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Nov 14, 2006 12:47:14 GMT
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I just bought some lovely alfa front sport seats from a dealer in the north and was wondering how easily they would fit?
They are out of a sporty 156 if thats any help
Also i have managed to secure some front calipers from the same vehicle headache or easy fit?
They are going on/in a dolomite it that helps
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Nov 14, 2006 12:51:23 GMT
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I find myself severely wanting a "Smack hand to forehead" smiley (or not smiley).....
Seats, don't know. They might fit. You're going to have to make up some runners though, could be issues with seatbelts or clearance between tunnel and sill. I'm sure you could hack something about.
Calipers, well, you might as well bin them. I doubt they'll fit but as you've not measured 'em you'll not know till you get them . Sierra calipers, as mentioned, are the only tried and tested, guaranteed to fit modified option, besides the Sprintparts kit.
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Last Edit: Nov 14, 2006 12:52:04 GMT by Lewis
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Nov 14, 2006 12:55:28 GMT
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all the other bits i need lewis have arrived, I'm just waiting for the time to fit em, unless you wanna come round and help!
Have you got a fuel sender guage hiding in you nest of bits and bobs?
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Nov 14, 2006 12:57:13 GMT
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Would love to but at Uni at the moment ;D (sigh).......And no, just used my last spare on on the 1500SE, pulled it from the white tank  There's a few usually on eBay, I think they go for about 14  Brand new they're about 30 from Robbers |
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Nov 14, 2006 13:23:38 GMT
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ok so i will stick the calipers onto the bay!
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Nov 14, 2006 13:25:35 GMT
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Well, like I said, you might find they fit! But the Sierra conv. is guaranteed to work with excellent results, probably cost you less to get it all going that way |
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Nov 14, 2006 13:26:43 GMT
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the calipers were free!
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Nov 14, 2006 13:45:40 GMT
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Oh thats all right then  |
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Nov 14, 2006 14:03:03 GMT
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The best Alfa calipers for retro fitting are off an Alfa 75. They are large piston Alloy Brembo affairs, with a removable spacer - so can be chopped between fitting to cars with solid or vented discs.
show me a piccie of the seats - I've a 156. They should have side airbags as well.
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Nov 14, 2006 14:12:05 GMT
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don't get em till next week!
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tigran
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Nov 14, 2006 14:14:40 GMT
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Any callipers can be made to fit with some brackets. But then finding discs with the right pcd/disk thickness is a PIA. But if they were free/cheap you may as well give it a bosh.
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Nov 14, 2006 15:17:10 GMT
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Nov 14, 2006 15:18:44 GMT
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Cats gonna recover them 4 me! *shoots off to john lewis to look at materials*
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Nov 14, 2006 15:24:45 GMT
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*shoots off to john lewis to look at materials*  Har, har, harr [/pirate laugh] |
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Nov 14, 2006 16:15:23 GMT
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The seats can be made to fit - you just gotta make some frames / runners (just adapt the originals). I'd be a bit cautious if they contain side airbags though, as they may have explosives in them! As for the calipers, like tigran sez you can probably make 'em fit with brackets / grinding / whatever, but sourcing the disks will be the problem. You can always bosh them on eBay to fund the project / get tried n tested Sierra calipers! |
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Nov 14, 2006 21:40:15 GMT
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The best Alfa calipers for retro fitting are off an Alfa 75. They are large piston Alloy Brembo affairs, with a removable spacer - so can be chopped between fitting to cars with solid or vented discs. show me a piccie of the seats - I've a 156. They should have side airbags as well. Not all 156 seats have side airbags. I think they came in with the first minor facelift when the front lights were tweaked a bit. Our 99V 156 2.0 TSpark doesn't have seat airbags. As for the calipers - almost anything can be made to fit anything else if you can cut / machine an alloy adaptor plate. Don't think 156 calipers are all that, though - they're generic Fiat parts-bin stuff. |
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Nov 14, 2006 21:57:44 GMT
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One issue you may have with the seats is the width. Just depends how much room you have in your dolly.
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Snoozin
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Nov 15, 2006 20:14:34 GMT
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I fit 145 seats into my Sud without drama at all, they mount from the base, I simply made up a pair of adaptors for each seat, as the seat bolt spacing was narrower than the old ones.... so I made a "C" shaped adaptor with the bottom section longer than the top, out of a piece of 6mm thick box section alloy, boted it all together with HT bolts and away we went!
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Brand new they're about 30 from Robbers 
