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Seating position, Renault Megane Mk2 R26
The R26 is a tall car with a high scuttle, so a bucket seat dropped onto the floor changes the driving position more than it does in something low and flat. We get this call fairly regularly and it is nearly always the same story: the seat went in on direct fit side mounts, it looks the part, and now the view out is wrong.
The shell is not what put you down there. A fixed bucket has no height adjustment in it at all, so whatever you bolt it to is what sets your hip point, and on a Megane Mk2 there are two quite different ways of doing that.
- The bracket under the seat sets your height, not the seat shell
- Direct fit side mounts bolt to the floor and give the lowest position in the car
- SW list two Megane Mk2 frames, an R26 one and a 225 one, at the same money
- The R26 has a high scuttle, so a few inches back makes a bigger difference here than on most
- Low build £106.24 a side, raised build about £226.74 a side, both including VAT
Why it is the bracket and not the seat
A factory Megane R26 seat has a frame under it, a set of runners, and usually a height lever you have wound most of the way up without ever thinking about it. A fixed bucket has none of that. It is a shell with mounting holes, and it ends up wherever the brackets put it.
Direct fit side mounts are cut for one car and they bolt onto the standard floor mounting points. The seat then hangs between the two uprights with nothing underneath it at all. That is the lowest a seat can go in a Megane R26 without cutting the floor, and nothing has been fitted wrong. That is what the part is for. A car with a cage in it needs helmet clearance and a competition car wants the weight down low, so the bracket is drawn to give you both. On a road car with a standard roof and no helmet, all you get from it is a poor view over the bonnet.
The two builds, and the order things bolt up
The two builds, drawn as an assembly order
Every block is drawn the same size on purpose. We do not publish a height figure for any of these brackets, so this shows what bolts to what and how many parts end up between the floor and the underside of your seat. It is not a scale drawing and the real gap between the two builds depends on which shell you are fitting. The seat itself is identical in both.
Ultra low, one part
SW Motorsports Megane Mk2 R26 seat side mounts, £106.24 a side. They bolt to the floor, the seat bolts to them, and that is the whole job. Fewest parts, least money, least weight, and the lowest you will get without a fabricator involved. This is what is in most cars that end up too low.
Standard height, three parts
A direct fit subframe on the floor, universal multi point side mounts on top of it, and a sliding runner in between if you want the seat to move. About £226.74 a side on this car. More parts and more money, and you get to choose the height instead of accepting it.
The ultra low build, and who it actually suits
The bottom of that bracket is a flat slotted foot that sits on the floor pan, and the seat hangs off the uprights above it. There is no frame, no runner and no packer anywhere in the assembly, so every millimetre you have is the height of the bracket itself.
It is a good part and we sell plenty of them. In a caged Megane R26 running a helmet it is the correct answer and the lightest way to do the job, because there is simply less metal in it. In a road car it is the thing people buy because it looks purposeful and then quietly regret every time they pull out of a junction. If that is where you have ended up, the bracket is doing its job. Its job is just not the one you want doing, and Garreth would sooner tell you that than sell you a seat that changes nothing.
£106.24 a side, handed, so a driver side and a passenger side are different parts.
The raised build, three parts
The subframe. SW do a direct fit subframe for the R26 at £138.00 a side. It takes the place of the standard runners and gives you a platform above the floor to build on, which is exactly what the side mounts on their own do not. Ours is the picture at the top of this page.
The side mounts. Endurance Motorsport multi point M8 brackets, £46.80 a side without bolts or £51.60 with them. The word that matters is multi point. Count the slots on the upright face in the photo. Four rows, which is four height settings and a bit of tilt on top, so you can set it, sit in it, and move it if it is not right. A fixed bracket gives you one answer and you live with it.
The runner. A Sparco sliding runner kit is £41.94 for one seat and goes between the subframe and the side mounts. Optional. If nobody else drives the car, plenty of people set the position once and skip it.
Which subframe, and what it costs
Four options here and two of them need a word of explanation before you order.
| Subframe | Worth knowing | Per side |
|---|---|---|
| SW Motorsports Megane R26 (our pick) | Listed specifically against the R26. The one to order if that is your car | £138.00 |
| SW Motorsports Megane Mk2 225 | Same money, listed against the 225. Ask us which suits your shell | £138.00 |
| KTR Racing Megane 2RS | The cheapest way onto a frame on this car, £36 under the SW one | £102.00 |
| Sparco Megane Coupe | Listed by body style and not by generation, so confirm with us first | £102.60 |
All prices include VAT and are correct on 14 August 2026, per side, and every one of these is handed. Whichever you pick, the multi point side mounts and the runner on top are the same parts and the same money.
