SvenDriver Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 "You may need a grown up to help you". I used a plastic seat base from Oxted and about 1Kg of foam mix. You will need: 1. Foam mix 2. A seat base (unused) 3. Plastic gloves 4. A very large polly bag (I used a cheap survival bag from millets) 5. A container to mix stuff in 6. Two disposable plastic beakers to measure liquid 7. A disposable whisk. This foam sticks to EVERYTHING that it touches including you, the bag the garage etc. so all the kit you use to mix the foam should be treated as disposable. How: 1. Place the seat base INSIDE the bag and fit the whole lot in the car. 2. Mix up maybe 1pt of foam mix (1/2pt of each part) 3. Pour into seat base 4. Wait for it to foam for a bit 5. Sit on the bag (it is quite warm) and wiggle pedals occaisonally 6. Wait for the foam to set 7. Repeat until happy. I did this with three lots of mix of various sizes. In the first couple of mixes the foam built up the front of the hump and the sidewalls but left no foam to sit on. In order to have something to sit on I mixed up a third mix of foam and poured it into the seat base and waited a while until it was nice and foamy before sitting in it a little. This gave me a bit of foam under my arse. The seat has put me into a much flatter position in the car with lots more steering wheel clearance plus maybe 1 extra cm of headroom (haven't measured exactly). I think the seat base is almost flat onto the car panelling so doesn't waste any height. The foam seems to bond very well to the seat base. For the first two foam mixes I had the seat in a double bag - a single bin bag around the seat base inside the giant survival bag - just to encourage foam flow a little. The end result is shown in pictures: here here here here here All I need to do now is coat the seat (Duck tape I think for now) and take the car for a drive. Edited by - SvenDriver on 30 Jan 2003 17:12:57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper man Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I have done this lots of times, and the only thing I would do differently from Sven is to place the bag on the base. Trimming can be done by Oxted Trimming, who made mine look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Walker Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Looks like a bowl of tripe to me. Don`t give up the day job SvenDriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 your not a baker by day are you 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenDriver Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 It doesn't need to be pretty. It just needs to hold my arse. I left it unsmoothed and untrimmed. It looks nicer with its covering. I'm not going for any awards.... OBTW - The foam under aforementioned arse is about 2cm - far too thick - so I sense a MkII comming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Rich_Bernie Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Its a lot better than my attempts which were truly disastrous and ended up in the bin. I will try again some time, but with a suitably qualified assistant rather than a reluctant wife whose interest in giving practical help was minimal but found it highly amusing when the bin bag split and sent foam spewing out all over me. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenDriver Posted February 1, 2003 Author Share Posted February 1, 2003 Took seat for a trip around the block. Result was that I needed to contour it a bit with a sharp bendy kitchen knife. Once the seat was carved a bit for more comfort it made the car feel a lot different. Arse stays totally in place and I can feel the car moving around beneath me very nicely thank you. Pilots on damp roads are now so much more predictable. Second 'round the block' drive ended up being 80 miles 😬 😬 😬. Nuf said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver 21 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Svendriver Looking at doing the same, out of interest which size foam kit did you use and who supplied it? Graham Competition Secretary Lydden, Curborough, MIRA, Llandow, Loton Park, Curborough, Aintree...What more can you ask for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Graham I use CFS on www.cfsnet.co.uk I have recently buit a booster cushion for Viv. I'll post some picks over the weekend of the results, which were NOT disapointing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Very useful info "technically speaking", but if your bum looks like that you'd better stay off the beaches 😬 I'm sorry, I've had a long day and as the americans say I need a Butt for my humour 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenDriver Posted February 1, 2003 Author Share Posted February 1, 2003 cfsnet. A 2Kg pack gave me ample with stuff left over. Probably enough to repeat the exercise. Paulo: Shut it! It's all muscle, little fat. I do lots of cycling and kung fu. Both those give a firm butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wag Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 We are getting more information than we need here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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