What seats

Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make it
easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?

Seats from a late model scrapped mini will fit right in without the need for
a seat subframe at extra cost.....


"GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com> wrote

Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make it
easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?

Would Metro seats be any good?


"Barspeed Beta Version 2.0" <baarspeed (AT) tescaale (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Seats from a late model scrapped mini will fit right in without the need
for a seat subframe at extra cost.....


"GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make it
easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?

Metro seats generally need a special subframe to allow them to be
bolted to the Mini's cross-member.

Taffy

Late model Mini seats are based on metro designs but have the Mini base so
can be fitted to any Mini, they can be sourced at most mini specialists
second hand and are cheaper than new sports buckets plus subframes....


"GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com> wrote

Would Metro seats be any good?


"Barspeed Beta Version 2.0" <baarspeed (AT) tescaale (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
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Seats from a late model scrapped mini will fit right in without the need
for a seat subframe at extra cost.....


"GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make
it easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?

Anyone tried Fiat cinquicento sport seats?



"Barspeed Beta Version 2.0" <baarspeed (AT) tescaale (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Late model Mini seats are based on metro designs but have the Mini base so
can be fitted to any Mini, they can be sourced at most mini specialists
second hand and are cheaper than new sports buckets plus subframes....


"GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:44db800e$0$60315$ed2619ec (AT) ptn-nntp-reader03 (DOT) plus.net...
Would Metro seats be any good?


"Barspeed Beta Version 2.0" <baarspeed (AT) tescaale (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:44db7890$1_4 (AT) mk-nntp-2 (DOT) news.uk.tiscali.com...
Seats from a late model scrapped mini will fit right in without the need
for a seat subframe at extra cost.....


"GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:44db7584$0$18502$ed2e19e4 (AT) ptn-nntp-reader04 (DOT) plus.net...
Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make
it easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?

GO wrote:

Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make it
easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?


I'm using half leather seats from a Rover Coupe. I made up some

mountings for the front to bolt the runners to the Mini mounts and
welded some feet on at the rear that bolt through the floor.

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:05:47 +0100, "GO" <Geoff (AT) NOSPAMgeoffowen (DOT) com>
wrote:

Want to replace the standard seat for something more comfortable &
supportive, would like to go for something that tilts & slides to make it
easier for people to get into the back. Any suggestions?

i've got seats from an Alfa

fits fine and very comfortable !!!

On 10 Aug 2006 12:08:26 -0700, "Taffy" <taffy_turner (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Metro seats generally need a special subframe to allow them to be
bolted to the Mini's cross-member.

Taffy

can easily be homemade:

http://drcwww.uvt.nl/~bogaard/test/s...etro-seats.htm

HTH,
Theo van den Bogaard

t.a.j.m.vdnbogaard (AT) uvt (DOT) nl wrote:

On 10 Aug 2006 12:08:26 -0700, "Taffy" <taffy_turner (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Metro seats generally need a special subframe to allow them to be
bolted to the Mini's cross-member.

Taffy

can easily be homemade:

http://drcwww.uvt.nl/~bogaard/test/s...etro-seats.htm

HTH,
Theo van den Bogaard
The Metro seat rails look very similar to my Rover coupé items your

mounting method is quite neat.