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Location: The Central Coast
Registered: October 2002
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Re: seat conversion
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Wed, 18 December 2002 05:34

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You don't HAVE to get an engineers certificate for them...I've gotten away with mine quite easily.
What I did was pulled my original seat out, and on a bit of cardboard, drew where the seat bolt holes were for the original runners (using a ruller and basically just marking it out)
Then grabbed the new seat and marked out on a (HUGE)bit of paper the seat bolt holes for it's original runners. Then I laid it over the top of my copy of the original, guessed where I wanted the seat to sit (away from the doors, more in toward the centre)and drew up brackets that bridged the two holes. I made up the brackets according to the design (basically just a couple of flat bits of steel with holes drilled in the right spots!)
Bolted the brackets to the seat, then the runners to the brackets, then bolted the seats & runners in.
Whala! New seats! Wasn't very strong, but you get the idea, using a good hunk of metal and just drilling two holes for each mount point, you bolt the bracket to the seat and bolt the runner to the bracket. Too easy! I'd never pay $375 to get someone else to do it. It just takes time that's all.
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THE WITZL | Wed, 18 December 2002 05:08 |
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maxdamage75 | Wed, 18 December 2002 05:24 |
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Sprocket | Wed, 18 December 2002 05:34 |
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maxdamage75 | Wed, 18 December 2002 05:44 |
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