Sunday 27 March 2016

620R Countersunk Seat Fasteners

I always thought that the seat fasteners under the floors seemed like a bit of an 'afterthought' or perhaps, just not a clean solution - jeeze, there are cap head bolts on the underside of the floor... It just doesn't look right... Rant over...

...Well now, there is a solution!  The Caterham 620R seat fastener pack (part number 3FV179A).  Nigel Pugh is building a Superlight Twenty and sent me a picture of these new seat fasteners that have a countersunk washer and bolt - I was dead jealous, so ordered a set immediately!

They arrived yesterday morning however, the 'new' seat runners are not available as a spare part (yet) or Caterham didn't have them as a spare part in stock (I can't remember)...  But... the good news is that the new seat runners (part number 3FV189A) have captive nuts, which means no more fiddling and cursing when trying to get that blasted drivers seat back in - I can't wait for those to come in stock!

Here's the pack of fasteners, and you can see the countersunk anodised washer and bolt - they look very nice, and much more 'finished' that the standard bolts sticking out the bottom of the floor, that's for sure.
Caterham 620R seat fitting pack with countersunk washers and bolts! Part number 3FV179A
Caterham 620R seat fitting pack with countersunk washers and bolts! Part number 3FV179A
Replacing these bolts on the passenger side took less than five minutes, and really cleaned the underside of the car up - I really like them (shame my car has some rubber grommets in some holes that the CC factory incorrectly drilled, due to the 620R seats fitting differently to the standard kevlar Tillets).
New 620R countersunk seat fittings in place (the bulge in front is a rubber grommet - see above)
New 620R countersunk seat fittings in place (the bulge in front is a rubber grommet - see above)
I think they are a direct replacement to all metric seat fittings, look so much better than the standard bolts and have a lower profile so less chance of shearing them off, but at about £25 for the pack some may consider it expensive for the upgrade.

1 comment:

  1. Ok, you had me with the wheels and the tyre rack but I refuse to read a blog on seat fasteners on general principal.

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