Aftermarket seat/subframe Height...

[peester]

hi, If i bought some buckety seats then mounted them using the proper applicated/tailoured, purposely-for-nova, subframes; would the seat sit higher inside the car (closer to the roof) than if i'de have bought universal subframes??
Anyone done both before? I just want the lowest seating possibility really..
Thanks in advance..

[bieransri]

the only way to get them low is to mount side mounts to the floor, tailored frames would be better than universal ones though

[peester]

ide buy the tailoured ones, just worry the seat will sit (lol) too high.. ide rather be bolting to floor if it means itll sit lower, know what i mean..?
Car has dozens of holes in the floor anyway, so previous owner probably used a universal one..
sod knows

[SamD]

i used to have cobra monaco's on the standard subframes in my old car which both sat lower than the cobra subframes and had a longer slide for my lanky legs.

[peester]

^^ oooh.. thats the **** im talkin about.. nice one matey..so universal subframes yeah? they sit lower than the 'cobra-for-nova' tailoured jobbies HMMM?

[Riggy]

dave think he means that he used std nova subframes , gte/gsi style ones on his buckets

thats how my buckets are mounted aswell and seems to sit right for me , std nova seat height lol

[peester]

oh.. see im thick, dont have a clue about this lark..

[Iain]

For the record I tried to fit buckets to poverty spec seat subframes and that was a complete failure. I assume you can only do that with GSi/GTE subframes.

[Nova Full]

i've got Corbeau subframes on my seats which you can alter the height of the seat (think it has about three or four settings) on the lowest setting the seats pretty low

Gaz

[peester]

^^ yeah how much do they cost tho? and do they bolt in to the o.e vauxhall places - those metal girders?? or u had to drill new, clean holes?

[Mazz]

I've used GTE/GSI subframe on mine and they sit at the normal nova height iirc..been a while since they were fitted :)

[peester]

ok,.. so seein as its the cheapest alternative ill go with that.. i was perfectly happy with the height they sat at so..but ill need to buy GTE/GSi frames anyway - aint got none..

[Iain]

yeah how much do they cost tho? and do they bolt in to the o.e vauxhall places - those metal girders?? or u had to drill new, clean holes?

Too much! About ?120. The good thing is you can buy tilting ones (for a few quid more) so you can still access the back. They bolt to the original points/seat mounts so no drilling required. They are good quality and feel sturdy/safe, but it's a bit pricey.

[Mazz]

Your more than welcome to come and have at mine at the weekend dude..

[SamD]

i couldnt honestly tell you which model my frames were from as the car was a bit mix n match, can someone varify that gte/gsi frames are different from other nova frames?

[John]

Dave i bought the proper corbeau subframes for mine, and wish i hadn't, ref "there's lots of holes in the floor pan already" Go with the recaro frames if poss.

[peester]

thanks john, ok.. thats that sorted then. Glad i dont have to buy those pricey subframes then. Winner. Just to find some seats now, lol.