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Old 15th August 2014, 01:57 PM
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Default Fat bucket seat coming soon.:)

Neither my friend nor I can get our ample proportions into a bucket seat that fits the roadster . Dave from Equinox has kindly given us a seat to stretch so he can mold off it and make some for us , if sucessful which I am sure they will be he will be keeping the mold and they will be available from him.

Already managed to wedge them out approx 50mm and there is still plenty of room in the chassis for more. Just need to brace up the mold now and have a trial sit in it. If all is well we will put the outside return lip back on and get it prepped for molding.

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Old 15th August 2014, 04:49 PM
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I'll be putting my order in when they are done then, mainly due to having a 46" waist (child bareing hips,puppy fat...).
Having said that I have an MX5 based chassis order on the books for making one 150mm wider but still using the standard track so that arm chairs can be fitted
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Old 15th August 2014, 05:23 PM
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About time someone catered for the larger builder.
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Old 15th August 2014, 11:46 PM
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I am on the larger side I squeezed in a set of mev seats from a rocket really comfy and reasonably cheap
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Old 16th August 2014, 12:05 AM
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Liking the look of these. Do you have a price in mind yet?
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Old 16th August 2014, 09:50 AM
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Liking the look of these. Do you have a price in mind yet?
As soon as they are done Dave at Equinox will have the mold and he will be making them so give him a shout in a couple of weeks. I will take them out as far as I can because its easier to add a bit of padding if they need some .

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Old 16th August 2014, 01:37 PM
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My 36 inch chassis doesn't need a larger seat but I am glad someone is catering for the pie eating population among us
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Old 16th August 2014, 06:49 PM
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The template in the book for ally seat is a good size for the larger chappy.
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Old 19th August 2014, 11:26 PM
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I thought you had given up on it.
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Old 16th October 2014, 07:59 PM
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It's been a long couple of weeks
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