Well, according to that guy from the website:
Quote:
"If you use harnessâs mounted to the rear seat mounting points in the event of a heavy frontal collision all the crash energy will be imparted downwards on your shoulders by the harnessâs. There;s only one place that energy can go and that;s straight down your spine â If that happens thereâs a very good chance youâll be paralysed for life."
Not sure what he understands by rear seat mounting points but I would assume that they will be similar location to rear belt mounts in the floor? According to him this is incorrect:
And that's pretty much how it would be in the B5 if mounted to lower seatbelt bolts.
Don't have sparco frames pics before mounting them in the car but as you can see here it is very similar at the back
to normal seat mounts. The difference is that you have a small metal plates with welded bolt nut on t it.
You stick it inside the rail and bolt the frame (1st part).
The second part is just mounted to the front like that with the securing pin (on a spring).
I don't like it too much because the pin isn't big enough and the frame moves up and down a bit.
So my plan is to remove the pin and use a bigger bolt which will hold it properly.
I am using sparco sliders at the moment but they are pretty much crap. When you slide the seat back, they don't lock in place.
I have the older sparco pro 2000 seats which are currently mounted to sliders. I will get a set of side mounts when they pop up on ebay cheap and fit the sit straight to the frame (seats are bottom and side mounted).
Sparco frames are pretty much the cheapest ones you can get off the shelf (and they are not cheap at all).
They come in 2 parts and you bolt them together when you mount them to the seat.
There is also a 3rd part which I can't work out how it is supposed to be fitted and don't see why would it be there at all.
They come in left and right side. I think there might have been different seat mount type in older a4's and that's what these are for?
On demontweeks if you look for frames for quattro you won't find them. Need to look for FWD.