i just got some FD seats for free but with no sliders so im gonna put them in my FC i was wondering who has done this and what did it take thanks

 

This question Is coming up as much as NA>TII conversions lately.

Just so you know, It will require alot of fabrication work to mount 3rd gen seats Into your car. You can't simply swap seat rails. The rail mounting locations on the 3rd gen seats are closer together than that of the 2nd gen seats. Good luck.

 

yeah.. ive measured it and they are couple inches closer together sense i got the seats for free i might as well plus i have nothing else to do. ive seen them for sale on teamfc3s but they dont show how they did it

 

My only worry about doing this would be the conversion brackets that you would have to make might bring the seat up to high. Causing headroom clearance issues, especially with a helmet. But if you can find a good metal shop fabricator they might be able to build a bracket that will not do that.

- Dana "Have yet to try this one"

 

i put it in without the rails in because i dont have them yet but it doesnt look like an issue

 

I've installed the 240zx seats in my GXL.

It was fun .....I had to drill new holes in the floor, because they are somewhat narrower than the original seats.

for FD seats I really didn't have a chanse to see them up close...

measure everything before you start drilling

 

good luck!!

 

im bout to do the same thing. havent found any pics yet though. let me know how yours is coming along

 

TII seats are more comfortable and look better in the car.

sell those and buy TII seats.

they also bolt in :P

 

just came up with an idea....get 1/8" rigid metal sheet from home depot...cut it to a square to fit under the FD seat...drill holes in the plate where the mounting holes in the seat...screw the plate to the seat using those holes...then drill holes in the metal sheet where the stock FC rails are to be mounted...mount them to the sheet (at this point the sandwich looks like this...fd seat-metal plate-stock FC rails)...then mount the seat with rails attached to the floor in the stock mounting locations...the time it took me to read this post is how quick I just came up with that...you can even just cut the sheet into a rectangle to the size just to fit where the mounting holes on both sides are...let me know how my idea is

 

im going to home depot this weekend and going to try it out. if it works ill have pics when im done.

 

going to use a card board template first. 1991rx7vert if you finish before me post some pics

 

here are some pics of my mounts. seat is in the car. but i might reverse the mounting postions from front to back. the seat is still little to foward and its moved all the way back. see what happens then. i might remove the cross bars i installed. not sure yet going to play with it some more.



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...wer/zoo049.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...wer/zoo050.jpg


http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...wer/zoo051.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...wer/zoo052.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...wer/zoo053.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...wer/zoo048.jpg

 

OK, you've made a start on the easy side...what's the plan for the passenger seat?

 

That looks like it is the passenger side (note the flattened mount at the bottom of the 2nd to last pic)

 

whats a 240zx?
cross of a 240sx and 240z or 280zx?
just makes me think of the 240sx with the 240z front fenders, hood, etc.
looks nice.

 

it is the passanger seat. ill put some pics of it in the car. tommorow. figure ill play with that one before i tackle the drivers side

 

here the pics from the first mounting points. notice the seat is all the way back its not reclined just pushed back to the first position. and still very foward. notice the gap behind the seat to the cage. not much leg room to the front either.


http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats001.jpg



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats002.jpg



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats003.jpg

 

now these are the pics of the new mounting postion. much more foot space in the front. and much closer to the cage when all the way back. much better and didn't raise the seat much maybe 1/8 inch. maybe little more than that but good all together.



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats011.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats012.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats013.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats010.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats004.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...r/seats008.jpg

 

nice job.

 

I got the FD R1 seats and soon I'll be putting them in my FC this ideas help a lot but I am not able to see the pics. Can one of you send them to my email.

 

I heard they feel weird in an fc, good job though

 

Dang, I didn't realize they were gone.

 

sorry no picts of seat rails, FD seats in a coupe and in a vert

 

those are FD seats?