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Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:36 pm
by 2 doors
I THINK ( NOT SURE THOUGH) that if you have manz approvale things change as far as cert is concerned, as its already been recognised as safe by another authority.
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:37 am
by MONTY
was reading thru the regs last night and found that the drivers seat for a unstressed forward facing seat (no seatbelt attatched to the seat) doesn't need to be on rails it must be positioned correctly so the average person can use it cool!!!
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:08 am
by IIIRII
The Thread title
"Seat Mount Fabrication"
The question
has anyone done this or wants to give me a hand to make mine, they have to be made to msnz shedule so i can race
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:55 am
by MONTY
ok went and had a yarn to him today and, he said
i'm not aloud my bias controller in the car damn it , it can be under the car in the engine bay just not in the car damn it
i'm not aloud the hydraulic handbrake without msnz authority card
the seat mounts tho i can remove the old runners and make a new frame up that uses the doubler system to bolt the new frame to the car and then the seats can bolt straight to that no need for rails, but i will put them in for convenience
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:25 pm
by IIIRII
I could have told you about the handbrake and brake bias, but cant see anywhere that you have asked.
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:45 pm
by nzdatman
what ridiculous rules there seem to be out there. Both my rally cars have a bias valve beside the drivers seat, and both have passed WOF no worries.
There's so much bullshit out there, those cert plates are a joke, if you have a FJ20 and decide to swap to an SR20 they would never know as the plate just says DOHC Nissan blah blah. Hell my 1600 cert plate says DOHC and it has an L20b in it and it still gets warrants.
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:42 am
by MONTY
MR IIIRII it says your aloud a bias controller but it has to be lockable is yours
and now that you have your cars sorted is it easy to keep you authority card?
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:49 am
by IIIRII
You pay a fee every year to manz and they issue a new authority card each year, I think this is dumb, as you dont need to get the car recerted every year, once its done , its done.(unless you change something)
I guess its another way Manz make money.
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:09 pm
by datsunboy
I thought you were allowed to have a bias valve if you liked, but only if it was not accessible to the driver
Re: seat mount fabrication
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:03 pm
by Bartman
You also need to have a minimum of two meetings signed off in your logbook to get the card too. Which is gay. You only need to have mechanical/money problems, and you're left unable to det a wof for your car.