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FL 4Motion

very cool. Looks like one kiddy seat and one normal seat tho.

HKYStormFront

nice man!

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wstar

Nice updates

The seats: I assume the 19 lbs is w/o the brackets, right? Any idea on bracket weight?

The trunk itself on mine has been perma-stripped-out for a while now, but I have yet to move forward to the plastics just behind the seats. Will probably be coming up soon though, for the same reason (make it easier/cheaper for a local shop to weld in a 4-pt rollbar setup and attach harnesses, and then probably leave them off).

What about the wimpy stock bar/tube that goes across the rear interior? I'd think with even a 4-pt rollbar in place you've got far more strength than that dinky thing ever offered, may as well kill it right?

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simota1

love the small seat and big seat haha

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SPOHN

That's right they weigh 19lbs without. I'm guessing the brackets and rails weigh about 5lbs. So I'm guessing overall it's about 20lbs in savings per seat over factory (give or take a couple). I put them in today and you can defiantly feel the the difference in weight. I just know my car that well. Probably make up for it when the cage goes in. I also removed the seat belts. They weight about 4lbs.

So far as the rear tube bar I think I'm going to remove that all together. Wasn't really sure if it has a purpose now.

There's a small story behind that but it actually worked in my favor. That why if I have bigger passenger at the track they can ride wihtout me being worried about if they can fit. Instructors too.

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SPOHN

Striped out


Seam Sealer being stripped

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KevinB

Chris,

Do those brackets bolt into the stock seat bolts? Any advantage to using a side mount bracket? Thanks

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SPOHN

Yes they mount in the same holes. You have to buy after market rails and brakets that mount to the floor if you want them to slide forward and all. But if you want to go custom you can have them mounted to the floor which makes them low as possiable. Which I might do one day for these are a little higher than stock. But you can't slide them after you have that done.

The side mounted brakets have to be used with these seats so no real advantage beside being sturdy.

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Mike

Looking good!


The guy that I originally purchased these seats from never specified that they were two different sizes, just advertised them as a pair of XLs.

I got them about a year ago, new and unused and saw the XL label on one underneath the bubble wrap. Apparently, I unwrapped the other one, that wasn't an XL and didn't fit in it, so I sold them to Spohn. Had I just tried the other one! I discovered it when I took the second out of storage a half hour before he picked them up. However, when sitting, my legs go out to the sides, and I don't think I could be comfortable in a seat that holds them straight anyways.

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SPOHN

Thanks for the sale Mike. Dropped the car off at Forged (Forged 2 that is) today for the cage. Can't wait till I see it. Especially after I paint it wrinkle red.

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wstar

What are you doing cage-wise btw? As in, what level of completeness?

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SPOHN

4 point only with the intentions of going full cage in the future.

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wstar

Excellent. I'm going to be restricting myself to 4pt initially as well (once I get around to it in a few weeks). It seems like when you evaluate the net of the situation, >4pt requires the car be track only, arriving on a trailer. Anything with forward bars isn't gonna be safe without a helmet on in any kind of collision.

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sig11

I'm sad I'm just now finding your thread. Good stuff. Love the look of that wing!

I'm just about to try to figure out how to put in the Australian harness bar. I got talked out of a 4pt by my local cage builder... He told me it would make a full cage even more expensive if I wanted to go that way in the future. *shrug* I'm still not sure about my decision... but excited to have the new seats/harnesses!