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 kombi_kid
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| posted on July 20th, 2004 at 08:41 PM |
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aftermarket seats-kombi
hey guys
am looking into options for front seats for the kombi its a 76 kombi anything is better then what i have at the moment!!
mounting is obviously gonna be the problem so ideas on that aswell!
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| posted on July 20th, 2004 at 08:46 PM |
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just keep in mine that changing the seats and there mounting requires and engineers. i have a set of hilux seats that will do the job u2u me if
interested
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| posted on July 20th, 2004 at 09:02 PM |
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was thinkin more along the lines of prelude MR2 comfortable ones that have been fitted in kombi's before!
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| posted on July 20th, 2004 at 09:21 PM |
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nice choice good luck with it mate
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 03:23 PM |
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you can pick up late model seats from dismantlers for a song.
all the rice boyz pull out their factory seats to put in their race seats.
If you can modify the seat to fit in the factory mounts, do you still have to get it certified?
Most people seem normal, till you get to know them.
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 03:25 PM |
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unfortunately the answer is yes, ive just done it in my brothers bug with excel seats
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 08:38 PM |
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i recon the rx3 seats are super comfy, thats what i have in my '76. on teh drivers side the orig base has been modified to fit, and on the passenger
side, as it was a panelvan with a benchseat, a frame has been built up and i have been able to use the original rx3 rails
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 08:55 PM |
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hey
i have some seats out of an unkown jap car that i got for free from a little someone so gonna try them they are fiarly comfortable i think the only
way to do it is bolt the bases to the chassis and use there runners not that ill get any adjustment anyways!!!
only thing i gotta do is lower the seats mounting point to put the seats down cause i guy like me (6 foot 3) hits the roof!!
but i might check out other options aswell as i want to find something black!
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 03:09 PM |
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Hi Rhys,
as long as the original seat runners and mounting style is used you shouldn't need an engineers cert. This is generally the case in Vic in my
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 04:12 PM |
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save your self a lot of hassle and ring the rta tech boys and get the full story for nsw.
[Edited on 22-7-2004 by barls]
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 05:43 PM |
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Hi all I put R34 Nissan Skyline seats in the front of our 76 mod kombi real comfy.
Made the passenger seat into a swivel seat to face the back of the kombi as a lounge chair when camped.
Only $200 for the seats at import place in brissy near springwood.
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 09:09 PM |
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Rhys, Im pretty tall like you, and on the drivers side, by cutting the base of the frame off a standard kombi seat and welding it to the points on the
bottom of the rx3 bucket i have enough room that i dont hit the roof even with my modified rooflining.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2004 at 09:32 AM |
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Hi Rhys
I know what you mean by the original Kombi seats being so uncomfortable...the ones that were in our 76 kombi were dreadful.
Once he got them out, we could see why...they were all broken underneath. No wonder we felt like we were slipping forward out of them. And we'd both
have back aches on long drives.
It took my husband quite a while to find some replacements that fitted easily without too much modification, and he finally found some Holden gemini
seats in great nick that work really well. $50 the pair.
The gas bottles are behind the passengers seat, and so they had to flip up with a lever.
Our first kombi had Sigma seats and they were wonderful.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2004 at 05:40 PM |
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hey
just modified the seat rails and sliders on these seats so i gain another " or so to the roof!!!!
for mounting im going to use high tensile bolts that are going to to bolt through the chassis into a nut welded to abit of 4mm plate!
thats sound alright?
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| posted on July 23rd, 2004 at 07:03 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by kombi_kid
hey
just modified the seat rails and sliders on these seats so i gain another " or so to the roof!!!!
for mounting im going to use high tensile bolts that are going to to bolt through the chassis into a nut welded to abit of 4mm plate!
thats sound alright?
cheers
rhys
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sounds right to me..
if you use the existing mounting holes/brackets no report in needed...
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| posted on July 25th, 2004 at 05:51 PM |
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so if im simply bolting it to the chassis using the runners from the seat i dont need a engineer's report?
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| posted on July 25th, 2004 at 06:06 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by barls
save your self a lot of hassle and ring the rta tech boys and get the full story for nsw.
[Edited on 22-7-2004 by barls]
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like i said earier do this and get the real deal from the guys that write the rules
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