ok, we have a little more progress. I've also taken some slightly better photos (which I've resized you'll be pleased to hear) to try and explain some of the battle that lies ahead....
So, firstly here is a shot of a mockup of how the left hand side adjustable seat base sits on the car. Also there is a central plastic section that houses a large number of electrical connections. This sits inbetween the two moving seat bases when all installed.
Here is a shot of the other side of the car, without a seat base. I have highlighted the 4 holes where the base fixes. The front two are absent by default, and I've already used some rivnuts to fil these in (M8) and so they're not a problem. Bolt number 3 (top right) is a standard seat belt fixing from the regular seats, but number four (top left) is just a gaping inch wide hole as you can see. Its not the end of the world, I'm making a metal bar to insert into the hole with a suitable thread through the middle. This will give a nice tight fix within the box section....
These are the hooks that hold the standard seats on, but I wont need them when I convert so I have to remove them. This is d-day, once I cut these off, I *have* to make this work as there is no going back... !!
The hooks (green circle) are fixed to a plate which is essentially rivetted in, so I'm just going to drill out the rivets and they should fall out nicely....
The red circles are where the rollers for the moving rear seats are placed. There are two pairs of rollers per seat, this is a nice easy bolt through and tighten up - phew. The blue circles are some more absent lugs that I need but dont have. These will hold the upper center of the seat, which contains the armrest etc. This section is lower than the boot floor so I cant get behind it as I will hit the fuel tank, so its going to be a couple more rivnuts and screw in a thread that I can then screw on to....
Here is one of the 4 sets of rollers that will fit in the red circles
To sort this properly, and also to gain access to run the wiring looms and new RNS-E Tv Tuner etc I had to remove the LPG tank from the boot, hence the straps hanging in this boot shot. I've also hightlighted location of the rollers and hooks from the boot side. Note also the blatant cut out for the ski hatch, making retrofit a doddle if you so fancied.....
Wiring will be the next big priority, now I'm happy it can all be physically done without too much hassle....
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