General Fitting bucket seats.

[marshall936]

Lhd?

 

[beau]

Lhd?

left hand drive

 

[marshall936]

LHD drivers subframe is the way forward!

how does that change the height, its the metal part attached to the base of the car that is higher i reckon. might have been because the stock driver seat had a mechanism underneath to adjust height if needed so the passenger seat was raised slightly to counter this?? just a hunch but its still annoying :bang:

 

[Poondash]

how does that change the height, its the metal part attached to the base of the car that is higher i reckon. might have been because the stock driver seat had a mechanism underneath to adjust height if needed so the passenger seat was raised slightly to counter this?? just a hunch but its still annoying :bang:

correct

i had one in the first punto i eva got but it was scraped with the car once wrote off i didnt realise it was lhd with it being my first punto

 

[Puntoboy]

how does that change the height, its the metal part attached to the base of the car that is higher i reckon. might have been because the stock driver seat had a mechanism underneath to adjust height if needed so the passenger seat was raised slightly to counter this?? just a hunch but its still annoying :bang:

The drivers (Right hand) seat is height adjustable. Hence why the subframe is shorter.

Thus a left hand drive Punto with have the shorter subframe on the left side.

So if you have a RHD and a LHD drivers subframe, you have two short subframes.

 

[marshall936]

I get you now!

can't be arsed to be fair, I can live with it so its ok.

 

[Puntoboy]

Its not a hard job to fix, just finding one thats the problem.

 

[marshall936]

Yeh, you know how bad i am with subframes, don't want to buy another pair that doesn't fit

 

[CinquePunto]

the GT subframes are lower anyway...

 

[Puntoboy]

Only the drivers side.

 

[CinquePunto]

with my GT2 seats, the passenger side is the same height as the drivers at lowest setting

 

[Puntoboy]

Every seat of GT seats I've seen and sold had a shorter drivers subframe to the passenger.

Maybe the previous owner bought a LHD subframe.

 

[CinquePunto]

the passenger side isn't height adjustable though.

I got the seats off puntoboy170 (psc) ...

 

[Puntoboy]

Who knows then.

 

[T.E.D. Jordan]

Is it not possivle to cut say 40mm out of the subframe all the way round and re-weld? or does this interfere with the mechanism?

Jordan

 

[Puntoboy]

That is possible, but a lot of effort really.

 

[T.E.D. Jordan]

That is possible, but a lot of effort really.

Lol is it muc effort to send a subframe up to me for welding if you cant do it yourself, i'll do it for a fiver and cost of postage lol

Jordan

 

[Puntoboy]

Lol fair enough.

I'm gonna pick one up in europe when I drive round there next year.

 

[T.E.D. Jordan]

Lol probably the best option all round - when your there buy a few bravo rear clusters as well coz they'll sell well on here, coz the the rear lights match

Not being funny with you here, but you've kitted a punto so it looks awesome, you'vew got a standard GT engine in it, and your stripping the interior. You want to take it to track days, when you've spent a hell of alot of money on the outside too. So, why kit the outside if its for a track car thats got a completely standard engine? id just dont get the logic but if ive missed something then i do apologise!!!!

Jordan

 

[Puntoboy]

Its not completely standard.

Currently running 160bhp and 185lb/ft.

I am planning to do more work on the engine after the re shell, but that's the priority now. Engine can wait. As for the bumpers, they are easily replaced if damaged. But I don't plan on damaging them

I don't want to go all out power because I don't want to lose the good acceleration I have by adding a huge laggy turbo.

Eventually I might even go 2.0 litre. But that's years off yet.

Thanks for your thoughts though