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Offline adams mk2

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bucket seats
« on: 19 March 2011, 18:55 »
how do you fit bucket seats? as i am making a race car  :evil:

Offline tech1889

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #1 on: 19 March 2011, 19:12 »
custom seat brackets.. or expensive ones made for the car
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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #2 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?

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #4 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?????

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #6 on: 19 March 2011, 19:33 »
ahh right, seat might have to wait then  :sad: might just do Polycarbonate windows next  :smiley:

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #7 on: 19 March 2011, 19:47 »
its not hard to do it.. also a welders wouldnt charge much to do that mate..
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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #8 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??

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Re: bucket seats
« Reply #9 on: 19 March 2011, 20:04 »
Horney will be better to answer the weld question as he already done his  :smiley:
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