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What it takes to fit bottom mount Recaros from an Evo 5 into a Honda Integra DC2, why the two lowest DC2 mounts are closed to you, and the one measurement to take first.
Motordrive sent over photos of Ben Sharpe Racing’s Honda Civics on Motordrive seats. Which model the team chose, why it suits a caged race car, and the full range you can come and sit in at our Nottingham showroom.
A 2005 MG ZS+ 110 in XPower Grey, built the week MG Rover went under and bought nineteen years later. Two years of receipts in his own photographs: the hacked up loom, the head gasket, the clutch, the headliner done over a washing machine, and the forged turbo K Series still to come.
A 106 and a pair of Recaro Sportster CS seats the customer already owns. Why the Sparco frame we normally recommend will not take them, the OMP plate that will, the Recaro runners on top, and the two bits of adapting nobody mentions.
Three mounting zones matter when fitting a harness to a roll cage: the harness bar for the shoulders, floor mounts for the lap belts, and a crotch strap point on the tunnel. This page covers what each zone needs and when to raise it with Custom Cages before the order goes in.
Recaro Sportster CS seats into a Ford Focus Mk2: the usual Planted bracket and Recaro double locking runner works properly on one half of this car and not at all on the other. Which half you have decides the whole job.
The five reclining sport seats we rate for the Ford Orion Mk1 and Mk2, with the Cobra subframe that covers both generations, includes the sliding runners in the price, and bolts to the factory floor mounting points without drilling.
A pair of Sparco R100s going into a Skyline R34. The Planted bracket, the runners, cloth against vinyl, why the BRIDE rails you have been looking at will not take this seat, and the one question Garreth asks before he lets anybody order the lot.
Five reclining sport seats for a Toyota Chaser, from the Sparco R500 to the Recaro Sportster CS, on the same Planted SB418 bracket as our bucket guide but with runners in place of side mounts. Includes which runner matches which bolt pattern.
The five reclining sport seats we rate for the Volkswagen Scirocco Mk1, with the Cobra and Planted Technology frame routes that bolt each one straight to the factory mounting points.
Five reclining sport seats for the Ford Fiesta Mk5 ST150, with the Cobra direct-fit subframe that bolts each one to the factory mounting points without drilling.
A Locust takes much the same seats as a Caterham or a Westfield, but it is a kit car, so the cockpit is whatever the builder made it. The five shells we would put in one, the 40cm versus 44cm decision that cannot be undone, and the measurement to take before you order.
