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racing seats
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:12 pm
by Rampage
ok guys so im putting a drivesr racing/sports seat into the patrol 1999 GU and wanting to know how you guys did this! i have a SAAS seat that will fit(miss the pillars and fit between door and tunnel) and what to know what/ how you made your bracketing system!
The GUs have the base and the back of there standard seats seperated and it looks to be a fair bit of modding for it to work well! (might have to get a wrecks seat brackets and cut and shut and test and just swap over once finished)!!
so any help would be good from thoes who have done this or found brackets for any seats?
cheers
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:08 am
by toughnut
I just bought a paratus seat base from ARB. It cost about the same as getting a custom one made and it come with the engineers certificate. I bought the base and the adjuster. Cost about $300.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:25 pm
by Hulksta
Ive got a pair of monza seats in my GQ... would the GU mounts be the same???
I modded and strengthening the factory ones so that the base of the mount sits 25mm lower to suit the seat and when i fit the cage will allow me to engineer it too...
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:34 pm
by j-top paj
toughnut wrote:I just bought a paratus seat base from ARB. It cost about the same as getting a custom one made and it come with the engineers certificate.
id be getting this if i was doing it in mine. its safer
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:17 pm
by Hulksta
j-top paj wrote:toughnut wrote:I just bought a paratus seat base from ARB. It cost about the same as getting a custom one made and it come with the engineers certificate.
id be getting this if i was doing it in mine. its safer
But at $300 a side
it is a great option for those that are not to handy with fab work.
If done properly by getting advice by an engineer im sure there would be no safety issue... In fact if done right is far better as far as strength goes, but that includes upgrading the floor pan which is a weak point too
all up cost me about $10 a side... but as stated this is on a GQ, ive got no idea if the GU is the same.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:58 pm
by Mick.
Hulksta wrote:j-top paj wrote:toughnut wrote:I just bought a paratus seat base from ARB. It cost about the same as getting a custom one made and it come with the engineers certificate.
id be getting this if i was doing it in mine. its safer
But at $300 a side
it is a great option for those that are not to handy with fab work.
If done properly by getting advice by an engineer im sure there would be no safety issue... In fact if done right is far better as far as strength goes, but that includes upgrading the floor pan which is a weak point too
all up cost me about $10 a side... but as stated this is on a GQ, ive got no idea if the GU is the same.
I know the floor pans are different and a GU seat wont fit in a GQ and vise versa. However I don't know exactly how much difference there is.
Cheers Mick.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:20 pm
by toughnut
There is quite a bit of difference between the GU and GQ floor pans. You'd have to modify the whole seat mount. The $300 each side included both the seat base and the adjuster which you can buy seperately for about $150 each. I looked around and unless you can do it yourself. You'll only save about $50 each side. Don't forget that you have to get the engineers certificate, not to mention your consience (spelling) on one of the most important safety points on your vehicle.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:58 pm
by GAS-747
I just got a pair of Monza seats this afternoon.
Can't you just adapt the standard mounts etc to the seats?
I havn't looked at my rails yet but I'd of thought you could just bolt them up...
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:12 pm
by toughnut
I thought the same thing but there aren't any rails that you can unbolt of the nissan seats. The top half of the rails are part of the folded steel of the seat frame and would need to be cut somehow to remove them. This would wreck the seat and you couldn't sell it to get some extra cash. You would then have to manufacture the cut rails to fit the new seat. It would still need to be engineered as well because it has been modified.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:37 am
by Rampage
thanks toughnut and everyone else! i think ill lookinto that toughnut, i was going to fab my own but if there good enough ill get them! as i only need for driver side!
cheeers
also toughnut was your seats put into a gu and did you use a different brand seat with the ARB bases?
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:46 am
by Mick.
GAS-747 wrote:I just got a pair of Monza seats this afternoon.
Can't you just adapt the standard mounts etc to the seats?
I havn't looked at my rails yet but I'd of thought you could just bolt them up...
Yes thats what we did. There wasn't a lot of work at all to make them fit.
Cheers Mick.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:42 am
by toughnut
Rampage wrote:thanks toughnut and everyone else! i think ill lookinto that toughnut, i was going to fab my own but if there good enough ill get them! as i only need for driver side!
cheeers
also toughnut was your seats put into a gu and did you use a different brand seat with the ARB bases?
I did put them into a GU with aftermarket race seats on top. I had them in my comp truck.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:48 pm
by Rampage
thanx mate! definantly the go by sounds of that! i think ill find a price form the arb guys up north in tassie, unless anyones knows a online stor ei can get them through?
do you have anypictures of the set up in your comp truck toughnut?
cheers
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:01 pm
by toughnut
I used to but my computer died and took them with it.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:27 pm
by Rampage
hey toughnut, can i get the place details in which you got your seat bases form! i got a price from my local arb dealer and came in at a wopping price of approx $450! driver side only!! hrmmm! if your able to pm any info would be greatly appreciated
Cam
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:29 pm
by Rampage
ttt
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:41 pm
by brad-chevlux
Rampage wrote:hey toughnut, can i get the place details in which you got your seat bases form! i got a price from my local arb dealer and came in at a wopping price of approx $450! driver side only!! hrmmm! if your able to pm any info would be greatly appreciated
Cam
i'd almost bet his came from ARB in townsville
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:22 am
by dwaynes
Hulksta wrote:Ive got a pair of monza seats in my GQ... would the GU mounts be the same???
I modded and strengthening the factory ones so that the base of the mount sits 25mm lower to suit the seat and when i fit the cage will allow me to engineer it too...
Hulksta are these the monza rally or the sp12
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:47 pm
by Hulksta
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:44 pm
by dwaynes
yeah thanks saw both of these as well and would prefer the rallies but if the SP12 end up at a resonable price i will end up with them i think.