Legality of changing seats

[camB]

Hi all,

I know 75wagon has posted a "how to" for fitting Recaros to his Galant but I have another question.
Is any seat pretty much ok so long as you use the factory seat and seatbelt anchor points?

Thanks,
Cam

[75wagon]

Pretty sure the rule is, you can't modify the seat rails without an engineers cert. So I take that as no adding metal and welding, but drilling a hole to take a new bolt (in a suitable ,location that doesn't remove strength) should be fine.

I'm just about to do that mod again, with these going into my new project wagon.


Here's the pics of the ones in my GC wagon. Factory rails, only modification is 2 more holes in the front of each rail (Recaros take 6 bolts not 4 like the stock seat)






Dave...

[jvflash]

Check out the links on this thread

http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11797

[camB]

For VIC it simply says...

Replacing seats
An Approval Certificate is not required for a replacement seat provided:

• the seat is offered by the manufacturer as an option and is replacing and existing seat
  the original seat mountings are used
  appropriate seat belts are fitted.

An Approval Certificate is required if:

• the replacement seat was not offered by the manufacturer as an option
  the vehicle was manufactured on or after 1 January 1969.

[Scorpma82]

Pretty sure the rule is, you can't modify the seat rails without an engineers cert. So I take that as no adding metal and welding, but drilling a hole to take a new bolt (in a suitable ,location that doesn't remove strength) should be fine.

I'm just about to do that mod again, with these going into my new project wagon.


Here's the pics of the ones in my GC wagon. Factory rails, only modification is 2 more holes in the front of each rail (Recaros take 6 bolts not 4 like the stock seat)






Dave...

Are those seats out of a Honda Prelude????

Nice looking seat except for the elctronic controls on the side