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Title: Racing seats
Post by: capriguyJohn on September 12, 2011, 09:11:00 PM

so I finally bought a set of 3a racing seats ! Now comes the fun part of installing them, any tips on mounts? Can I use original seat mounts and weld or drill them? Thanks for any advice

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Gostlrs on September 13, 2011, 12:16:00 AM

universal sliders mount perfect..drill to the floor and go...

Title: Racing seats
Post by: capriguyJohn on September 13, 2011, 05:49:00 AM

That's great so I don't need mounts with the sliders like the company I bought them from said

Title: Racing seats
Post by: CapriTypeR on September 13, 2011, 06:19:00 AM

When I installed my racing seats, I couldn't use the "universal" sliders. The capri floor is not flat. You can't just bolt them down and be done with it. I used passenger side stock sliders for both seats, and fabricated a plate to bolt the seats to the sliders.

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Gostlrs on September 15, 2011, 05:48:00 PM

Russ...I just bolted mine down & was done...I drilled them into the ribs that stick up...No issues at all....

I used this style of brackets

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Seat-Universal-Base-Slide-Slider-Kit-Single-locking-NEW-/190513014570?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c5b75e72a (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Seat-Universal-Base-Slide-Slider-Kit-Single-locking-NEW-/190513014570?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c5b75e72a)

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on September 23, 2011, 05:23:00 AM

I am picking up a set of seats this weekend.

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on September 25, 2011, 04:29:00 PM

Picked them up today, will be working on fabbing a mount.

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on September 28, 2011, 08:51:00 AM

Picked up these seat over the weekend.

 (http://www.shoeish.com/uploader/images/seats1.jpg)

 (http://www.shoeish.com/uploader/images/seats2.jpg)

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on October 18, 2011, 03:26:00 AM

Finally got the seats in.

 (http://www.shoeish.com/uploader/images/imag0171.jpg)

 (http://www.shoeish.com/uploader/images/imag0170.jpg)

 (http://www.shoeish.com/uploader/images/imag0169.jpg)

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on October 18, 2011, 03:29:00 AM

I was able to make 2 very effective and very inexpensive mounting brackets that allowed me to use the factory floor mounts and sliders.

Worked out great.

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on October 18, 2011, 04:06:00 AM

Here is another set of seats I picked up cheap this past Sunday for another project.

 (http://www.shoeish.com/uploader/images/imag0168.jpg)

Title: Racing seats
Post by: tonlaw71 on October 18, 2011, 04:44:00 AM

Good job! What did you use for the mounting brackets?

Title: Racing seats
Post by: Snigalfriz on October 18, 2011, 05:28:00 AM

I used different approaches for techniques.

Passenger side:

I used 2" 5/16 bolts and 3/8 x 1/2 x 1 inch steel spacers in place of the old spacers. Bolted that to a 3/16" x 1 1/2 " piece of steel and then bolted the seat to the the steel.

Driver side:

I used 2 -  3/8" x 18" all-thread with 1 1/2" steel spacers around the all-thread.  Welded the spacers to a 3/16" piece of flat steel, and bolted the seat to the steel.

Both were very cheap to build.

I will post pics to better illustrate.