Recaro Office Chair
23-11-2004, 02:44 PM
#4
I'm about to do one using my old XR3i seat 
Found it lurking in the shed and it's in good nick so I took the subframe off it and plonked it in my room to sit in to play GT3 Then realised it is a really comfortable seat, only problem is it is too low, as it is sitting on the floor.... So, gonna nick an old office chair from work (just your normal height/tilt adjust computer type chair, worth about a fiver) and take the base off it.... To bolt em together looks piss easy.
The car seat has 4 10mm tapped holes in the bottom for the subframe to bolt to. Get a decent square (the right size, plywood is best for strength) and drill 100mm holes in the same pattern as the car seat base. Then just bolt wodden square to underside of seat using 10mm bolts.
To attach the office chair base unit, you need to mark where the mounting holes need to be on the wooden square (now on the underside of your car seat), drill em, then bolt office base unit to wooden square like so;
roflol @ crappy 10sec sketch
Found it lurking in the shed and it's in good nick so I took the subframe off it and plonked it in my room to sit in to play GT3 Then realised it is a really comfortable seat, only problem is it is too low, as it is sitting on the floor.... So, gonna nick an old office chair from work (just your normal height/tilt adjust computer type chair, worth about a fiver) and take the base off it.... To bolt em together looks piss easy.The car seat has 4 10mm tapped holes in the bottom for the subframe to bolt to. Get a decent square (the right size, plywood is best for strength) and drill 100mm holes in the same pattern as the car seat base. Then just bolt wodden square to underside of seat using 10mm bolts.
To attach the office chair base unit, you need to mark where the mounting holes need to be on the wooden square (now on the underside of your car seat), drill em, then bolt office base unit to wooden square like so;
roflol @ crappy 10sec sketch
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23-11-2004, 11:13 PM
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Made mine piece of piss 
The actual recaro itself is a 90 spec item
was brought off rsoc bb (was before passionford exsisted) fir 45 quid...
went ot B+Q and got a 10mm thick bit of MDF for about a fiver!..
then went to Staples and got a kiddy chair (quite small) and use the legs...
Assembled the legs with the middle stalk and the plate on top of the stalk.....cut the MDF so i would have a sqaure piece of it on the top of the stalk!
Then drilled holes in the MDF so it actually would become part of the seat then make sure everything was drilled properly...undone the nuts/bolt and turn the recaro upside down and drilled holes so the recaro would become attached to the MDF..sorted that all out bolted it all together and Volia..........my 58 pound mega comfy PC chair
The actual recaro itself is a 90 spec item
was brought off rsoc bb (was before passionford exsisted) fir 45 quid...went ot B+Q and got a 10mm thick bit of MDF for about a fiver!..
then went to Staples and got a kiddy chair (quite small) and use the legs...
Assembled the legs with the middle stalk and the plate on top of the stalk.....cut the MDF so i would have a sqaure piece of it on the top of the stalk!
Then drilled holes in the MDF so it actually would become part of the seat then make sure everything was drilled properly...undone the nuts/bolt and turn the recaro upside down and drilled holes so the recaro would become attached to the MDF..sorted that all out bolted it all together and Volia..........my 58 pound mega comfy PC chair
24-11-2004, 11:57 AM
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Made my own from a 90 spec recaro - just used some metal plates to bolt the base to then used the standard 10mm bolts to bolt to the chair - easy!
24-11-2004, 01:12 PM
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Just finished mine But mines an XR seat not an RS one
I used 10mm MDF, as it was all I had to hand, and I ain't sure it's gonna be strong enough (flexes quite a lot) so either gonna replace it with a bit of 10/12mm plywood (stronger) or do as Matt said and mod the runners.....
Only problem with the seat is it is a little high - ie: my feet don't touch the ground But that ain't cos I'm small - I'm 6'2" 
it's about 4-5" taller than my leather PC/office chair, but it's for my room to play playstion on anyway
But mines an XR seat not an RS one I used 10mm MDF, as it was all I had to hand, and I ain't sure it's gonna be strong enough (flexes quite a lot) so either gonna replace it with a bit of 10/12mm plywood (stronger) or do as Matt said and mod the runners.....
Only problem with the seat is it is a little high - ie: my feet don't touch the ground
But that ain't cos I'm small - I'm 6'2" it's about 4-5" taller than my leather PC/office chair, but it's for my room to play playstion on anyway
25-11-2004, 06:38 PM
#20
had to take mine apart again 
It was just too high (me feet never touched the floor) and whilst it felt comfortable, after an hour or so in it the backs of my thighs were killing me.... Since I couldn't get it to go any lower I just took it apart and made a little box for it to sit on so it sits 3-4" off the ground. Now it just sits in me room and I sit in it when watching a film or caining the PS2.....
Oh well...... Was a fun project anyway lol
It was just too high (me feet never touched the floor) and whilst it felt comfortable, after an hour or so in it the backs of my thighs were killing me.... Since I couldn't get it to go any lower I just took it apart and made a little box for it to sit on so it sits 3-4" off the ground. Now it just sits in me room and I sit in it when watching a film or caining the PS2.....Oh well...... Was a fun project anyway lol
26-11-2004, 12:20 AM
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Feck off! That was sturdy as houses! Simple, solid construction there.... Just the base I used was a tad high...
Never mind tho, made me a little box unit for it to sit on (again, nicely bolted up and all is sturdy) for it to sit on to raise it off floor level and been sat in it most of the evening playing GT3 Muchos comfortable
Never mind tho, made me a little box unit for it to sit on (again, nicely bolted up and all is sturdy) for it to sit on to raise it off floor level and been sat in it most of the evening playing GT3
Muchos comfortable
26-11-2004, 02:16 AM
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ROFL@the shonky DIY seats with big old bits of rough unpained MDF showing everywhere
"For only 50 quid ive made a chair that people will see and laugh and call me a fucking tool, but il get my revenge, my shonky MDF shenanigans will give them splinters if they sit on it"
Matts looks good, Alans looks good, PeteTs looks good, but ARFOL@Smit n Thrush's
I wouldnt even rather sit on the floor, id rather stand
"For only 50 quid ive made a chair that people will see and laugh and call me a fucking tool, but il get my revenge, my shonky MDF shenanigans will give them splinters if they sit on it"
Matts looks good, Alans looks good, PeteTs looks good, but ARFOL@Smit n Thrush's
I wouldnt even rather sit on the floor, id rather stand
26-11-2004, 10:50 AM
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DEYTUKURJERBS
I hardly ever take the piss on here like that (go search 
nowt like that really for years) but theres countless times when other people have a good try at mercilessly taking the piss out of me, so dont gimme that 
And they usualy almost total strangers who like that with me on here (which is a proper twattish forum warrior thing to do that pisses me right off), Thrush n Smit arnt just random strangers to me, they know im not being nasty
nowt like that really for years) but theres countless times when other people have a good try at mercilessly taking the piss out of me, so dont gimme that And they usualy almost total strangers who like that with me on here (which is a proper twattish forum warrior thing to do that pisses me right off), Thrush n Smit arnt just random strangers to me, they know im not being nasty
26-11-2004, 06:03 PM
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calm down sleeve 
i was taking the piss out of the wanky seat used yeah...............but also the lame but apparantly solid (no shit theres more frame than seat roflol) construction
at least paint the mdf up or summat youth (not that it needs any to start with)
