seat hight

[squbti]

hi guys, so i´ve just taken out the seat runners from my sierra & was wondiring if there is any thing i should consider about the hight or position of the seats, like how high off the floor can they be ? (i have fiberglas seats)
thanks
samy

[HandyAndy]

depends how tall you are :D

& depends on whether you,ll be fitting a windscreen or an aero screen, that may sound obvious but the couple of cars i,ve been a passenger in i had struggled to see over the aeroscreens (totally darkened screens), so i,ve raised my seat rails by 25mm above the lower chassis rails,
i,m 5ft 8in tall .

andy

[flyerncle]

Good things,small packaging ?

[HandyAndy]

Good things,small packaging ?

are you talking from personal experience Paul ?????:p :D

gotcha:D

andy

[squbti]

so its deferent from person to person then. are there any rules as far as sva & such?
cheers

[HandyAndy]

yes there are rules for the IVA, but more to do with the position of the seatbelt/harness mounting points(upper ) in relation to the position of the seat & now i believe seats must have some form of head rest area so the old style short back seats wouldn,t pass etc.
As long as the seats are securely fixed i don,t think you,ll have a major prob with the regulations, after all its a safety point that you can see over the scuttle :o :D

andy

[squbti]

yeh, i think the rules are the same here in Sweden but i think its ok to use the short back seat. i have the short back seat & will have head rests on the rollbar, should be just fine.

[AshG]

im 5 10" and i put an inch spacer under the runners on fabbys wide seats

[fabbyglass]

Seat height is a user thing but like said up there somewhere you have to be able to see over the scuttle and aeroscreen(if fitted)...Trick is to sit as low as you can and still see where you are going. Non of this arms out straight malarky either as you will never steer the thing...close like a rally car so you can control the wheel when the back steps out:cool:

[flyerncle]

Andy it's all in proportion, 6ft 2in in height size 11 feet say no more !
(was being kind to you )!!!!!!:p

[HandyAndy]

Andy it's all in proportion, 6ft 2in in height size 11 feet say no more !
(was being kind to you )!!!!!!

I know you were mate, but its not very often i get chance to get you back so couldn,t resist :D :D
do you fancy a trip down to my place soon? ;) :)
all the best mate.

andy

[flyerncle]

No probs Andy let me know when and we can sort the brake pipes if you have not done so already.

Cheers.

[HandyAndy]

No probs Andy let me know when and we can sort the brake pipes if you have not done so already.

Cheers.
:o :o thats hit the nail bang on the head, brake lines are "sort of in" just need someones expert touch ;) to finish them off.
you say when you,re free as apart from next saturday ( judging a dog show ) i,m free when you are.
thanks mate

andy

[flyerncle]

Will be in touch.