Flexso 0 Posted June 17, 2009 Hello all, Quick question. When fitting bucket seats to your corrado you have to source subframes. Has anyone used original corrado subframes? If so im guessing itsa a welding job? Is there any other things I need to worry about whilst fitting them? thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkie 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Even when sourcing Corrado specific subframes more than likely the seats will sit too high, best bet for the correct height is to get the hard fixed mounts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob1234 0 Posted June 25, 2009 I used subframes from an old Polo I got from the scrappy for free. I painted them up satin black, then had some tabs welded on for the 4 side-mount holes on my Corbeau seat, and transferred the seatbelt clip. Looks good I think, but a touch too high for my liking (I'm 6ft, and head is about an inch from the headlining = no helmet use). Not ideal, but cheap and keeps the slide adjustment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flexso 0 Posted June 25, 2009 Yeah i have heard that if you dont use corrado subframes that you end up sitting quite high. I think I will acquire some corrado subframes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkie 0 Posted June 25, 2009 And you will still be too high. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karoliz 0 Posted June 30, 2009 I've used original corrado subframes, but had to modify them a lot - not much left of them :D I've welded few metal stripes on them, to have a place to mount a seat... It's difficult to explain, but I could take some pictures on weekend if you need... On the other hand, I would agree with grey16 - the best is to use hard fixed mounts (but it also requires some fabrication), because otherwise it's difficult to put seat low enought and tight enought ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flexso 0 Posted June 30, 2009 I've used original corrado subframes, but had to modify them a lot - not much left of them :D I've welded few metal stripes on them, to have a place to mount a seat... It's difficult to explain, but I could take some pictures on weekend if you need... On the other hand, I would agree with grey16 - the best is to use hard fixed mounts (but it also requires some fabrication), because otherwise it's difficult to put seat low enought and tight enought ... I would love some pics if you could do. does anyone know where I could source the fixed mount subframes from? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted June 30, 2009 i made up some frames using old corrado ones, trimmed them down then welded 40x40x3 angle along the sides even with full height adjust and it all the way back my head was in the ceiling and i sat way to close to the wheel. this was using a very thin seat that was mounted as deep as possible. I am quite tall but even if you were ave height, a simple botch on the frames wont really do! I got my hard mounts directly from the recaro site, univeral mounts, position on the floor drill through to the bottom, bolt up using spreader plates (just a plate per side to spread the load) and your away :clap: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbeige 0 Posted June 30, 2009 There was a guy who did a wiki article on how to fit TT seats, I'm not sure if that is any help... TT Seat fitment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flexso 0 Posted June 30, 2009 wow, I really feel like i have bit off more than I can chew. Does anyone know of any companies that have made a subframe for the corrado to take bucket seat but still use the runners? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
