seat rail dimentions on a mk1

[WABIT]

hey all im looking to buy a racing seat for my mk1

what are the dimentions of the seat rails??

the one on the race seat says : 90cm X 56cm X 55cm

wabit

[Golf Loon]

Look at your seat. It doesnt have conventional rails. To fit a race seat, you need to make up some sort of bracket to fit into the existing seat rails, or drill holes in the floor. Good luck with getting that past rego.

[WABIT]

im only gonna use it for race days
it has nothing to do with the street and rego
not everything that i put on a car has to be roadworthy... and for street and race use... y cant i put a race part in for a race and a street part in for street use?? i didnt intend on rocking up and getting booked for soomething i already know is illegal on the street.. im not dumb
sorry if this offends but i dont have to give an explination of y i am putting a race seat in!

does anyone know the dimentions?? and will the measurements fit the ones i have provided?

wabit

[Golf Loon]

Go take a seat out of your car, or read a haynes manual.
IT DOESNT HAVE CONVENTIONAL RAILS

[Valver.]

This is what most people do -> see the twin box section rails, which rules out ever running a stock seat again:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/03/seatrails_500-1.jpg

Despite what Loon says, there are a few companies that make proper sliding subframes for Mk1 Golfs. Konig is at least one of them, available from TCCA Motorsport in Sydney.

Have fun paying about $3000 to get one seat bolted in, though.

There's a lot more you can do to make your car quicker than buying a race seat anyway :oops:

EDIT: And DON'T drill holes in the floor as it's not strong enough :!:

[Golf Loon]

Here is a purpose built seatbase that you could bolt your race seat to.
A skilled bloke could make one for you, or as ausgolfer says, expect to pay big bucks for one

http://img7.picsplace.to/img7/10/thumbs/seatbase.jpg (http://img7.picsplace.to/img.php?file=img7/10/seatbase.jpg)

[WABIT]

this is the seat

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4622642969&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1

wabit

[Golf Loon]

this is the seat

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4622642969&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1

wabit

And you can make it fit by building a seat base as shown above. It will not bolt straight in.

[Golfwise]

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There's a lot more you can do to make your car quicker than buying a race seat anyway :oops:

Yeah don't use a cabriolet to start with.
Too heavy and too much flexing :roll:

[WABIT]

my cars 1000kg's and i have strengthend my chassis already.. i just need the seat for race rules

i need a seat, extinguisher, and a 4 point harness

wabit

[Golfwise]

If you must fit a race seat I suggest you use a base from an old Passat seat as it sits a lot lower than the golf and have some one fabricate a frame to it to mount you new seat.Not that difficult really.