installing racing seats
03-20-05, 06:56 PM
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installing racing seats
Has someone done this before(im sure they have). I bought some mazdaspeed racing seats, Im looking for instructions on how to install theses. They came with the universal sliders. Will these just bolt on to the existing base? diagrams or pics would be nice. Thanx
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03-20-05, 07:37 PM
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You bought knock offs or genuine Mazdaspeed?? If knock offs came with brackets and are universal, you may need to modify it to bolt it down to the base. Usually genuines does not come with sliders/brackets since it's made for a specific car.
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Info about ebay knockoffs and how to mount them: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...highlight=ebay
03-21-05, 12:12 AM
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The ebay Mazdaspeed knock off's would require custom brackets, to use the stock mounting holes and/or stock sliders.
Get a couple of 2"x 3/16" (or thicker) steel bars, mount the stock sliders to those, then mount the seat to the steel bars. Pretty straight forward... shouldn't take more than an hour to make.
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Get a couple of 2"x 3/16" (or thicker) steel bars, mount the stock sliders to those, then mount the seat to the steel bars. Pretty straight forward... shouldn't take more than an hour to make.
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03-21-05, 06:05 AM
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Thanx Icemark and everyone else. Sounds pretty easy. Theyre really nice and comfortable, i bought them from a guy that works at x3 racing in Calif. They cost me 138 plus 150 for shipping took about 5 days to get to Vermont. I have a oic but i dont remeber how to post pics, havent been on here since fall. I store my car in the winter here to keep it in mint condition.
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here is a bunch of pics of how I mounted a sparco onto my honda, its very simple.
http://homepage.mac.com/owen_the_soy...toAlbum14.html
Ive recently done the same in my '87 Sport and it was easy enough, but the holes had to be countersunk (recessed) so that the bolt heads didnt interfere with the other parts. to make sure it was strong enough, I used thicker barstock since I had to recess the bolt heads. if you use all steel parts then you can weld onto the stock sliders and not worry about the recess for the bolt heads, it would even get the seat lower if you used a sidemounting type of bracket instead of bottom mounting like I did.
*the dimensions on that page's blueprint are for a honda civic seat setup,m do not copy those measurements for the FC setup, its longer IIRC and the bolt holes need to be in different spots to use some of the factory slider's bolts...
http://homepage.mac.com/owen_the_soy...toAlbum14.html
Ive recently done the same in my '87 Sport and it was easy enough, but the holes had to be countersunk (recessed) so that the bolt heads didnt interfere with the other parts. to make sure it was strong enough, I used thicker barstock since I had to recess the bolt heads. if you use all steel parts then you can weld onto the stock sliders and not worry about the recess for the bolt heads, it would even get the seat lower if you used a sidemounting type of bracket instead of bottom mounting like I did.
*the dimensions on that page's blueprint are for a honda civic seat setup,m do not copy those measurements for the FC setup, its longer IIRC and the bolt holes need to be in different spots to use some of the factory slider's bolts...
03-21-05, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gerbraldy
Can't you just remove the oem sliders and brackets and bolt them to the new seat?
the base mounts are even different between recaro vs. sparco vs. corbeau vs. bride...
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Originally Posted by DoriSPL
Nice, but I like these ones more:
03-22-05, 01:12 PM
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hey guys good news, guess what............ These are true mazdaspeed seats. I just went to my storage for measurements and you know what the bolt holes are the exact to the OEM sliders(no modifications). This is great i can wait til i get them in!! peace!! Again thanx for the help.
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03-22-05, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jgrts20
hey guys good news, guess what............ These are true mazdaspeed seats. I just went to my storage for measurements and you know what the bolt holes are the exact to the OEM sliders(no modifications). This is great i can wait til i get them in!! peace!! Again thanx for the help.
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03-26-05, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jgrts20
Ok guys, here the measurements for the brackets, but one problem where do i find aluminum bars?
03-31-05, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jgrts20
ok, i have the drivers side seat in. Now how the hell do you get the pasenger seat in, one side is set higher in OEM design.
