14 replies to this topic

[clubminiflip]

rear seat & doorbin removal, how do i do it, i have the tools, just unsure where to start? my interiour is stripped ready!!! cheers

Edited by clubminiflip, 23 July 2006 - 06:33 PM.

[Tomf]

Angle grinder:D:D:D

[miniboo]

yeah what he said lol

have a look in the projects section and you will see a few pics of what it looks like after the seat squab and bins have been removed.

also dont forget that the seatbelt mounting points are in the rear bins, so you will need harnesses after removing them if you dont already

[Big_Adam]

plasma cutters are always good.

[Sprocket]

eh he said door bins there for five or six screws, rear seat is four, two from the boot on the underside of the parcel shelf and two between the set back and base from the passenger compartment

Edited by Mini Sprocket, 23 July 2006 - 07:08 PM.

[miniboo]

but he said his interior is already stripped

[clubminiflip]

thanks miniboo, your on the same page, 'obvious' really, the seat squab & rear bins i want to remove, How!!! cheers, its gonna happen this week!

[Sprocket]

Well because thats not what you said

[clubminiflip]

you new what i meant, :os anyway answers on a postcard if you know!!!

[minivanman]

a door bin is generally fitted to a door, so sprocket was right. don't know what the technical name is for the ones in the back though. anyhow, if you arent fitting harnesses, you will need some way of mounting your belts correctly for the MOT man.

[clubminiflip]

i've sorted that, spoke to the mot man i use, he said untill i get harness's weld a 15cm square patch on the floor & drill an appropriate size hole in it to match the mount from the rear bin, then weld the mount from the rear bin to it, then i can still use the inertia belts, he asured me many times this will be plenty strong enough with continuous weld! top stuff! there is one good reason me to get harness's tho! my seatbelts are brown aaaarrrrhhh!

[Grayedout]

You haven't mentioned it but I hope you are fitting a roll cage to return all the rigidty you are curerntly cutting out of the car ???

[clubminiflip]

yes, full saftey devices front and rear with non-removable diagnal (soz bout the spellin) + some 1" box section down the inner sills!!! & the car is solid as a rock!!! never been welded, the only rust is in the doors, its scratched & dented but very solid, bugger the doors tho! and the shell & subframes has been drenched in waxoil, in the box sections, i've been super effeciant in the rust proofing :oP, i've probobly put most of the weight i'm trying to loose from the shell back in anti-rust-wax, i've used 7.5 litres hehe!!!!

[1984mini25]

As the rear bins are spot welded, you will find it much easer and make a neater job of removing them by using a spot-weld drill bit.

That way you just drill out the spot-welds and it should just pull out, providing you removed all the spot-welds of course.

[clubminiflip]

where are spotweld drill bits available? i could do with a set i think