REVIEW - Seat Subframes from Benwh555 - Saxperience

MR_N · 9th January 2012, 21:18

Hi all. Quick review from me, don't do many reviews but think these are worth it:

What is it?

Standard and Low subframe's for 106's / Saxo's.

What does it bring to the table?

A good alternative to OMP frames. With a low version available for those taller drivers and those looking for more head room on track cars.

What am i testing it on?

Mk1 Saxo

What do i think of it?

Subframe - Ive bought two frames from Ben and am very impressed. They come drilled, welded and in a matt black colour.
There is a handy eye bolt fixing as well for the center harness bolt. Which is very strong with great welds.
You have to drill the holes to connect your own side mounts but as all sets are different, this is to be expected.
Seat feels stable, strong with no movement once bolted down.
Only problem i had was finding a nut to fit to the eye bolt in the center fixing as its a big bolt with a fine thread. Ended up buying a bolt/plate combo and cutting the bolt off to fit it.
Only reservation i will say is that the low mount is, as it says, low. Very low infact. With a good quality seat and my current wheel / snap off combo it put the wheel right in my eye line. Something that you can get used to but i prefer to be a bit taller anyway.
All in all a very good quality bit of kit.

Packaging - This is how my mounts came:

Well packaged in my opinion.
This is what you get inside:

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Delivery / Turnaround - Probably the most impressed i was, was the delievery and turnaround in which Ben does this.
Remember he makes every mount to order, and is only one person.
Id expect a big company with alot of stock and staff to get things out quickly, but Ben has done this by himself.
I emailed him and sent the cash on a Wednesday evening, he made the mount Thursday and i received another email Friday morning saying it was on its way to me.
Actually got to me quicker than a parcel i ordered at the same time from demon tweeks. Very Impressed!

All in all a very good product that id recommended to anyone who needs a good seat subframe.

More pics of the products courtesy of Ben:
Standard Height:

Low Frame:

Ben's for sale thread:
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=391603

Hope this helps people if thinking of a seat frame.

Sam

Simon^p · 9th January 2012, 21:22

Need to see pics of them fitted

MR_N · 9th January 2012, 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

Need to see pics of them fitted

Im sure ben has some. Not tricking me into showing my car's insides Si

Simon^p · 9th January 2012, 22:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR_N

Im sure ben has some. Not tricking me into showing my car's insides Si

Damn you, you saw through my cunning plan

MR_N · 9th January 2012, 22:10

The winks gave it away. Mate talk to lea or craig if you want to know what im doing. They both know what the plan is

Mathias · 9th January 2012, 23:51

have a drivers side low mount, only thing i found is that unlike weld in rails the frames push the seats further outwards towards the doors, causing an issue clearing my door bars, but should hopefully work around it. other than that spot on!

MR_N · 10th January 2012, 08:12

I noticed this too, however due to the center tunnel shaping it cant be made another way. Nothing too bad

Alanapone^p · 11th January 2012, 14:29

What an excellent idea!

Thanks for the review. I'd been toying with the idea of getting one of these mounts. Will get some money sorted now and be in touch with Ben asap.

Gandi699 · 11th January 2012, 14:32

Good review and I agree with the OP as they are very good quality for what you pay - also he offers to drill them for your type of seat which is kind

MR_N · 12th January 2012, 23:23

Just thought that its good to write up reviews (which ill try to do for more things i buy for the car).
Gives people on the forum an unbiased opinion and gives people like Ben a bit of praise as he does good work.