It's been another couple of weekends of Car play, so thought I would update,
As some of you already know I have run without the rear seats in the car for the last 5 months, I had been planning to fill the gap left by said rear seats with something sensible to make use of the lovely front seats I'd bought, so plans where set in motion and things discussed, and a plan was hatched,
First things first,.. having no seat and a stripped interior is fun for a while (particularly when you run with no plastics and no door trims etc! but it gets a little boomy particularly if your car isn't that quiet to start with, so a rear seat delete/firewall was in order (No! rear passengers are too heavy!)
C.J. had managed to source some aluminium honeycomb sheet as a base and kindly let me pinch a piece! several cardboard cutouts to check fitment! a jigsaw and a short while later and we had a board, backed with sound deadening pads and material too!
It fits!
Some Carpet was ordered to make the front a little bit more interior friendly and add to the sound deadening effect, + some anti vibration tape added to stop any rubbing noises that might occur with any chassis flex,
Seat delete done!!
After pre ordering this 5 weeks previously to arrive on a specific day! I was very nervous that this next piece of the puzzle would turn up on time or not.. I was unsure! but thankfully it did.
The next day Chris and myself set about pulling what remained of my interior out and cramming the above into the back of the car, surprisingly this went in without having to remove a door! a tourniquet was used on the legs, to squeeze it in, several hours later after some measuring and marking and a spot of sanding /welding and some drilling..
And the cage was in!, harnesses where fitted, and seat delete re-installed!
Next Day I set about completing the remainder of the carpet trimming and plastic re-install + re-paint of the lower crash bar and under seal the bottom of the car.
Results of all our labour!:-
Seatbelts or harnesses available!
I cannot thank C.J. enough for all his help in all this.. I am really happy with the results
