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| jdeuel87 |
05-26-2003 03:36 PM |
mounting Unique seats
Any input from unique owners on mounting seats...I would prefer to use seat tracks but I think this will put the driver too high in the car...did anyone get more comfort from elevating the front edge of the seat?...Did you mount into the 2 2x4 frame rails or into the thin covering floor plate?? Thanks John
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| poorboy |
05-26-2003 03:50 PM |
John,
You bolt thru the plate. Yes, tilting the seat back helps a lot. The seat track makes the seat to high for me. At track events I take out the seat bottom, helps me feel more in control of the car.
Poorboy
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| Jerry Cowing |
05-26-2003 03:51 PM |
John,
I mounted mine through both the frame and the plate. The inside bolts are through the frame and the outside bolts are through the plate -- it's a heavy plate.
I have the adjustable seat rails only on the driver's side and they only raise the seat about a half inch which isn't too high for my six foot frame. They are not needed on the passenger side since there is no back seat or peddles to reach. Putting a 3/4 inch spacer in front of the seats makes the seats much more comfortable because the seats will be supporting the back of your legs -- the spacer helps both seats.
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| jdeuel87 |
05-27-2003 04:56 AM |
What proceedure did you use for actually bolting in the seats...bolt the tracks to the floor and then bolt the seats to the tracks or vice-versa? Also what hardware did you use? Thanks John
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| Rick Bagley |
05-27-2003 11:27 AM |
I used a steel square tube, 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" for the front of the seat, plus it has a 5/16" teflon spacer under that. On the rear I played around with the position of a 1" square steel spacer until I got the seat about 3/8" off the floor. I didnt want to use the seat bottom on the floor with a spacer up front. This works for me as I am 5' 9". Drilling through the floor pan works fine, you can use some large steel fender washers on the bottom, I used them made out of stainless steel.
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| BB427 |
05-27-2003 01:53 PM |
The back of the seats match the angle of the rear bulkhead when the front of them are raised about 1" to 1.5" . (looks better)
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