What do you think of these seat mounts?

So I took the Kirkey out of the car to fix one spot on the floor. What do you think about these seat brackets? Car came to me this way. In the car the seating position is just right for me.

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I don't like that it's up on stilts without triangulation, but I also don't know whether I'm worrying about loads that don't matter because by the time you fold down that tubing you're talking about loads the animal strapped to the seat can't cope with anyhow.

Kinda don't like how differently the left and right angle iron brackets are, and the resulting standoff on the right...

These are off the top of my head observations of a guy with very limited fabrication experience, and no seat mount fab experience. Just thought I'm chime in while waiting for an expert

Is it just me, or does it look like the miter welds and the welds to the bottom runners and flanges were done by very different people?

I'd probably be ok with some gussets running both directions.

As a guy who pretty much has to bolt a race seat to the floor to have helmet room, you either have a tall car, or you are a short motherberkeleyer.

I think you might want some large washers on the bottom side of the seat where the stilts are if you're concerned about the stilts pushing through the seat.

I'd hate them in my car ... it would require a Gurney bubble at the least ... maybe even a roofectomy ... I've only about 1 1/2 - 2 " above my helmet as it is

I'm 5,7. The car in question is an 83 Gti.

Would it be a good idea to change where the stilts are to a bar that goes transversely across the front of the seat?

Looks a little hinkey, but then again, the welds look decent - gusset it. I think I'd change the front mounts and the lower bar that was pieced together crooked.

The bracket looks heavier than the seat.

yeah, first thing that came to my mind was "needs moar gussets". Other than the kinda odd level the brackets end up at (especially the standoff on the left, and the weird angle on the right), I suppose the welding looks ok-ish enough. Id wire wheel/grind off as much rust as I can and rattle bomb it all with some rustoleum for longevity's sake.

If I were going to re-make that setup, Id have the top tubes piercing the uprights, and the "feet" would be more square tubing, being pierced by the uprights, all gusseted. Cut tth top of the box off the feet to access the hardware...but thats me.

+1 for triangulating them.

oldtin wrote: Looks a little hinkey, but then again, the welds look decent - gusset it. I think I'd change the front mounts and the lower bar that was pieced together crooked.

It may be the reason the floor brackets are not even is that the floor is not flat!

The PO may have had to do this so that the seat mount was level in the car. Just sayin.

jimbbski wrote: The PO may have had to do this so that the seat mount was level in the car. Just sayin.

if only the PO were able to get varied lengths of metal tubing, and then cut them to specifically fit the application...Oh well, people also wanted to walk on the moon...thats just hogwash. Now, where did I put my slide rule? The radios on the fritz again, and the boys wanna hear that "Buck Rogers" fellow.

The one-sided adjustable slider would fail before anything else does.

later, matt

Lose the slider and triangulate them front to back AND side-side. The belts will stop you in front impact, the seat brace pokes a hole in your spine w/ a rear impact, and the seat won't do much to stop you when you go sideways into a tire wall or get T-boned.

Woody wrote: The bracket looks heavier than the seat.

Yeah, it feels that way too.