fitting audi tt front seats
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2work
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Morning Jason,
Thank you very much for stepping in to assist. Im sure there will be members out there who will want a set of these. When this very question was asked some time ago the up take wasn’t enough to put an order together unfortunately.
I’m tied up with other small projects right now but I’d be more than happy for someone else to take this one to fruition. Happy to assist in the background.
The pictures were added at Post #77. Bob @Jellybean created them so he would be the best person to answer any questions you might have. I recall a decision where the seat offset should be which would be a community majority decision. Drop Bob a PM if he doesn’t respond on here to discuss.
Kind regards,
Tom
Jellybean
A2OC Donor
Jason, as Tom says, we have to decide whether to offset to the door side, which my bracket drawings show. The alternative is to offset to the centre console, which would very much simplify the fabricated rear bracket. The rear spacer plate may also need tweaking. Having sold my last 2 kits, destined for Jelly and Smurf, I now need 2 kits. Will try again to see if I can get brackets made to cover both offsets, then play with them on my TT seats in Jelly.
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2work
Well Known Member
Afternoon Bob,
Looks like between your good self and Jason that this could finally get off the ground. Should you wish to commence with a group order just get Jason’s files sent to Cutting Technologies and inform them that you’re part of the A2OC to receive any discounts that they might be able to apply after 3 footrest orders and 1 armrest bracket order.
The list I started in within this thread but as it’s been quite some time it might be worth starting over.
Kind regards,
Tom
Mendes
Member
Is this finally happening?? Whoooo!
2work
Well Known Member
Afternoon,
I think this venture is being taken care of between both @Jellybean and @Jason_e. One of them should be along soon to give an update on whether it’s going ahead or not.
Kind regards,
Tom
A bit quiet on this front at the moment! But I havent forgotten.
I know @Jellybean has a plan to offset the seat inboard this time which may make a nicer bracket.
Jellybean
A2OC Donor
Chivvied my fabricator up this morning. I need 2 sets to put TT seats in Jelly and Passat CC seats in Smurf. Hoping for news towards end of this week.
Exploring the use of angle section to minimise cutting and welding, but remains to be seen how they turn out.
Will report as soon as I get them.
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I believe the welded up flat bar brackets was 5 or 8mm thick so that it could be threaded to hold the seat bolt or bolts at one of the mounting points or more, I've seen seat pull tests in the past simulating an accident were the seat has ripped out of the floor or lifted the floor runner up with the floor.
Yeah, you’d need a fastener In there. Something like a rivnut.
Threaded bar section a rivnut could pull out 70-100+ Kg plus seat weight in a head on at 40- 70 mph = a fair amount of force.
Vehicle Assembly lines have automatic stops on them if the seat or seat belt fixings are not torqued to the correct value.
Any modification to fitting of a non standard seat isn’t certified.
Pullout calcs are about the best we can do here.
2work
Well Known Member
Morning all,
Apart from the possibility of giving insurance companies an excuse not to settle a claim due altering the seat arrangement if not declared, occupant safety is of upmost importance here. Any tests/calculations that can be conducted must be fully exploited. Certainly not here to scaremonger, these are just the personal thoughts that bounce around in my head when contemplating adding non A2 specific items into the A2.
Something to consider regards the offset is the airbag deployment space required and also that some members might have an armrest fitted so getting the offset solved that it suits everyone ahould to be evaluated once an updated customer list has been produced.
Once the CAD files have been created then get in touch with Ash at Cutting Technologies who can give you an idea of how many can be produced at the minimal order fee of £150.
Previous orders with Cut-Tec have shown you can get 27 footrests for this amount using 2mm marine grade stainless steel and 27 armrest brackets using 3mm mild steel, this venture might see the quantity reduced due to the thicker gauge material being used but a simple question to answer once the CAD files have been transmitted to Ash.
Here to help out if need be.
Kind regards,
Tom
Apart from the possibility of giving insurance companies an excuse not to settle a claim due altering the seat arrangement if not declared, occupant safety is of upmost importance here. Any tests/calculations that can be conducted must be fully exploited. Certainly not here to scaremonger, these are just the personal thoughts that bounce around in my head when contemplating adding non A2 specific items into the A2.
Something to consider regards the offset is the airbag deployment space required and also that some members might have an armrest fitted so getting the offset solved that it suits everyone ahould to be evaluated once an updated customer list has been produced.
Once the CAD files have been created then get in touch with Ash at Cutting Technologies who can give you an idea of how many can be produced at the minimal order fee of £150.
Previous orders with Cut-Tec have shown you can get 27 footrests for this amount using 2mm marine grade stainless steel and 27 armrest brackets using 3mm mild steel, this venture might see the quantity reduced due to the thicker gauge material being used but a simple question to answer once the CAD files have been transmitted to Ash.
Here to help out if need be.
Kind regards,
Tom
dj_efk
A2OC Donor
@Birchall 's ad re: TT seats made me look at this again - @Jellybean Bob was there any advance?
Hopefully a job for the weekend, it will test my hacksawing skills & arm
. Check post #77 if I'm correct.
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Morning Bob,Guys, apologies, as seat bracket manufacture hasn't gone to plan.
Soooo here are details of what I fabricated. All from 40 x 8mm steel, as I wanted drilled and tapped brackets rather than using thinner material with nuts.
Note. My seats were offset towards the doors, ie directly over the door side runners, which offsets the seat from the steering wheel. It never bothered me, but I think if offset towards the centre console, then the complex rear bracket would become just a spacer plate and the opposite rear bracket becomes an offset plate.
You will need one off each of the 4 brackets per seat. Just be careful about handing left or right with the fabrications.
Hope this makes sense, but if not, ask away!
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Yesterday I got round to cutting the 40 x 8 mm metal strip into the pieces from your drawings but I have one question from drawing No 2.
The 85 mm long X 40mm has an angled piece cut out but no measurement of how far along the 85mm length.
Can you remember what it is and let me know please?
Thanks Stan.
Parts cut ready for next stages
