics with a before/during/after once done.
+ I've had a major brain wave...
All the seat riser manufacturers state their risers do not fit early/military Defenders/late Series buses. This is because some frame/rail mountings are of the twin screw per end type. Whilst pondering naval post lunch I had a eureka moment...all that's needed is the following:
- Buy your preferred later seat rail risers
- Locate risers, centre punch and drill the centre line between the two existing seat rail screw holes
- Buy 8off 120mm x 40mm x5mm or 1m length of 120mm x 40mm x5mm alloy plate - this is used as seat box strengthener/s
- centreline drill the seat riser holes into the alloy plate and secure riser through seat box and plate - here you'll need longer nuts & bolts than supplied
- once fitted and lined up, drill through one or both of the original seat box holes and secure with another nut & bolt set
- rinse and repeat 1-5 for all four risers
I've ordered the 1m alloy plate £28 from eBay plus the 2x MUD seat risers. I'll post pics with a before/during/after once done.