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I realise this has been covered before but I have an alternative bracket in the making. I will post the pics once finished with a how to.

Is that ok?

chris

yes great! i still need to put one of these together before eastern creek in october.

That would be great, i need a fire extinguisher

is this simlar to the one you looked at in my car Chris?

im giong to make one up out of lighter/thinner material

they are simple to make.

Keen to see some pics of your setup

can someone make me one ill pay

someone please make me one too ill also pay can't seem to get time from work to make this
!!

neither + im lazy

I'll see what I can do over the weekend at work

Regie wrote:I'll see what I can do over the weekend at work

Thanks regie

Im assuming it will be bolted to the passenger set rail?

deanb90 wrote:

Regie wrote:I'll see what I can do over the weekend at work

Thanks regie

Im assuming it will be bolted to the passenger set rail?

correct. pretty much a piece of alloy/stainles bar that bolts to the seat mounts.

Yeah I've been working on and off with this during the afternoon.

A couple of notes.
Using 1mm steel bar across the seat and in front of the mounting brackets, means you probably lose 3mm of thread using existing seat bolt. Where could I get longer ones?

The NC front seat mounts are at an angle, maybe 45 deg

There is a hump in the floor on passenger side directly in front of the seat. I have been working on a solution whereby I can have my bracket similar to Regie, but that the passenger seat has some travel.
I did think about it for a while and have come up with something that might work...pics soon. There may be some welding work required for the bracket,,I'll see my local mechanic for that. But no extra holes in the car.

chris

LuckyCat wrote:Using 1mm steel bar across the seat and in front of the mounting brackets, means you probably lose 3mm of thread using existing seat bolt. Where could I get longer ones?

Repco or similar.

I tried a couple of Bunnings this afternoon for the bracket I'm doing but they didn't have bolts with the finer thread (1.25) in the right size, and the guy suggested only automotive places would have it. I walked into Repco next door and picked up a pack straight away.

Suspense wrote:

LuckyCat wrote:Using 1mm steel bar across the seat and in front of the mounting brackets, means you probably lose 3mm of thread using existing seat bolt. Where could I get longer ones?

Repco or similar.

I tried a couple of Bunnings this afternoon for the bracket I'm doing but they didn't have bolts with the finer thread (1.25) in the right size, and the guy suggested only automotive places would have it. I walked into Repco next door and picked up a pack straight away.

OK cool ! There's a Repco down the road. Bunnings fruitless for me also.

cheers
Chris

LuckyCat wrote:Yeah I've been working on and off with this during the afternoon.

A couple of notes.
Using 1mm steel bar across the seat and in front of the mounting brackets, means you probably lose 3mm of thread using existing seat bolt. Where could I get longer ones?

The NC front seat mounts are at an angle, maybe 45 deg

There is a hump in the floor on passenger side directly in front of the seat. I have been working on a solution whereby I can have my bracket similar to Regie, but that the passenger seat has some travel.
I did think about it for a while and have come up with something that might work...pics soon. There may be some welding work required for the bracket,,I'll see my local mechanic for that. But no extra holes in the car.

This is my Evo's Fire Extinguisher mount, these brackets were made by a guy in Sydney and he sold them for $50 each. As you can see they go straight from the seat bolts then contour down the hump which allows the seat to have full travel backwards and forwards.

I'm sure any decent shop could make them or I could ask him if he wants to make some for NC's.

My Mount:

Dan wrote:

LuckyCat wrote:Yeah I've been working on and off with this during the afternoon.

A couple of notes.
Using 1mm steel bar across the seat and in front of the mounting brackets, means you probably lose 3mm of thread using existing seat bolt. Where could I get longer ones?

The NC front seat mounts are at an angle, maybe 45 deg

There is a hump in the floor on passenger side directly in front of the seat. I have been working on a solution whereby I can have my bracket similar to Regie, but that the passenger seat has some travel.
I did think about it for a while and have come up with something that might work...pics soon. There may be some welding work required for the bracket,,I'll see my local mechanic for that. But no extra holes in the car.

This is my Evo's Fire Extinguisher mount, these brackets were made by a guy in Sydney and he sold them for $50 each. As you can see they go straight from the seat bolts then contour down the hump which allows the seat to have full travel backwards and forwards.

I'm sure any decent shop could make them or I could ask him if he wants to make some for NC's.

Dan please ask him ! There should be a few forumites here interested perhaps?

I am still working on my own but my tool skills are limited.

cheers
Chrisw