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Postby jakesae101 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:55 am

ive editited the title as its a bit more on topic with the rest of the thread
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Postby Distrb » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:55 pm

for steel just pop down to your local engineering firm or if they cant help, see steel and tube in seaview.
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Postby neo » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:06 pm

For panel steel and sheet, go visit Ki Ora Metals in Newtown.

Unfotuntaly your lengths wouldnt be off cuts, and thus will need to pay normal price.

The other place I use is metalman? - yellow building across the road from Dicksmiths on Vivian Street.

Remember to get 3mm side wall in your tube :)

From memory the 5mm alloy racetech brackets I had to get to mount my new 4009 series seat were around the 300 mark :(
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Postby Mr Revhead » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:41 pm

i think you mean metalwerks on vivian
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Postby jakesae101 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:42 pm

i just flaked out on making some (tad short on time at the moment) and got the nzkw ones they say they meet msnz spec it has the 3mm steel side brackets and sliders that lock on both side so should be legit
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Postby flygt4 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:32 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:i think you mean metalwerks on vivian
i'v been there. good ppl


they are good. had to visit them for work when i needed a high tensile steel bar in a hurry, sorted me out quickly, was cheap too.
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Postby Leon » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:23 pm

neo wrote:For panel steel and sheet, go visit Ki Ora Metals in Newtown.


Just don't get them to build anything for you

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Postby Boosted_162 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:29 pm

My genuine Bride sliders were cheaper than that :? :?
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Postby mr2low » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:10 pm

metal construction is who we use through workwe sometime get them to remake disabled grab rails that we get from china lol, Rob is the man :D
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Postby TRD Man » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:14 am

I've got a sliding seat bracket for racing bucket seat into AE101 in the shed. For a few pennies it could be yours.
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:27 pm

TRD Man wrote:I've got a sliding seat bracket for racing bucket seat into AE101 in the shed. For a few pennies it could be yours.


How close would that be to an ae92 Trueno?
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Postby TRD Man » Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:54 pm

I've got no idea.
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Postby fangsport » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:27 am

~SlideWays~ wrote:
TRD Man wrote:I've got a sliding seat bracket for racing bucket seat into AE101 in the shed. For a few pennies it could be yours.


How close would that be to an ae92 Trueno?
i have AE92 seats in my AE101, but unsure if anything was swapped during fitment.
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Postby jakesae101 » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:35 pm

well got the nzkw brackets today and fitted them hit a slight snag i cant mount them fixed because my knees are in such a way as they hit the steering wheel so i thaught hmm ill fit the slider all good but same issue its ether far enough back where my legs clear the wheel but its so far back that its not really safe but when my seat is forward legs hit the steering wheel the seats are actually mounted lower than the factory any ideas was thinking of a new steering wheel as the factory one is rather large
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:56 pm

new steering wheel, and get a spacer made to bring it closer to you
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Postby Boosted_162 » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:07 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:new steering wheel, and get a spacer made to bring it closer to you


Those quick release kits bring them heaps closer to you, normally really uncomfortable tho as they bring it quite a bit forward. Sounds ideal for you tho.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:35 pm

yeah depends how u like it
i like a close wheel, but legs stretched out a bit
near impossible to get in a jap car
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Postby jakesae101 » Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:57 pm

sounds like a new steering wheel is the go i didnt think those quick release kits we street legal that would be a rather good anti theft too get in to steel ahh no steering wheel to drive away with lol
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Postby jakesae101 » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:36 am

bit of an update seats are in have a deep dish steering wheel and normal bosskit while its a bit better because the wheel is smaller it would be nice to have the wheel a bit closer as the legs only just fit around it are those quick release boss kit add ons legal for road use ???? i think it would give me that extra length or does anyone know where to get a longer bosskit
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Postby Lloyd » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:38 pm

Out of curiosity, what were the questions even asked in this thread? I'm assuming the first post has been removed or any/all useful information?
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