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Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:49 pm
by Black_Penguin
The seat belt buckle bracket is stopping the rails fitting on my seat, am I doing something wrong or is there a step I'm am missing?
Edit: Car is a NB8A
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:21 pm
by emexv
Yep... you have to cut that little bugger off.
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:28 pm
by Suspense
I got it to fit by filing down the inner side of the captive nuts on the side bracket. Takes a little fiddling but you can make it work.
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:13 am
by Black_Penguin
Ok wasn't sure and wasn't about to attack it with an angle grinder without checking I was missing something simple.
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:48 am
by Apu
I just bent it a little bit.
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:09 am
by Black_Penguin
It's in, only took an angle grinder, vice, two large shifters, power drill, bench grinder, a temper tantrum and more swearing than I'd like to admit to.
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:44 am
by timk
NA rails and an NA seatbelt stalk attached to your left harness mounting point works well in an NB too!
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:26 pm
by deviant
What is the total width of a Sprint V at that point? Something like 50cms?
I am looking at a different seat for my car but I want to keep the NB rails unmodified so need to fit within that seat belt bracket.
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:20 pm
by davekmoore
timk wrote:NA rails and an NA seatbelt stalk attached to your left harness mounting point works well in an NB too!
Do all NA seatbelt stalks receive an NB seatbelt? If so, who would like to sell me a stalk to make swapping the Sprint for the road seat even easier?
Re: Stock rails won't fit on Sparco Sprint V
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:10 pm
by davekmoore
davekmoore wrote:timk wrote:NA rails and an NA seatbelt stalk attached to your left harness mounting point works well in an NB too!
Do all NA seatbelt stalks receive an NB seatbelt? If so, who would like to sell me a stalk to make swapping the Sprint for the road seat even easier?
Strike that, I reckon I can fix the NB receiver directly to the tunnel so I can use the standard belt regardless of which seat is in.