Thanks. I randomly found him on Instagram yesterday too and he uses the same name - ozonehostile.

Great thread, car looks brilliant - how much did you pay for the arch welding? Mine needs the same sadly :-(

Thanks. Yeah, I'm interested to see how it turns out! I've fiddle with them and the old seats but it is certainly outside my skill set.

The guy that is going to fit them does lots of race/track car prep and fabrication. Ive told him what i want to do - make it look like an oem set up and hopefully retain some adjustment but get them sitting lower. Watch this space!

What Recaro`s have you got? Are they out of another car or new/off the shelf?

My welding was about 180 i think...i got a cheaper quote but the guy that did it had better reccomendations.

They came out of a Clio 200 and I got them off ebay for 900-for the pair, on runners. There were cheaper ones but these looked in the best condition and the seller seemed the most genuine.

I think they might just be going in in time because i notices a couple of very small wear patches on the drivers seat at the weekend.

I've got leather Recaros out of a Ford Puma Millenium edition. They are lovely seats but not particularly light. I mocked one of them up in the car to see if they would work using factory bases, pretensioners etc but were no lower than stock, and if I'm going to all that trouble they need to be lower so like you I think I need expert assistance. I've got a leather bench rear that I'll dye to match. Ill also recondition the Rallye interior and keep it for special occasions.

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Random but did you go with a guy called Ross?

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Right.....small depressing update. Got a call from the guy that was fabricating and fitting my seats last week to say that the blood things won't fit - well technically they will fit but will sit around 9cm higher which is next to useless.

So....I have learnt my lesson and am going to buy some seats that I KNOW will fit. I'm selling my Recaro's and with the money looking at either some Corbeau Pro Series or Sparco Evo. Does anyone have any experience with either? They are both about the same money and weight; I like the Corbeau because its British and I like the Sparco because it has a bit of heritage with being used in some Peugeot motorsport cars. I probably need to have a sit in both back to back but there is nowhere near that I can find.

I want them to be comfortable enough for road trips but I don't want them to be heavy - because lets face it the 306 isn't light compared to Clio's etc.

I've also started buying parts for the new beam I am going to order and rubbing down the Billstein dampers I bought with the aim of having it done for Brands Hatch on the 4th of Dec.

Seriously?

With enough time and effort, anything can fit cant it??

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

I've got a good pile of parts collection in the car room (my girlfriends calls it the dining room)

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The Recaro seats sold really quickly and went to a guy in Scotland who was re-trimming them to put in his AMG project car. I decided to go with Sparco Evo's and I'm really happy with the finish on them.

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My wheel has also arrive which is complete porn.

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My Billie's are also slowly coming along in my makeshift spray booth.

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I've also removed my rear seats and belts. The belts took longer than I expected....it was really fiddly getting the side trims off. I also found 2 pens, a 10m Snap On spanner, lots of saw dust and lots of needless amp and sub cabling from the old chav system the guy had in before.

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The rear seats are in great condition and will be in the for sale section soon...I'm sure you will be interested in them Ben!

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I also got around to removing the spare wheel and cage today....which looked like something you would pull out of the Thames.

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I was pleasantly surprised to find the boot floor behind the wheel was in pretty good condition - excuse the close up picture.

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While I was cleaning under the boot carpet I noticed I am missing a couple of these gromits. Does anyone know what the part number is or where I could find some?

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Also, has anyone got any suggestions to what I should used to plug the hole made by removing the space wheel holder nut near the back of the car?

I can imagine in wet weather you could get a fair bit of rubbish spat through it.

So i found out that the bore on the wheels i bought are too small for the 306 hubs which is irritating. So they have gone on ebay and i bought some new direct fit Challenge`s from Speedline direct. I bought them in the Friday afternoonand was surprised to have them delivered by Saturday morning - great service.

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So once i`ve trial fitted them I'll try and pick a colour for them.

Also after Mocinim`s reccomendation i went for a poke around a French car scrap yard near me.

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If i was looking for Clio or 206 bits i would of been sorted!

They did have a few 306s so I got the rear carpet trim grommets I was missing. I took my old spare wheel with me to see if he would dispose of it for me but I ended up swapping it with him and 10 quid for a phase 3 boot...which i was well happy with.

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Its grotty but sound.

I finished painting (2 coats of zinc primer, 4 coats of signal yellow and 3 of lacquer) the first front damper. Altough its not a good colour match it will protect them which was the main goal.

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Much better.

My OMP wheel and boss went on at the weekend. I need a resistor for the airbag light but fitting it was relatively painless.

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I'm really pleased with it. The standard wheels are so ugly but after years of driving it with the old wheel it will take some getting used to. It feels very light and -certainly a placebo- inputs feel quicker.

I've got a track day at Brands on the 4th so i just need to give it a check over and a wash now.

nice looking speedlines , progress looking good , just hope half decent weather for brands

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