Removing factory seat and installing Tillet B10-tips and tricks

[Totally Average]

Awesome write up, this is what forums are about!

 

[RyanGphoto]

We could always do something like this
A White leather stripe and stitching, then it would not matter if the white was not perfect shade.
We did look at getting the actual Bridge of Weir leather but it’s not a consistent supply. Here one minute gone the next, Therefore it’s hard to sell products on the basis of colours that may go out of stock next week. The tan is easy to match with a standard colour.
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i would personally not want alcantara at all.. The red stitch to be yellow, so now my mind is running and I might have to look into this more.

Thanks for the post.

 

[Steve Tillett]

i would personally not want alcantara at all.. The red stitch to be yellow, so now my mind is running and I might have to look into this more.

Thanks for the post.

We could do them all leather with red stitching. But really we can do what people want within reason.
We don't use Alcantara, Our Dinamica autograde suede material is what Merc and Audi use. I am told it's harder wearing and more colour fast.

 

[kitkat]

So should I get 35, 40 or 50mm bolts ?

 

[Steve Tillett]

So should I get 35, 40 or 50mm bolts ?

With the latest Emira kits we have special 14.9 strength 35 mm long bolts in them, which should be long enough to fit the standard B10 seat and all the required spacers. You need around 10 mm at each point on an XL and 20 mm for a standard size B10 on each mount point.
Longer bolts of 40 or 50 mm are OK in this seat as the holes depth is not limited by the inside skin. Make sure they are 12.9 strength minimum.
Also push the bracket in on the runner as much as you can before doing it up on the runner, as this reduces the spacer requirement if only by a few mm each side.

 

[kitkat]

@Steve Tillett should i prefer using the metal 4mm spacer over a plastic one? The ones that come with the seat, or are they functionally the same?

 

[Steve Tillett]

@Steve Tillett should i prefer using the metal 4mm spacer over a plastic one? The ones that come with the seat, or are they functionally the same?

Aluminium ones are technically better of course. But the cost is much higher than the glass filled nylon and we have never had a problem in 24 years with the Nylon. Just do them up tight to 35 Nm, and they are only to space the seat and bracket, don't put the nylon under the bolt head. I have seen some people do this.

 

[Chriscpm]

The tan looks great.

Just checking on this, but does the airbag still work, or not? The word delete is a concern.

 

[Steve Tillett]

The tan looks great.

Just checking on this, but does the airbag still work, or not? The word delete is a concern.

The side air bag inside the seat are taken out with the OEM seats and are not there at all obviously, but the others should be unaffected. Otherwise if one was faulty you would be left with none going off. With a race orientated seat like a B10 you are locked in a central position and cannot fly sideways out of the seat, which is the reason the ones inside the flat OEM seat exist.