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Hell his seat rails weigh more than our seat and rails combined. Then he has to double it! . I hope he's going on the Chike diet plan!
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yeah, yeah, yeah....I'm getting back into the gym tomorrow morning -Bill
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The Eagle Has Landed....
okay, so it's only the Driver's seat
In general, what a PITB...would have been infinitely better if I'd had a drill press (one on order in support of doing the passenger's side ). After posting the last set of pictures it dawned on me that the race seats might be lower than the stock seats. A side-by-side comparison confirmed that the stock seats are ~ 2 inches higher . So, back to work on the mounts - turns out my machinist had some 1" x 2" steel tubing lying around that did the trick.... Two drill bits and one Craftsman 3/8" electric drill that is now almost beaten to death, the driver's seat is all done except for tying the shoulder harnesses back to a point above the rear seat (I'm going to fabricate a reinforced attachment point instead of using the child seat anchor). -Bill (who can now drive his car to get the flexplate replaced )
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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The driver's seat looks awesome installed Bill! Are you doing the installation at the rate of one seat per consumed box of Seagram's classic lime Magaritas?!
Chike
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Quoting Bill from our phone conversation; "Yesh! " LMAOABE!
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Chike,
I wish I could say "yes"....would have made it more enjoyable Note to all considering a seat swap --- make sure to use only Grade 8 fasteners and steel for your load bearing pieces! This is not an area to cut corners, as you don't want the seat coming loose in the event of an accident. -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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Grade 8 on a subaru? What's going on up there in the NE? I think you meant 10.9 or 12.9 metric goodness.
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Good point! The center hole on each rail has a metric thread, the hole at each end is just a through hole. I'm using a 10.9 "metric goodness" bolt in each center hole and a grade 8 nut/bolt at each end as they're easier to get and less expensive. The 4 bolts holding the seat to the SS plate are 12.9 metric bolts. -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker Last edited by SVXRide; 09-05-2006 at 07:57 AM. |
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Great seats Bill !! nice job and welcome to the club
I still need to convert my babies to leather... but I have something more important to blow money on right now
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Nice! What model are they? I see they don't have openings for a lap or "anti-submarine" belt. Did you have as much "fun" as I did installing them? -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker Last edited by SVXRide; 09-05-2006 at 08:04 AM. |
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Hmmm, I dunno what model those are, all that I know is that they are cheap Chinese stuff (I wanted a couple of used Recaros at first, any color but I couldn't find any for sale), so I find those used for like 2 months but still in brand new condition.
What I liked in them is the design and especially the color!. My leather is very dark like UK specs, so the black was matching. As for the Grey suede... well same color as ours?? I don't need harnesses like yours, do you see how my stock harnesses flow with the upper seat design? I had great time installing them, I had to fabricate chassis for them but I ensured they are as light and rigid as possible...
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