Description: Ginetta G40 Seats
The seat supplied with the GRDC G40 in 2016 is a Ginetta-branded Cobra Monaco. The seats are mounted on a frame and rail with forwards / backwards motion. The seats cannot be adjusted up, down or tilted in situ, but you can remove them to make minor adjustments.
You can replace the seat with a different make, such as the Tillet B6F or Corbeau. I tried both and found the Tillet slightly lower.
Loosening the seat
The seat is held onto the rail / frame with four bolts; one in each corner of the seat. To remove the seat from the rail, remove the 13 mm nuts on the bolts. You will need a special combination of socket bars to access these nuts, including a "wobble" socket / bar and a deep socket.
Removing the seat
After loosening the seat, you won't be able to remove it from the car unless you undo the seat belts at the D bracket that attaches the belts to the floor. This is because the buckle of the five-point harness does not thread through the hole in the Cobra seat (photo below).
With the seat loosened, you can move it aside and undo the belts from the buckles underneath, and then lift the seat out.
Adjusting the rake of the seat from the mounting brackets
In addition to the washer adjustment described above, you can also adjust the rake of the seat by removing the side brackets from the seat and replacing them in a different position of bolt holes.
