Installed: 350Z Seats in my FC
01-11-10, 10:54 PM
#26
Thanks guys!
Yeah, they mount to the stock holes - but it's not like the 350Z rails bolt up. I made brackets that attach to the 350 rails, and bolt to the stock holes.
Yeah, I wanted to document more about what I did, but I had some issues. In reality the way I ended up doing it was plan B... not because it wasn't ideal but because it was a lot more involved. I had more pics of Plan A, but once I decided to change my approach I was having issues with my camera. Turned out to be the batteries not charging... but I digress. lol
Anyway, it is hard to do a real write up on "How to" for things like this as they require so much fiddling and changing. Here's the basic idea though:
The bottom of the seats have rails, and on each end of the rail are the "tabs" that allow the seat to mount to the car. On the Z, these tabs are riveted to the rails, so I drilled out those rivets and removed them completely. This left me with a flat surface and functioning rails. I then made a bracket that bolted to the car in the stock location, but was wide enough that it made up the width difference and bolted to the seat. Kind of hard to visualize I know - but I'll see if I can snap a pic or two.
Wow that is pretty sick man! I was like "Wait am I reading this right?" I must say that they look great! If you could possibly do a write up that would be awesome. Some of the new "venturing out" per modifications should be documented whenever possible. I love my TII seats but on long drives my legs get tired and feel like they have no support. I've noticed w/ seats where you can adjust the angle on the bottom portion of the seats, it makes driving much more relaxed on the freeway when it's a long trip.
I've been in my TII 12 hours one way before and would've killed for something like this! haha. Thanks for sharing also!
I've been in my TII 12 hours one way before and would've killed for something like this! haha. Thanks for sharing also!
Anyway, it is hard to do a real write up on "How to" for things like this as they require so much fiddling and changing. Here's the basic idea though:
The bottom of the seats have rails, and on each end of the rail are the "tabs" that allow the seat to mount to the car. On the Z, these tabs are riveted to the rails, so I drilled out those rivets and removed them completely. This left me with a flat surface and functioning rails. I then made a bracket that bolted to the car in the stock location, but was wide enough that it made up the width difference and bolted to the seat. Kind of hard to visualize I know - but I'll see if I can snap a pic or two.
01-15-10, 02:33 PM
#28
Ok, I've got a couple pics here that might help you understand what I did. The stock 350Z seats attached to the Nissan with these brackets:
The big hole on the right is where they bolted to the floor pan of the Z, and the two smaller holes on the left are where they were riveted to the slider on the seat. I drilled out those rivets to remove this bracket. What I was left with was the 350Z seat and it's stock sliders.
So now what I needed was something that attached to the RX7 in its stock location, and to the sliders on the Z seats.
This is a picture of one of the first mock-up brackets I made, and is basically what the end product looks like. It is the outboard bracket for the driver's side seat.
In this picture it's upside down, but you get the idea. The little "tabs" bent at a 45ish degree angle are where it would bolt to the stock location on the RX7. The flat area is what bolts to the Z seat rails. This piece sits outside the mounting points of the stock seat (both side to side and front and back) because the Z rails are longer than the RX7's, and the rails are set wider apart than those of the RX7.
I hope that makes a bit more sense!
The big hole on the right is where they bolted to the floor pan of the Z, and the two smaller holes on the left are where they were riveted to the slider on the seat. I drilled out those rivets to remove this bracket. What I was left with was the 350Z seat and it's stock sliders.
So now what I needed was something that attached to the RX7 in its stock location, and to the sliders on the Z seats.
This is a picture of one of the first mock-up brackets I made, and is basically what the end product looks like. It is the outboard bracket for the driver's side seat.
In this picture it's upside down, but you get the idea. The little "tabs" bent at a 45ish degree angle are where it would bolt to the stock location on the RX7. The flat area is what bolts to the Z seat rails. This piece sits outside the mounting points of the stock seat (both side to side and front and back) because the Z rails are longer than the RX7's, and the rails are set wider apart than those of the RX7.
I hope that makes a bit more sense!
