painted seat rails anyone?

[joel h]

hi all, has anyone painted there seat rails and frame, if so with what and what was the outcome, or does the paint come off with the adjustment of the seat and look worse than the dirty rails that you start with? any advice would be great thanks
Joel.

[joel h]

sorry spelling mistake their instead of there i cant multitask. i'm still learning to type with one finger.
joel.

[AlanD]

Hi Joel,

if you look on my profile i did mine when i did the seats, you need to take the frame off the seat base, i cleaned them with a wire brush, then wire wool and hamerite smooth silver spray paint, have come up a treat. you need to degrease them too, slide them one way fully, spray, then the other spray, then regrease them when you fit them. oh and dont forget the bolt heads, i did and had to use touch up paint

hope this helps

alan

[joel h]

hi Alan thanks for the reply. i've got the frame off and was thinking doing them black but when the seats are moved back and forward does this movement remove any paint thats visible? if so then silver may be the way to go.
Joel.

[AlanD]

i think you will find they might Joel, as i had silver marks where they had been slid backwards and forwards, but hope fully i'm wrong, you could try it and see how you get on, hopefully someone else will come along who has done this and help you out. you could set the seat then touch up any silver? what do you think

alan

[iani]

I cleaned mine up then used an aerosol aluminium paint, works very well and is what Wards do.

[martin]

Hi Joel,

if you look on my profile i did mine when i did the seats, you need to take the frame off the seat base, i cleaned them with a wire brush, then wire wool and hamerite smooth silver spray paint, have come up a treat. you need to degrease them too, slide them one way fully, spray, then the other spray, then regrease them when you fit them. oh and dont forget the bolt heads, i did and had to use touch up paint

hope this helps

alan

Use stainless bolts ! Martin.

[AlanD]

i never thought of that Mart, now i have the idea, where would i get them from? would look nice and finish them off a lot better

cheers

[joel h]

thanks guys, will try black first as i think this will make the rails less noticeable and blend in with black carpet and seats. if it scratches up to much and looks horrible then silver it is. thanks again for help.
Joel.

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joel

ive just done mine halfords aluminium silver paint for the seat runners, and gloss black for the seat base,i put a wire brush on a drill to remove the rust from both runners and the seat base

dave

[martin]

Hi Alan, if you know the size it's easy, just Google "Stainless Steel Fixings" Martin.

[Marco Polo]

Use stainless bolts ! Martin.

I'ld be reluctant to use stainless bolts to hold the seats to the car body, you really need to use a high tensile bolt in that location.
Cheers Raoul

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Use stainless bolts ! Martin.

martin

you really like a bit of stainless

[AlanD]

i think he got a bit of something going on Dave we dont want to know about!!

[joel h]

all cleaned and painted satin black they look really good in black, will try and get a picture on here so you can see what they are like..
Joel.