As my wee rollerskate can generate a fair bit of cornering G’s and holding on isn’t as fun as it might be, I thought I’d start 2026 off by upgrading the std thrones to bucket seats.
I could have drilled the pins out of the tilt hinge but I want to keep the option of using my original seats (for now anyway) so I got a pair of Ricambio’s Front Seat Runner Assemblies for the new chairs. With no references that I could find here or on the web generally, designing the mounts between the seats and runners was surprisingly complex. I made a mock-up in wood which helped get most of the ideas to fruition but the end result looks ridiculously simple so why I took me so much time and effort to get there - I don’t know
. I will tart them up with some satin black but gonna take for test drive first, results tbc.
The seats are “BB1 classic clubman” which come with their own runners, and I’ve found using the Ricambio/Fiat runners to get an approximate position and then using the BB for finer (and a lot easier) adjustment works well in combo. Just sitting in the car though, the seats feel great. But I have an issue with my inertia reel belts as they bind between the seats and pillar, so a sub-project is to follow. Any ideas on that matter gratefully received as it’s not obvious to me atm.
I could have drilled the pins out of the tilt hinge but I want to keep the option of using my original seats (for now anyway) so I got a pair of Ricambio’s Front Seat Runner Assemblies for the new chairs. With no references that I could find here or on the web generally, designing the mounts between the seats and runners was surprisingly complex. I made a mock-up in wood which helped get most of the ideas to fruition but the end result looks ridiculously simple so why I took me so much time and effort to get there - I don’t know
. I will tart them up with some satin black but gonna take for test drive first, results tbc.The seats are “BB1 classic clubman” which come with their own runners, and I’ve found using the Ricambio/Fiat runners to get an approximate position and then using the BB for finer (and a lot easier) adjustment works well in combo. Just sitting in the car though, the seats feel great. But I have an issue with my inertia reel belts as they bind between the seats and pillar, so a sub-project is to follow. Any ideas on that matter gratefully received as it’s not obvious to me atm.
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. I did search here there and everywhere but some how I didn’t find your post 
. I could have saved loads of time but what can you do?! Anyway I’m also very pleased to see you came to the same conclusion! Looks like you’ve gone for a superior all-steel welded setup, looks superb. Mine are 15mm alloy block, 40mm high, 335 Long … I’m curious if your dimensions are exactly the same 
. I used stainless steel bar that I had lying around to bridge across.
I’ve come up with something for the seatbelt dilemma I have between the B pillar and the seat and best of all it’s very simple. It involves turning the seatbelt guide 90°. I did a mockup and it works very smoothly when sat in the front and unreeling the belt. So just ordered a bracket kit from eBay that looks perfect and costs very little. Looking forward now to installing these and trying out seats and belts on the road - once the ice and salt are definitely washed away!
