Taking a corner a while back there was an almight 'twang' and I was suddenly on a bucking bronco ride. Pulled over and the driver seat was very loose. Checked underneath for lost bolts and all was good so rode her back home for investigations. Seat belts are fixed to the car anyway so neither seat nor I were going anywhere.

I'd snapped one of the brackets I'd made to secure the adjusters to the floor plan:
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snapped bracket [/img]

and one of the bottom rails of the seat:
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Snapped seat rail [/img]

On closer inspection of the bracket I'd bent it back against a score mark but didn't notice the start of the crack. New bracket and weldy on seat and now rock solid again.

She does corner might well in the dry (enough to hurt your head and jaw) but I reckon that driver momentum has to be a factor - lettuce and water it is then!

I do love this hobby

It doesn't only happen to kit cars. One of my nephew's friends brought his Fiesta with a step ladder in the back for me to look at. No not to look at the step ladder. The ladder was propping the seat up, it had pulled the front two bolts out of the floor and when you sat in it it pivoted back so you were looking at the roof lining. I welded a couple of plates on and some thick washers underneath as spreaders and told him to lose a couple of stone.

Sorry Paul, but, you can't be a Viento owner unless you are a BFB.

Wow, I've never heard of this happening before......I've often felt too big to be safe, especially at theme parks where the seat locks won't lock in opver my shoulders (everyone else gets the reassuring "click" but the worst I ever felt was in Bangkok, a maniac tuk tuk driver taking me and the girlfriend round at about 45 miles an hour and about 45 degrees whenever he turned to the side that I was sitting on!

I was at the excellent MK open day this w/e and there was a nearly-completed factory-built car there, bespoke built for a 6'7" 22 stone driver. Think of the gyp that'll take when he corners hard !
I'm a sylph-like 16 stone and the factory race seats were tight at the upper back, to a point where they were uncomfortable. However, as I don't fancy any other seat models I've seen, MK have devised a "cunning plan" to brace the seats open 1" on either side whilst hot out of the mould. Heated further with a hairdryer or similar and allowed to cool around the brace should do the trick. It's either that or lettuce (and no Strongbow!!)