A hawkeye STI, a pair of Recaro Sportster CS seats out of a Juke Nismo, and the question of what mounts them. The Planted bracket and Recaro runner we would use, and why Garreth wants photographs before anyone orders anything.

A hawkeye STI, a pair of Recaro Sportster CS seats out of a Juke Nismo, and the question of what mounts them. The Planted bracket and Recaro runner we would use, and why Garreth wants photographs before anyone orders anything.

A six foot five bodybuilder with a 34 inch waist and a big upper back needs a tall, wide shouldered shell that is still standard at the hips. Why the XL seats are the wrong answer, and the four fixed back buckets we would put him in.

Three roll cages for a Ford Cortina Mk1 compared in detail: the configurable Safety Devices F003 bolt-in, the Sparco six-point that attaches by its feet alone, and the Custom Cages T45 weld-in historic kit. Spec, price and which one suits your car.

The Corbeau LE-Driver is the one seat in the Lotus LE range that does not bolt to the brackets already in your Elise or Exige. It is a side mount shell on M10 fixings, so it needs mounting worked out for your car. Here is how it differs from the LE-Pro, LE-Standard and LE-X, what the S1 M6 drilling job actually is, and what to sort before you order.

A bucket seat on direct fit side mounts sits as low as an E46 will physically allow. Here are the two ways a seat mounts in an E46, what each one does to your driving position, and what both builds cost per side.