Lowered Floors help!

[Rickyrjb]

Hi all,

Considering lowering the floor pans on my Westfield to gain more leg room, anyone done these and have any pointers ??

Thanks
Rich

[greenwoo]

couldnt you just raise the steering column by a couple of inches?

Never thought about that for my car - as there's triangulation running across the footwells - but thinking about it, guess it wouldnt be that tricky if those weren't there?
Presumably a question of making a cradle between chassis rail and tunnel and then skinning under those new cross supports?

[DJ.]

Before you go to all trouble of lowered floors, is it possible to lower the seat, change to a composite shell seat or even remove the seat and mould one yourself?

I'm a tight fit in my Caterham, and I found fitting the optional Tillet seat as far back as the bulkhead got me just enough space.

[Matth93]

On the caterhams I believe it’s just a different ally floor panel which is just riveted on but I may be wrong

[Rickyrjb]

couldnt you just raise the steering column by a couple of inches?

Never thought about that for my car - as there's triangulation running across the footwells - but thinking about it, guess it wouldnt be that tricky if those weren't there?
Presumably a question of making a cradle between chassis rail and tunnel and then skinning under those new cross supports?

On a Westfield its just a flat ali panel, so would just be a case of making a tray and riviting it in... sounds simple.

Raising the steering column would help but my knees are also really tight with the dash.

But thanks for the imput

[Rickyrjb]

Before you go to all trouble of lowered floors, is it possible to lower the seat, change to a composite shell seat or even remove the seat and mould one yourself?

I'm a tight fit in my Caterham, and I found fitting the optional Tillet seat as far back as the bulkhead got me just enough space.

I checked the seat tonight and its 70mm inc runners (30mm) So would changing the seat make this any lower? Are Tillet seats not $$$$$$

[greenwoo]

as a starter, could you take the runners off?

[DJ.]

Tillets are rather expensive (but I have glass fibre ones that you don't have to sell an organ to buy unlike the carbon/kevlar ones), but there are quite a few similar style seats that look good in other kits I have seen.

If you take the seat out and sit in the floor and you're still tight for knee room then you definitely need a lowered floor.

If you have plenty of room without the seat, there are other options. Chris on here made a seat from expanding foam

[Rickyrjb]

If you have plenty of room without the seat, there are other options. Chris on here made a seat from expanding foam

I have removed the seat and sat on a 20mm foat sheet and the difference is night and day.. So thats above 50mm lower than the current seat position..

Problem being, 1xSheet of aluminium and some workshop time = cheap
vs 2x new seats = many more dollar!

Money is something that a Sole trader is short of right now

[DJ.]

I have removed the seat and sat on a 20mm foat sheet and the difference is night and day.. So thats above 50mm lower than the current seat position..

Problem being, 1xSheet of aluminium and some workshop time = cheap
vs 2x new seats = many more dollar!

Money is something that a Sole trader is short of right now

Good point