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Title: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 18:55

how do you fit bucket seats? as i am making a race car  :evil:

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: tech1889 on 19 March 2011, 19:12

custom seat brackets.. or expensive ones made for the car

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 19:15

think you can buy brakets from demon-tweeks and not to expensive, but were do the atche to the floor?

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: Horney on 19 March 2011, 19:24

You need to weld two bars across the floor after taking out the original runners and then bolt the seat brackets to these. The seats then ount on the brackets with the side mounts.

Nick

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 19:28

ahhh thort i might have to do that, at collage were making a racing porsche and it already had a racaro racing seat in, but the brackets were just bolted threw the floor, couldnt i just do that?????

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: Horney on 19 March 2011, 19:29

Yeah you can but you should weld in some spreader plates as the floor will just tear in an accident and the seat will come loose.

Nick

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 19:33

ahh right, seat might have to wait then  :sad: might just do Polycarbonate windows next  :smiley:

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: tech1889 on 19 March 2011, 19:47

its not hard to do it.. also a welders wouldnt charge much to do that mate..

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 19:52

ok might take it to collage, wot steel will i need?? and will a 90 amp welder be powerfull enough??

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: tech1889 on 19 March 2011, 20:04

Horney will be better to answer the weld question as he already done his  :smiley:

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 20:10

who's horney???

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: Horney on 19 March 2011, 20:24

Me!

And er mine ain't welded. Mine's mounted to an old seat frame so I can use the sliders as my old man drives it too and he's shorter than me.

Nick

Title: Re: bucket seats
Post by: adams mk2 on 19 March 2011, 20:30

ahh, will a 90 amp welder be good enough to weld some bars to the floor? what steel will i need???