The Red Thread

[cab93]

Both mounts are stuffed!



I take it the mounts are considered worn, when the gap between the rubber and metal top piece gets to large? I have replaced mine, yet there is already a gap of approximately 5mm. Would you know if this means some other part is faulty?

Love your plastic mount covers very rare! Should you come across one or two spares, I would be happy to purchase.

The dash looks brilliant, well worth the effort!

Michael

[Spyda]

Both mounts are stuffed!

I take it the mounts are considered worn, when the gap between the rubber and metal top piece gets to large? I have replaced mine, yet there is already a gap of approximately 5mm. Would you know if this means some other part is faulty?

Love your plastic mount covers very rare! Should you come across one or two spares, I would be happy to purchase.

The dash looks brilliant, well worth the effort!

Michael

I thought it was to do with cracks and the softness of the rubber?

[roccodingo]

5 mm is quite normal, its when they get to 10 ++ they start transmitting the full load thru to the towers.
These things are only good for around 15000 miles max from what the yanks tell me, Be aware there are several differing brands also, quality will vary.

Note paint cracking around the inner raised section of the body adjacent to the mount , good telltale as well !


I have looked into converting the Mk 2 mounts into a Mk 1 as well, work in progress

Both mounts are stuffed!



I take it the mounts are considered worn, when the gap between the rubber and metal top piece gets to large? I have replaced mine, yet there is already a gap of approximately 5mm. Would you know if this means some other part is faulty?

Love your plastic mount covers very rare! Should you come across one or two spares, I would be happy to purchase.

The dash looks brilliant, well worth the effort!

Michael

[Peter Jones]

Red got new seats today.

These are from an Audi 90 I think. Bit of modification of the MK1 base required to swap the base upholstery over but the back just bolted into place. Even the hinge covers went back in properly. All worked out very neatly.

I swapped the tin base from the Audi seat into the MK 1 base as the cusion was a fair bit deeper than the MK1.

Here's the new hybrid base next to a normal MK1 base (right)



One seat in



The freshly welded and painted hybrid base.



Reattaching the base fabric and cushion.



Both seats in now



A lot firmer and a little higher than the old seats. Very comfy.

Pete

[gldgti]

oh, now that looks nice. could almost be the inside of an audi...

[Mrk_Mickey]

Tis naice, those bolsters even look half decent!

[roccodingo]

So you swapped the base to gain height or the old ones were damaged ??

I have 4 Scirocco 1 seat bases here with the height udjustable mechanism that will slide straigt into a Mk 1 , just need to do what you did and swap the foam and upholstery over .

Still looks impressive result tho Pete.

[Peter Jones]

So you swapped the base to gain height or the old ones were damaged ??

The spacing between the back legs on the later model seats (MK3, cordoba, Audi etc) is different, they're much wider apart. The lever mechanism for the locking pin is on the wrong side of the centre rail too.

I used the MK1 frame because it fits into the rails correctly. I unpicked the tin from the Audi seat and put it into the MK1 base because the late model cushion foam is a different shape on the underneath and doesn't sit right in the MK1 tin. It sort of sits on top of the tin and the sides of the cushion don't get supported properly.

So I suppose in answer to your question, the end result was to actually lower the seat cushion compared to if I had used the MK1 tin.

It's a bit hard to explain unless you see it, hope that makes it clearer.

Those scirocco frames sound like a nice thing.

Pete