Engine Mounts - casting new

 

MGF seat conversion and seat heaters

 I found some nice looking leather seats from an MGF.   The green looked like it would suit the Alpine.

I would then follow the process documented in this "seat convertion video" by Oily Puddles on the Sunbeam Alpine YouTube channel

In the meantime I thought it might be good to add seat heaters - just in case.

To dismantle the seats I followed this seat refurb YouTube video.

I had some issues mainly with the front plastic clip (as warned
in the video) in fact I managed to crack it quite badly.

The lip appears to just push over the edge of the seat base but there are several barbs punched out of the steel edge to stop the cover clip from coming away.

Seat back

Seat Base

The orange tool is showing the offending tags in the frame lip

Peel back the sides

The lower cover still had the hog rings

Pull the tie wraps down

cut a hole for the thermostat

And glue the heater to the base

Also fitted the B&G seat lowering kit

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The seat frame is placed onto the foam base.

The cover is easily refitted.

The front clip had broken all the way along so I will need 
to secure the front with some screws or similar.