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Suzi swift GTI seats into Sierra
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:07 pm
by Nev
Picked up some suzi swift gti seats today to put into my sierra. Ive done a fair bit of searching on the topic which is why i chose these seats as I know they have been done before. But what I want to know is actually how to go about putting the rails on the gti seats and how exactly you redrilled the holes for the rear? mounts. Or is it easier to bolt in the whole seat rail and all to the floor? From a quick measure of the passenger side it looks like the rails are 15" wide (bolt to bolt) on the sierra and 17" on the swift seats so how do you mount them? If anyone has any pics of how they mounted the rails to the gti seats or a description it would be much appreciated. thanks nev
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:43 pm
by just cruizin'
Pm Twisty_toy94 he's got them in his little beasty
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:08 pm
by HRZOOK
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:22 pm
by TWISTY
Mine are just bolted in using RHS...so they don't have any runners...which is fine for me, but the missus can hardly drive it......
The link above seems to have all the good info but....
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:33 am
by Nev
Ok thanks guys that provides a bit more to go on. Anyone seen any pics of the underside of munecitos seats to see how he mounted the rails? Also Twisty, do you know if its road legal to bolt them straight to the floor? Yours is just a trailered car isnt it? thanks
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:52 am
by TWISTY
Nev wrote:Also Twisty, do you know if its road legal to bolt them straight to the floor? Yours is just a trailered car isnt it? thanks
Dunno mate, if you use the stock holes, and its all bolt in I don't see why not......but it was the least of my worries on mine when I was driving it on the road.....there were lots of unapproved and illegal mods on mine...
It got too scary on the road in the end, and is now just a trailered rig.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:21 pm
by Luigi Malone
My wifes car is a 96 swift Gti and the seats are hardly any better than the Sierra originals. IMO.
There are a shipload of really nice seats in the wreckers, they just take a bit of imagination to fit them.
I used Toy MR2 seats, nice and narrow and the drivers seat has all the adjustments.
LM.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:32 pm
by chunkz
wouldnt mind trying to fit falcon seats in...
mmm
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:15 pm
by Gwagensteve
Best of luck Chunks- Falcon seats are a fair bit bigger than sierra seats. tHe other issue is with the floor arrangment on the drivers side - the cross brace means that the runners/mounts have to have a fairly low profile or the seat will be too high.
I have seen a car where the cross brace was entirely removed and the replacement seates were tekscrewed into the floor, but it might be better not to talk about that!
I reckon the swift GTI seats are pretty good, but agree that many wreckers will stock sporty seats pulled from various imports that suilt quite well too.
My soon to be commenced new build is getting a pair if Sparco sprint race seats that I have just removed from my Gwagen. These are a pretty snug fit - the shoulder support only just misses the window glass.
Steve.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:27 pm
by chunkz
just ruin all hope
ah well gli seats are only cheap, so can dick around trying
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:22 am
by chunkz
is it against any ADR laws or anything to take out my passenger seat??
wanna take it out whilsts i try some stuff
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:07 pm
by Nev
yep...reduction in seating capacity and i dont no if you can get it changed to a 1 seater car! even taking your back seats out without getting a mod plate is illegal in QLD.