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[Diamond Black Geezer]

Otherwise on tipping the seat backwards to free it, it goes all the way, ripping the wires from the plug..

Not as though this happened to me... not at all. Of course not. I didn't do that.

Why you all looking at me that way?!?!? 

[05omegav6]

Me saying nuffink

Removing the sill trim frees up a load of room if feeling nervous... But if you lift the long tab on the front of the plug bracket, then it simply slides off allowing wiggle room for unplugging

Be careful when putting the seat back in that you don't crush the plugs.

[Seth]

Flanged 6mm x 1cm self-tapping bolts will also suffice.

Summat like:



Pack a few washers (or an 8mm nut) between the bolt head and shield to lessen the protrusion into the carpet underlay.
Job done!

 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Hi. Self tappers are by far the easiest and quickest option. My heat shields were held on with a combination of the original nuts and self-tappers. The self-tappers were fitted my my father who was the previous owner. The inevitable rust, however, was about an inch in diameter (self-tappers been on for several years) when I came to flap-wheeling the rust off. It enlarged the hole a fair few mm, too.

I'm not saying self-tappers are wrong, far from it. Downside is they are a vunerable point for rust. Equally the downside to my method is time and effort involved and things like seats etc have to be taken out, unless you want to drill through your carpets! 

[Seth]

I'm not saying self-tappers are wrong, far from it. Downside is they are a vunerable point for rust. Equally the downside to my method is time and effort involved and things like seats etc have to be taken out, unless you want to drill through your carpets! 

Not if you:

Pack a few washers (or an 8mm nut) between the bolt head and shield to lessen the protrusion into the carpet underlay.

Could also fit a penny washer:



against the heatshield

[Diamond Black Geezer]

This is true. Though if there is me and a power tool within feet of each other it's likely that some form of property, delicate item, heirloom, or child will probably get damaged accidentally! 

In any event, in my case I need the carpets up to install the bolt from above and also smear everything with seam sealer.  If you'd seent the amount of rust that had encroached into the floorpan from the self-tappers used previously you'd be buying shares in seam sealer like me!

[omega3000]

I take it the metal to secure to is very thin but thick enough to hold a self tapper tightly  So many options now 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Most of my holes would have been fine to allow a self-tapper, going into decent thick (well, about 1mm) of steel. However as mentioned a couple of posts ago, once I ground off the rust from a previous self-tapper's location, the steel was paper-thin at the hole. In this case a nut 'n' bolt with large washer either side was the perfect, secure solution.