i have my roll cage going in on sat, fresh from the sprayers but i think i need to remove the interior to get it in.

How easy is this to do?

 

If you have 2 hands, a pair of eyes, and a phillips screwdriver you can't go wrong

 

havent got eyes mate

How do the rear seats come out? I presume i have to remove the carpet?

 

no you should not need too remobe the carpet if it likes most fords,should be two blots under the base of seat will take tow mins to do,and the upper part of the rear seat should be a couple of bolts two at back the of the seat,easy to see with the boot open.

The front seats should be 10mm bolts which you should be able to undo with a socket,or you might be able to undo them from undernaeth,its normally a piss easy job or it is or a orion or escort so thinking the sapph would be the same Luke

Sure someone will who has taken a sapph interior out will be along shortly

 

Phillips screws to remove the base of the back seat and 10mm bolts to remove the front seats all done from inside the car !

 

where are the screws located for the base of the back seats and never noticed them before? I assume i do have to take ALL seats out to get my cage in?

 

the screws will at the bottom of the back of the seat luke,if the sapph seats fold down you can not miss them

 

Take the front out and the base of the rear out first the screws are under the front lip on two tabs that stick out the screws are horizontal and are facing the base of the front seats you may have to remove the back of the rear seats too depending on where the cage pickup points are if the rear brace goes to the strut tops say bye bye to you're rear seats as they will not be going back in

 

i thought i could force them back in?

 

Hammer and chisel should do it


two phillips screews under at the front of the lower bench, the back then clips out.

There is some torx bolts from the hinges into the back of the seats

the side bolsters, again just unclip ( from memory )

 

the back seats i mean

Cheers for your replys gents

 

For the rear side bolsters - the wheel arches have two metal tabs (front and side) folded over the loops in the bottom of the bolsters.
Once these are undone, the bolsters slide up to unclip.

 

the side bolsters have 10mm nuns on at the top as well as the clip half way up you can get to in the boot, well mine did enyway!

 

cheers gents. Do i have to take the front out to put the cage in as the front half as in pieces. Its only the rear thats one big bit. Could i not get away with moving front seats all the way forward?

 

Try it and find out lol I doubt it tho as they are usually a complete cunt to get in the car !

 

yer mate i found that out trying to move it around my house. .

Just out of interest how did u get yours in? Through the side doors or through the boot space?

 

Front seats will be easy to take out mate, the hassle you'll have messing aroung with the cage if you leave them in you could save time by taking them out before you start. I'd go under the car and spray WD40 or penetrating oil on the bolts that hold the seat in before you try to undo them.

 

front seats i'l have to do at the place where its getting sprayed as im going to fit it on site save transporting the cage and scratching it etc

 

so only the driver seat required then,

worth undoing the bolts on the driver seat and re-tightening them, so you'll know they will come stright out when in the garage. So only a 5 min job.

 

yer 5 mins to get interior out, about 3 hours to get the roll cage in without scratching anything

I got it sprayed frozen white so look quality when in my saph

 

Any pics mate ?

 

not yet mate as its at the sprayers being down now. I'l take loadsa picks of it once it in and i'l take picks of the damage caused in frustration of trying to get it in too