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[panelbeaterpeter]

Evening peeple. I have rover 220 seats to fit in both of my minis, they are uber comfy, seem to be the right dimensions and look great. I've seen them fitted to quite a few minis, anyone got pics or descriptions of how they did it? subframe ideas etc would be gratefully received!

[Globule]

I have no idea about these seats! But any chance of a picture of the base? to see what you have to work with really as will most likely need a custom frame!

[bert998]

I had them in my first mini, super comfy seats at a great price. There was a good guide on mf before it died.

[Spenner]

Ive got them in mine ii have made up two l piece sections for the front and played around and have managed to use the original holes on the cross member to bolt into. I also had to remove the brackets fixed to the slider on the front of the seat used grinder left with the holes to bolt to the l piece. Rear sections are same really bolt to l piece and then bolted through floor works well for me. Hope this is clear enough for you

Spencer

[SimonUK]

I've got these seats in my mini. I found if I swapped them over so that the recline controls were in the middle I was able to mount them much further backwards. For the front I made up some brackets out of some scrap metal and fixed them to the cross member with a bolt going all the way through. The backs are easier with an L 2 shape brackets bolted to the floor.

[panelbeaterpeter]

I've got these seats in my mini. I found if I swapped them over so that the recline controls were in the middle I was able to mount them much further backwards. For the front I made up some brackets out of some scrap metal and fixed them to the cross member with a bolt going all the way through. The backs are easier with an L 2 shape brackets bolted to the floor.

Ah now that's a good idea, I want them as far back as poss, as I'm a bit of a lanky b@stard. I have 2 tomcat seats, and 2 metro Gti seats, the latter look exactly the same, just different material, but the base is less complicated. Globule I'll try and get a pic of the base tomorrow.

Cheers guys!

[panelbeaterpeter]

Here's the pics, they are exactly the same, apart from the base of the tomcat is very bulky and complicated! I'll probably remove the base mechanism and try to source a gti one as they seem to be a straight swap.

Gti Base


Tomcat base