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capriguyJohn

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« 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
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Gostlrs

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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 12:16:00 AM »
universal sliders mount perfect..drill to the floor and go...
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« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 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
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2011, 05:23:00 AM »
I am picking up a set of seats this weekend.
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2011, 04:29:00 PM »
Picked them up today, will be working on fabbing a mount.
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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2011, 08:51:00 AM »
Picked up these seat over the weekend.

 

 
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2011, 03:26:00 AM »
Finally got the seats in.

 

 

 
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« Reply #9 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.
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« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2011, 04:06:00 AM »
Here is another set of seats I picked up cheap this past Sunday for another project.

 
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« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2011, 04:44:00 AM »
Good job! What did you use for the mounting brackets?
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« Reply #12 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.
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