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Interior
Apart from finding a seat that is comfortable, it is also worth thinking about how you are going to mount these seats. Some seats come with purpose made brackets and frame work specifically for specific makes of cars (more or less bolt in). Unfortunately this method was not available for the Sparco's, so other methods had to be used. Since it was important (at this stage) not to do anything to the car that could not be reversed, the other normal alternative method of fixing the seat to the car by means of a box section mounting frame welded to the floorplan (ensuring that the side mounts of the seat could then be attached to this) was also out of the question. After a bit of head scratching, it was decided to look at the possibility of using the standard OE sliders.
Deciding to use the standard OE sliders is not that straight forward, as it was accepted that a fair bit of fabrication would need to take place to attach the seats to this. The upside of this, that whilst utilising the standard sliders the existing mounting points could be utilisied, along with the added benefit of adjustability on the slider and a simple bolt in method. Obviously, some weight would have to be retained (in the shape of the OE slider), but the overall benefits seemed positive using this method.
I discussed what I wanted to do with API and subsequently came away with a set of runners from a Classic (as these fit newage mounting points with slight modification) Impreza and some advice on how to go about it.
The next painful step was to start the actual fabrication!
Luckily, one of my friends has a lot of experience in fabrication and more importantly has all the equipment to complete such a task.
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