Aftermarket Seats/engineering

[Toddski]

Hi All,

 

The drivers seat in my AE82 Twin Cam is a little on the floppy side - movement in the seat rails (assuming wear as they are securely bolted down) and some play in the seat back.

 

I doubt whether this would pass scrutineering at the local hill climb (also a little disconcerting on the street), so looking at options.

 

The cheapest option I guess would be to see if I can fix the seat rails and seat back.

 

But the seats are not super supportive.

 

I've had a quick look at aftermarket seats like the Autotechnica Monza and a couple of fixed back seats (would love a Sparco Sprint). I'm led to believe that to fit these and have them street legal I really need to get them engineered (mainly I guess for the rails/adaptors). Has anybody had any experience in getting this done, any recommendations on who to go to and some idea of costs.

 

Any help much appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Todd

[Jono]

can you get done in NSW if you use the standard seat rails and just elongate some holes to make an aftermarket seat fit?

Edited July 5, 2006 by Redwarf

[Redwarf]

For engineering purposes: elongated holes = bad.

 

The other thing is this: is the seat ADR approved? Not all aftermarket seats are.

 

(P.S: The edit line in the above post is only there because I pressed the wrong button.... )

[Toddski]

Weird thing is I've been told by 2 retailers who supply seats that there is no such thing as an ADR approved seat. There is an ADR for seat rails and for headrests, but no ADRs for anything inbetween.

[Trendact]

As long as you use the original seat rails no engineers cert is needed. I got a pair of fixed OBX Daytona's for less then $400 delivered to my door for the rally car and they are not to bad at all.

 

you can find them here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OBX-Daytona-Race-Se...1QQcmdZViewItem

on ebay at On Line Performance, I have got a few things from them and they are good to deal with.

 

And yes there is an ADR for seats and the OBX range are ADR approved, the ADR's cover the safety standards that a seat must comply to not the design as such (so I was once told by a guy that used to design seats for Nissan).

Edited July 5, 2006 by Trendact

[Redwarf]

And yes there is an ADR for seats and the OBX range are ADR approved.

 

Correct. For example if you buy a Velo GP90 (as used and recommended by Redwarf Motorsport), you can buy it in two versions. The FIA approved non ADR version, or the ADR approved non FIA version. Go figure.

[Jono]

both mine are recaros - would they be approved?

[Redwarf]

I can't say for certian, but I would say yes.

[Jono]

...will just need some large washers to cover the elongated holes :dance:

[Redwarf]

What elongated holes? :dance:

 

The deal with ADR compliancy is that, well, it costs money. And the makers decide whether it's worth their while complying them, as the factory's ned inspection, x amount have to be tested to distruction, etc.

 

Big companies can afford it, smaller one's like Velo should be given crdit for doing it, too.

Edited July 5, 2006 by Redwarf

[Jono]

:dance: are they factory washers?

[Redwarf]

Paint them black. :dance: