Making my defender seats tilt.

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Making my defender seats tilt.

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When I installed Mazda RX8 seats in my defender I always intended to make them tilt so as to make it easy to get to the fuses, relays and battery hidden beneath. I never did until now, during this lockdown I have found enough time after work to actually get it done!
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@tavitlertritsumpun7160 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Love to see these types of DIY videos. Stay safe Garry.

@malcey12 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant jub Gary.

@patricksmiley6075 4 жыл бұрын

Stay healthy and stay safe!

@duaneaubuchon9453 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job sir!!!

@swdweeb 4 жыл бұрын

Good to see you'll be right at home in any of my cars ;-)

@garyhuston 4 жыл бұрын

You mean the one you STILL haven’t got running! 😉😉

@swdweeb 4 жыл бұрын

@@garyhuston well yeah, that one too. I hate you 😀😀

@garyhuston 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@alexturner4403 4 жыл бұрын

Good video gary 👍 I know this isnt a horseshoing vidoe but just a question do you vidoe everytime you shoe a horse or just when your planning to make a horse shoeing vidoe

@garyhuston 4 жыл бұрын

Only video once in a while when I can be bothered and conditions are right.

@paul1962uk 4 жыл бұрын

How about the same brackets at the front of the seats but using clevis pins to anchor them, would make raising them even easier.

@billybobjoe198 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking up some ideas too. The problem is stability and rigidity. I thought maybe add a bolt with a hand screw to your idea to put load on the pin so the seat won't have any play. 87-95 wrangler passenger seats have two spring loaded hooks that grab onto a bar to let the seat swing forward for passengers getting in the rear and they're stable. So maybe stability isn't as difficult to get as I'm thinking it is.

@garyhuston 4 жыл бұрын

I did consider replacing the front bolts with threaded pins with a hole through for an R clip but wasn’t sure they wouldn’t rattle.

@jonathanbent1673 3 жыл бұрын

Hi gary, amazing stuff and well executed, can i ask, i assume you made the rail Mount for the seats? looks like a solid job, i'm planning on doing exactly as you did. Appreciate you're probably a busy chap but is theres a chance you can share what size steel you used for the runners? also, i assume you just bolted the front of the rails down? I was considering a quick release latch but am unsure if any are man enough. Any info would be hugely appreciated. Bests. Jon

@garyhuston 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jon, if you mail me at gary.huston@me.com I will send you more details and photos, I have made some quick release pins for the front from stainless steel which work pretty well.

@jonathanbent1673 3 жыл бұрын

@@garyhuston i have done just that, thanks again for the video and your help! Keep safe

@cliffwalker3117 4 жыл бұрын

Hi great video I’ve just bought some for my defender have you wired them up if so do you have a diagram or any instructions on what coloured wires go where?

@garyhuston 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t bother with the heated part just the adjustments part. I can’t remember the colours I used but I used the wires from the original heated seats. I think as I recall I just switched the power on and touched wires until everything worked. If you really need to know I can look tomorrow.

@garyhuston 4 жыл бұрын

If you email me I can send you some pictures

@cliffwalker3117 4 жыл бұрын

Hi What is your email

@cliffwalker3117 4 жыл бұрын

Gary Huston would be great if you could

@paulnewton6407 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gary, Did you wire the seats yourself? If you did can you explain how please. I have rx8 seats powered drivers and heated. Airbags removed! Regards Paul

@garyhuston 3 жыл бұрын

I only wired the powered part, I didn’t bother with the heated part. I can’t stand heated seats! I just wired them to the heated seat power so you just hit the heated seat switch , move the seat then switch it off again.