MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - Seat pre-tensioners! what a nightmare!!!

Bonnie Scotland · Apr 17th, 2008, 02:17 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ARCrawford (original)

[indent]But be careful not to set the car on fire in the process...

Not a bad point, and as the seats were the expensive Recaros

i actually placed asbestos matting around the bolt hole so no sparks fro the tig welder damaged the seats.
Worked a treat, especially with a 17mm hex head on the bolt

Bought a new bolt from BMW, took 2 days, cheap as chips

Apr 17th, 2008, 02:17 PM	#14
Bonnie Scotland Gadget Man Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Montrose, Scotland Local Time: 10:12 AM Posts: 1,961 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ARCrawford (original) [indent]But be careful not to set the car on fire in the process... Not a bad point, and as the seats were the expensive Recaros i actually placed asbestos matting around the bolt hole so no sparks fro the tig welder damaged the seats. Worked a treat, especially with a 17mm hex head on the bolt Bought a new bolt from BMW, took 2 days, cheap as chips