how would you go around to mounting a kirkey alum seat in a car without a rollcage , they sell those botttom mounts , but could you maybe use a corbeau slider to be able to move it back and forth...
how would you go around to mounting a kirkey alum seat in a car without a rollcage , they sell those botttom mounts , but could you maybe use a corbeau slider to be able to move it back and forth...
I use Neon sliders for race seats that I need to be able to move. They latch on both sides, and are designed strong enough to have the seat belt latch attatched to them. There is some cutting to remove the seat brackets for the oem seat. Obviously easy in a Neon
But I've found they can be made to work in lots of stuff. Fabrication and welding skills required. In a competition environment, I add a back brace that is pinned in place after the seat is adjusted.
In the MR2, I used the original seat slider. I welded some cross pieces between the slider rails, then bolted the Kirkey seat to that.
With an aluminum seat, you'll need a seatback brace. If you want to actually move the sliders, your brace will have to be adjustable. That's a moot point if you're just using the sliders as an easier mounting solution.
This is what I came up with -
There are two crossbars welded between the factory sliders. They are made of 1.5 x .125 steel angle with modifications to accommodate the height difference between the two rails. The front of the seat is mounted to the forward cross bar via two bolts passing through the seat bottom. The rear mounts are where I got fancy. I used a couple of adjustable toe compensator links that I ended up with, but that don't fit my car. Made mounts for them on the rear cross bar, and now the angle of the seat is easily adjustable. As a bonus, the whole setup is way more rigid than the old one.
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