Hundreds Of Products Ready Today. Dispatch/Collection Hills Racing Development: Our Trusted Local Garage For Seat Installation
A simple answer to a common showroom question
One of the most common questions we get in store is: who can fit my bucket seat or sports recliner properly? If you want a trusted local garage that understands motorsport hardware and takes fitment seriously, Hills Racing Development is our go to recommendation. They are a motorsport and fast road specialist workshop based in Ruddington, Nottingham, and they regularly work with the kind of parts and installs our customers are doing.
Hills Racing Development are set up for everything from full track builds to sensible road upgrades, and that makes them a great fit for GSM Performance customers. Whether you are fitting a single recliner into a daily car or installing FIA-safe seating, harnesses, and interior safety equipment into a track build, you want a workshop that is comfortable working to a high standard. Hills position themselves exactly in that space.
They also publicly list GSM Performance as an official safety equipment partner, which is one of the reasons we are happy to recommend them. It means they are already aligned with the type of products we stock, supply, and support.
Who are Hills Racing Development?
Hills Racing Development is a specialist workshop founded by Cameron Hill. On their About page, they explain that Cameron built his expertise running a primary garage before expanding into motorsport, and that he races himself, bringing real trackside experience into the work they do. That is exactly what you want when the customer’s goal is not just to fit parts, but to build something that works properly under pressure.
They describe their work as focused on performance, reliability, and precision engineering, covering everything from race builds to fast road upgrades. They also state that they welcome cars from across the UK, not just locally, which is useful if you are travelling in for a bigger project.
On top of that, Hills Racing Development highlights their partnerships with GSM Performance for motorsport parts supply and Southwell Tuning for software calibration and ECU mapping services.
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What they do: performance upgrades, geometry, brakes, and fabrication
The easiest way to describe Hills Racing Development is that they offer a complete performance workshop service. Their Services page lists six broad areas, and it covers pretty much everything a fast road or track build might need.
They provide:
- Fast road performance upgrades, including stage 1, 2 and 3 power upgrades, induction and exhaust systems, brake upgrades, suspension packages, and ECU remapping via Southwell Tuning.
- Suspension and handling work, including coilover installation and setup, corner weighting and alignment, anti-roll bar upgrades, spherical bearing conversions, damper servicing, and track geometry.
- Braking system upgrades, including big brake kit installs, uprated pads and discs, braided lines, brake bias systems, calliper rebuilds, and fluid servicing.
- Wheels and tyres support, including motorsport wheel supply and fitting, tyre selection, spacer and stud conversion kits, and custom offsets and sizing.
- Custom fabrication, including bracket and mount manufacturing, pipework, oil and cooling modifications, subframe reinforcement, and bespoke chassis modifications.
For our customers specifically, that custom fabrication capability is very relevant. Seat installs are not always plug and play, especially on older cars, modified cars, and track builds. Having a workshop that can fabricate brackets and mounts properly makes a big difference when you need something done cleanly.
Seat installation and interior safety work
This is the bit most GSM customers care about, and Hills Racing Development explicitly lists a dedicated Safety and Interior service category.
They state they work with motorsport safety equipment and interior upgrades, including FIA-approved racing seats, multi-point harness installation, fire extinguishers and suppression systems, racing steering wheels, and door bars and protection.
From our end, this is exactly what we want to see in an installer. A proper seat install is not just bolting a seat down. It is about:
- Correct bracket and runner selection
- Correct positioning for driving ergonomics and harness angles
- Making sure hardware is secure and matched to the seat and frame type
- Keeping the install tidy and functional, especially for daily or dual-use cars
Hills also show race build and safety-related project examples in their gallery, including references to roll cage fabrication and racing seat and harness work.
Why we recommend Hills Racing Development to GSM customers
We recommend Hills Racing Development because they sit in the right middle ground for our customers: motorsport-aware but still practical for real road cars. They are not just general servicing, and they are not a faceless chain. Their website is clear that they focus on performance builds, safety, and precision engineering.
A few specific reasons they make sense as a recommended installer:
- They publicly list GSM Performance as a partner for safety equipment and parts supply, including seats, harnesses, brackets, mounts, and other safety hardware.
- They offer safety and interior work as a core service, including FIA seats and harness installation.
- They offer custom fabrication for brackets and mounts, which is often needed for unusual vehicles or modified interiors.
- They are based in Ruddington, Nottingham, making them a genuinely convenient local option for many of our in-store customers.
They also state that they aim to respond to enquiries within 24 hours, and encourage customers to phone for urgent requests. That is useful when you are trying to book work in around track dates or build deadlines.
Where they are and how to contact them
Hills Racing Development are based in Ruddington, Nottingham.
For enquiries and quotes, they list:
- Phone: 07473 175509
- Email: Hillsracingdevelopment@gmail.com
- They also link to their Facebook and Instagram pages via their Contact and Gallery pages.
If you are booking seat installation work, it helps to have a clear list ready for them, such as the exact seat model, the fitting frame or subframe, runner type, and any side mounts or adapters required. If you have purchased from GSM Performance, we can also help you confirm the correct fittings before you book the job in.
Final thoughts: a solid local option for proper seat installs
If you want a seat installation done properly, especially when it involves runners, mounts, subframes, and safety equipment, it is worth using a workshop that works in the motorsport and fast road space every day. Hills Racing Development are a local specialist we are happy to recommend because they offer the right combination of performance work, safety and interior installation, and fabrication capability, all backed up by their partnership approach with GSM Performance and Southwell Tuning.
If you would like, we can help you choose the right seat, runners, and mounting kit first, then you can book Hills Racing Development to handle the installation with confidence.