Extreme seating...

I worked on seating this evening...

I removed stock slider rails from an old set of stock seats.... carefully cleaned and relubricated them... and installed them on the Corbeu seats I am using in this project...

The first thing I found was that the seats were WAY TOO HIGH... with my helmet on I had <2" clearance to the roof... Im 6'... I have no problem with the Recaros on stock sliders in one of my other cars... ohh well... every seat is different...

The seat mounts had to come out... I wanted something a little tougher than the flimsy stamping the the factory intalled... the original front mounting showed cracks and fatigue around the bolt holes...

The front mount is very tall ~4"... the rear mounts are only about 2.5" tall... this provides an extreme rake back for aftermarket buckets... it is hard to apply pressure to the pedals without forcing your legs into the bolster...

I decided to remove the front stamping entirely... I cut away all of the rear spampings except the rear part attached to the rear siffener strip on the floor... I seam welded the remainder of the rear mounts to the rear stiffener...

I cut 2 4x6" plates to attach the front cross mount to the side of the transmission tunnel and the rocker/floor junction... I used 1.5" square tubing... coped to fit... I mocked it all up several times..

I built in a slight rake back... and I centered the seat better than the original mounting holes did.. this replaces the original seat mounts with a much lower, stronger, better angled, and properly lined up mounting surface...

I drilled 1" holes from the bottom to allow access from underneath to the mounting nuts using a deep well socket... I will use rubber plugs to seal the holes... As a final touch I cross drilled lightening holes everywhere...

I still have to tie the floor into the inside of the rocker with another plate...

The front cross bar will also be tied into the subframe connectors with 2 L-gussets.. I have to mount the connectors and then finalize this part of the seat mount...

hi everybody

even though i put suzuki gti seats in my zed and changed the whole colour

of my interior

But another way of doing it would be

if your runners and seat frame is good

you could go to your upholsterer and could make the seats (foam padding section) to suit your body frame

you could choice the colour and the fabric you wanted could match your seat to the rest of the interior

instead of having to change the whole interior colour

just an idea

robert

.......I am looking for sport seats that are confortable for long hauls. 3 point harness is the plan.

Hi Jay (everyone):

GT SEATING vs. RACE/Competition CAR SEATING:

Important to consider what your primary use or intention is for your seats. As Jay, the duffman and I found - with aging bodies ourselves... we wanted a Grand Touring style seat, that provided more leg, hip and back support on longer trips - without being as restrictive as Racing/Competition Seats are intended to be.

For competition you may need a Racing Seat for a 4 or 5 point harness. For a GT seat, you may prefer an adjustable/removable head restraint... easier to gain access to items in the rear deck, better sound from rear mounted speakers etc. etc. For a competition seat you will find that the high back, built in head restraints are more common and stronger...

Most speciality seat manufacturers (Recaro etc) make several different seats.. narrow to extra wide, Touring to Competition designs... Best if you can actually set in the seat before you buy.

FWIW,

Carl

Here are a coulpe of the "fit" pictures of the fierro seats in the Z-I cropped out most of the seat to concentrate on fit detail. If you want something pictured differently, just let me know.

Will

I have a 72 Z and an 06 Z. The seats in the 350Z are great - power, heated and extremely comfortable. I found a set of leather 350Z seats on e-bay ($500) and installed them in the 72. They are slightly wider than the original seats, but they fit and the difference in comfort is amazing.

I went with the all Aluminum Kirkey Road Race seat. It only weighs 11 lbs, and you can have it custom built to your body like i did, that way it fits like a glove!!! I went ahead and had my seat cover made out of the air knit cloth it is so comfortable!!! plus you can go 3, 4, 5, or 6 point harnesses. I think i'm going six, but to each his own!

d-phlip

What kind of modifications did you do to mount them?

I have a 72 Z and an 06 Z. The seats in the 350Z are great - power, heated and extremely comfortable. I found a set of leather 350Z seats on e-bay ($500) and installed them in the 72. They are slightly wider than the original seats, but they fit and the difference in comfort is amazing.

I put leather, heated, power seats from BMW Z3 in my 71. They are mounted on custom mounts we welded in when we did the floor pan replacement. They look a lot like the stock seats, but work so much better.

d-phlip

What kind of modifications did you do to mount them?

Dave hasn't been on this site in almost 4 years. I wouldn't expect a reply.