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Old 01-09-2016, 06:34 AM
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In regards to the seat bracket material I can only offer one personal story that will drive my choices when it comes to seat brackets or adapters. A friend of mine was killed in 2004 when the drivers seat brackets ripped away from the floor in a highway-speed accident. From what I know, it was a Chevy cavalier, not modified in any way. He was thrown from the vehicle.

Since that happened, I've always been a bit paranoid about "custom" seat mounting brackets, especially DIY. I would always overbuild this part of your car. But I get that I may be more sensitive to the situation than most.
If the seat belts were bolted to the floor pan bosses how would a broken seat bracket allow a person to be thrown from the car?

Was this a case where the belts were integral to the seats?
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Old 01-09-2016, 07:20 AM
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Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I don't know all the details leading up to the outcome. The seat information is one of the few details the family passed along.
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Old 01-09-2016, 08:43 AM
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Trey, i have the same seats as yours. The dimensions from Recaro really haven't changed much over the years. I went the Wedge route, they were kinda pricey, but super stout, as if you autocross or track, you'll need something beefy.

On your 1/8 to 3/16 question, this is one of those "safety" cases where bigger isn't just better, its also an insurance policy of sorts, its there when you need it.

Wedge is a small company, when i called, they answered from the shop, if you get my drift. They use a german slider (compatible with the Recaro spec iirc) and use their jig to weldd up
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Old 01-09-2016, 11:06 AM
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Thanks Mike. I emailed them this morning. We'll see if they respond. I may try calling them next week too before I start making my own setup. If I do go that route, I hope I can use my current sliders. They look the same as the ones on Wedge's site.
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Here are a couple of pictures of the ones Eric made for my car. I needed them as low as possible, as I'm relatively tall and with a helmet, it's easy to get into the roof of a second gen. These were originally to be used with a Sparco seat, but I ended up with Recaros instead... Maybe they will give you some ideas:





We did cut out and shorten the hump right under the seat near the front to allow them to get that low, and the spacers in the rear were required to allow the sliders height to move...
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Old 01-09-2016, 02:25 PM
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I appreciate it Bryan. Does that bracket first bolt to the seat and then to the floor? That was one area I was concerned about using a bracket like that.
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I pretty much has the same exact seats and i know my mounts are identical. I have the fronts at the bottom setting and the rears at the second setting and still using my seat pans. Mine came with mounts already for a older camaro. The rear bar that connects the seat i mounted directly the seat pan by drilling a hole where i wanted the seat positioned and then added tabs the the front.

My seat brackets look like this
http://static.speedwaymotors.com/rs/...L_1563e04f.jpg

I removed the tabs where it would normally mount and did just like i said above. Im 6'2 and i have plenty of head room, and leg room.
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I appreciate it Bryan. Does that bracket first bolt to the seat and then to the floor? That was one area I was concerned about using a bracket like that.
I need to look to confirm, but I'm pretty certain that yes, we bolted it to the seat first. Then using the sliders, we move the seat forward or backward to access the bolts into the floor. We used the original mounting points in the floor as the attachment points.

I should have more pictures somewhere but I would have to dig for them...
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