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braad

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18th Apr, 2015 at 03:59:29am

So i want to run a pair of fixed back bucket seats in my mk1 mini. I have a measurement of 1080mm across the B-pillars. I need 400mm seat width for my hips, but obviously need a wing width of less than 550mm.

Sparco sprint V wont fit me, but will fit the car. Australian manufacturer Velo has seats which fit me at the hips (and are damn comfy), but are too wide at the wings.

SO! who runs twin fixed-back bucket seats next to each other? What seats have you got that can run harnesses, are high-backed and aren't recliners?

Im open to any brands, looked through Sparco, Velo, Momo, cant get recaro info yet...




So the two seats. On the left the Velo Milano Standard, and on the right the Velo GPT-2

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18th Apr, 2015 at 06:35:33pm

Ran one marginally behind the other before.

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braad

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20th Apr, 2015 at 04:19:41am

Yeah that option has been put forward before. I dont want to stagger them as i want the drivers seat on a type of slide if possible. Worst case scenario have different points for solid mounting for both me at 6'1" and people a few inches shorter.

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20th Apr, 2015 at 08:04:14am

Get thinner hips

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the design shows a distinct lack of imagination,
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braad

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20th Apr, 2015 at 11:00:22am

Haha yeah i wish... even when i was running 40km a week i was only 6 or 7 kg lighter. Im just heavy set 😔


braad

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16th May, 2015 at 12:41:23am

so a pair of fixed back buckets do fit in a mk1 mini...
The seats are Velo GPT-2, 580mm wide at the wings











you can see how much space there is with the seats... pretty much saved by my long legs requiring the sest being behind the b-pillar


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