Mini Mad
Posted 17 August 2023 - 09:36 AM
Anyone with Alfa seats got any photos of their subframes?
I have Alfa 147 seats and the left and right subframes are entirely different!
Nothing that cant be overcome but a bit annoying knowing that I will have to modify and fabricate differently.
I'm not OCD, Honest!
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 17 August 2023 - 08:46 PM
I have Alfa 147 seats in my kit car and when I got mine the existing Alfa subframes were different, I assume because the bottoms of the seats are slightly different shapes (mine are anyway) but I don't know why.
I removed all of the Alfa stuff and bolted some metal box section directly to the seats - the mounting holes are in the same place on both seats so once I had the box section fixed I could mount them to the floor of the car. Sorry not much help other than suggesting you do away with the existing subframes and start with something else.
Also IIRC the Alfa subframes were quite "tall" so will make the seats sit quite high in the car, assuming you are going to try to somehow bolt these to the mini directly; you might lose a bit of head room (of which there isn't a great deal to start with) so another reason to try to make something a bit "lower-profile"
Stage One Kit Fitted
Posted 22 August 2024 - 02:16 PM
Anyone has these in a Mini? Sparco GT...
They are (according to Sparco) 55cm wide - is that too wide?
https://www.sportsea...Dy_dbOH3H6OMDXh
Learner Driver
Posted 02 January 2025 - 12:43 AM
Anyone has these in a Mini? Sparco GT...
They are (according to Sparco) 55cm wide - is that too wide?
https://www.sportsea...Dy_dbOH3H6OMDXh
Did you ever figure this out? I'm also thinking about Sparco GT seats.
Stage One Kit Fitted
Posted 02 January 2025 - 12:14 PM
Anyone has these in a Mini? Sparco GT...
They are (according to Sparco) 55cm wide - is that too wide?
https://www.sportsea...Dy_dbOH3H6OMDXhDid you ever figure this out? I'm also thinking about Sparco GT seats.
No... sorry. Ended up buying a pair of Honda CRX seats which I have not installed yet - came with custom made Mini subframes though.
Learner Driver
Posted 02 January 2025 - 07:57 PM
In case it helps anyone, Garreth at GSM Performance sent an extremely helpful reply to my inquiry regarding a customer of theirs that used Sparco GT seats in a Classic Mini:
Our customer used Cobra frames:
https://www.sportsea...mini-subframes/
And then created an adaption platform to adjust the bolt location points to the new Sparco points. This would allow them to fit the vehicle nicely as they fit the cockpit space just fine!
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