What the two builds cost, per side
| Part | What it does | Per side |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra low | ||
| SW Motorsports Megane Mk2 R26 seat side mounts | Bolts to the floor, seat bolts to it | £106.24 |
| Total | £106.24 | |
| Standard height | ||
| SW Motorsports Megane R26 | Platform on the floor mounting points | £138.00 |
| Endurance Motorsport multi point M8 side mounts | Four rows of height slots | £46.80 |
| Sparco sliding runner kit | Fore and aft movement, optional | £41.94 |
| Total | £226.74 | |
Per side, so double them for a pair. Add £4.80 to the side mounts if you want them supplied with the M8 bolts, which is worth doing unless you already have a box of them. Drop the runner and the raised build is £184.80 a side, which is £78.56 more than the low build and it still fixes the actual complaint.
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What actually changes when you come up
The obvious one first. You see more of the road and less of the dashboard, the bonnet stops being a horizon, and placing the car on a narrow B road gets a lot easier. That is usually the whole reason people ring us about this, and it is the bit that fixes itself immediately.
Getting in and out is the other one nobody mentions until they have lived with it. The Megane has a fairly high sill and a low seat means you drop down past it and then climb back out. A few inches up makes the car feel like something you can use on a Tuesday morning.
Two things to check before you assume. If you run a harness, raising the seat changes the angle from your shoulder back to the bar or the eye bolts, and that angle has limits, so tell us if there is a harness in the car and we will look at it with you. And if you have a cage in it, headroom is now a real number you need to measure with your helmet on, not a guess. Cameron will want to know both before he lets an order go out.
Is there a cheaper way to gain an inch?
Fair question, because £226.74 a side against the £106.24 already spent is not nothing. The answer is no, not one we would put our name to. Packing a side mount up on spacers changes how the bolts are loaded and leaves the bracket working in a way it was not drawn for, and we are not going to talk you into that on a car you drive on the road.
Garreth’s view on the money is that the subframe is the part to buy properly and the runner is the part to skip if it comes to it. Drop the runner and you are at £184.80 a side, and adding it later is a twenty minute job on the driveway.
One other thing. The side mounts you already own are a saleable part in good condition, and Megane R26 fitting kit does not sit around for long second hand. Get what you can for those and the real cost of the change comes down a fair way.
The bracket spacing on your seat is what decides whether the Endurance multi point brackets bolt straight to it, and shells are not all drilled the same. Send a photo of the side of the seat with the mounting holes visible and Cameron will confirm the whole stack in one go, subframe, brackets and runner, before you spend anything.
Common questions on this
Do I need to buy a different seat to sit higher?
No. A fixed bucket has no height adjustment in it, so the shell is not what put you low. Change what is underneath it and the same seat sits wherever you want it.
What is the actual difference in height between the two builds?
We do not publish a millimetre figure for any of these brackets, so we are not going to quote you one. What we can tell you is that the low build has one part between the floor and the seat and the raised build has two or three, and the multi point brackets give you four settings within that. Bring the car over and Cameron will put a tape on it with you.
Can I keep my SW Motorsports side mounts and add a subframe under them?
That is not the combination we would sell you. The SW brackets are cut to bolt to the floor and the universal multi point brackets are the ones designed to sit on top of a frame with adjustment. Ring us with what you have and we will tell you straight whether yours will do the job.
Is the runner worth the extra £41.94?
If anyone else ever drives the car, yes. If it is only you, set it once and keep the money. A fixed seat is lighter and there is one less thing to work loose.
Are these parts handed?
Yes, all of them. A driver side and a passenger side are different parts and you order them separately, so if you are doing one seat now and one later, do the driver side first and pick the RHD driver side option.
SW list an R26 frame and a Megane Mk2 225 frame. Which do I need?
Both are £138.00 a side and the R26 one is listed specifically against the R26. If you have an R26 order that one. If you have a 225 or you are not certain which you have, ring us with the registration and we will tell you rather than let you guess.
Is the KTR frame any good at £36 less?
It is a direct fit frame that does the same job, and on price it is the value option on this car. What you do not get is a listing drawn specifically against the R26 the way the SW one is. If your car is standard either will do the job, and if it has been messed with, buy the SW one.
Where to go next
Our complete guide to universal seat sliding runners goes through what fits what in more detail than this page does, which is the bit most people get stuck on.
Or just ring 0115 9893488 with the car and the seat you have in it. This is a five minute conversation at our end and it saves you buying a bracket that puts you back where you started.