DIY How to JCW seats fitting??

[Maaij]

Hi

Anyone got a DIY for fitting JCW seats?

I have got the front and rear seat but no instruction.

Hope anyone can help me.

[MINI-Morgan]

Hope you've got the mounting kit too and then its a really simple bolt onto the original runners, attach the cable and the seat sensor and your good to go. You will need to get the seat airbags disabled or use a resistor to fool the system into thinking they are in place.

Read this thread for some info : http://www.mini2.com/forum/interior-...w+seat+fitting

Sorry cant find the how to that we used but Neil the Hat might be able to point you in the right direction if you PM him.

[Maaij]

Thanks

Some usefull info.

1 thing I still dont know is this thing:



What do I need this thing for?

[Neil the Hat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maaij

Thanks

Some usefull info.

1 thing I still dont know is this thing:



What do I need this thing for?

Those are the seatbelt pretensioner brackets, they fit between your stock mini sliders and the JCW seat subframe.

Here are the official fitting instructions.

As Mini-Morgan says as the JCW seats no longer have an airbag, you have 3 options, get your dealer to stop the monitoring, put a 4ohm resistor in the plug or get the airbag plugs from Minimania.

[Damo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maaij

Thanks

Some usefull info.

1 thing I still dont know is this thing:



What do I need this thing for?

Thats used to attach the seat belt latch which incorporates a pre tensioner...

...attached a how to guide, however I didn't follow it to the letter as there is easier ways to do it.

For a start take the whole original seat out of the car runners and all. (By taking out the 4 long bolts holding the runners onto the car and disconnecting the airbag and pre tensioner wires.

Second thing you should do is assemble the whole sub frame including runners and seat belt pre tensioner unit before attaching the completed sub frame to the seat. It makes it easier to assemble it. However you'll need a friend to help then attach it to the seat.