side mounted bucket seats

[matt16v]

hi guys

i want to put a set of recaro or cobra buckets in my car but i want proper racing fixed back bucket seats as opposed to recliners ideally however they are side mounted and the only way that i know of mounting seats of this type is to weld rails across the passenger footwell as support beams to bolt the side mounts into. does anyone know of any other ways of mounting them?

i know there definitely are other ways but im not sure what they are. if anyone has fixed back seats please let me no how u mounted them!

cheers

[jaybv6]

I've been looking at a number of fixed back seats and the majority of manufacturers like Cobra, Corbeau and Sparco etc do a number of base mount or side mount fixed back seats.  I'm currently looking at the either a Corbeau or Cobra Monaco S which are both base mounts.  The Monaco S costs around £120 plus another £50 odd quid for a Golf base mount.

My advise, go to Demon Tweeks website and place an order for both the Motorsport and Road Tuning Catalogues (both are free with free delivery).  You'll find a good selection of seats with dimensions and details of which are base or side mount.

[matt16v]

yeh iv been lookin in the catalogues its just ideally id like the more race orientated shapes with more support as the cheaper base mounted seats dnt generally have the support. cheersfor the advice though and il endeavour to keep looking

[jaybv6]

I've noticed all the really expensive ones have side mounts.  If you go for a Side mount you'll need to fabricate a base made from tubular steel etc and then mount the seat to it.

The problem I've got is that before I order a seat I want to try it out, and there's no where near where I live where I can try the seat for fit before I go ahead and order it.

[matt16v]

i no the problem oh so well about tryin them first as im in a similar boat, i nknow the corbeau revolution is a lovely comfortable seat as we have one in the works' lupo track car but it is side mounted and like you said had to be mounted on tubular box sections welded into the footwell. the joys! lol 

[matt16v]

cheers for the link you sent jay, thats definitely an idea for the seats when i finally have some wedge for them! appreciated dude

[jaybv6]

You are welcome 

[Dub_Dude_16v]

Fielder has bucket seats in his mk 2, maybe worth a try asking him?

[frog]

Have a look here

http://www.cobraseats.com/
 
This is a reply i got when asking about the same thing

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=42671.msg338282#msg338282

[Gambit]

is this not what your after
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=48808.0