Has anybody used the racing seats from O'reily auto? they seem pretty comfy and are very cheap but they dont have any brackets. I was wondering if any of ya'll have modded them in your cars?

 

yes i did

 

Do you have any pics and were they hard to fit?

 

sure

 

1bad, i cant see any roll bar in there, how is your harness bolted down? im curious because i want a harness but i dont really need a roll bar in mine.

 

they look good did you have to make a bracket for them? and thats a good ? 92camaro i want a harness too but i dont want to put a cage in it.

 

they look good because i swapping them lol yes the belt is a 3 point bolted down and yes y made a braket for the it

 

you did have to make a bracket for the seat or did you just bolt it thru the floor? where did you bolt ur harness to?

 

Do you have a model description for those seats?
They are pretty much exactly what I´ve been looking for.

I presume the brackets were not a much bigger deal then having an L profile and drilling some holes in it, then cut down to fit?

 

the model is global servicing FML100, idk how hard they are to install but i know here in alaska they are 170 each and they seem to be pretty comfy

 

I've done a few different sets in thirdgens and I've always found that if you want them to be able to slide(which I do) the best thing is to find a set of old 4th gen non power seats. They mount to the seats flat, so you can just drill new holes in the brackets and bolt them to the new seats. As you probably already know the 4th gen seats and brackets mount to the floor the same way as our factory seats so after the brackets are mounted to the seats they bolt right in.

The problem with using the thirdgen brackets off of your stock seats is that they aren't flat on the seat mounting side and you wouldn't be able to drill new holes or make them work with aftermarket seats easily at all.

The last advantage to the newer seat brackets is that you get a better sliding mechanism than the factory thirdgen seat with all the springs, and wires they use.

Chris

 

iv done a few sets of the 3rd Gen aftermarket seat installs iv always used 2 sets of pasngr side seat rails to get them to bolt up/slide and look like GM installed them. but it takes about 2 hrs to get them set up to bolt in. so the guys over 6" tall can use them. Im 6'4" and have alot of room left over.

they do have a slight arch to them about a 1/2".i make a 1/2" alum spacer you mt front or back how you like.

ill have to check out the 4th gen seat rail now that the yard i get parts from has one with standard seats in it.
always looking for a nice update. i also did post with a full set of pics on this site.

 

nufnuf so your saying to take the brackets from 4th gens and fab them to the aftermarket seat and they will direct bolt in from there? only thing that i would be worried about would be height. i dont want my seat setting up to high bc the seats that i am talking about have universal brackets on them already.

 

most all aftermarket seats have 4 bolt holes in the bottom to bolt rails to.

this is what you will be bolting GM rails to.

look up my old post over a year ago. i talk about seat hight/ and forward and back slide. and how it is set up instlled to work. using GM seat rails.

a full set of pics are with the post. showing stock seats and aftermarket. before and after. with close ups of th rails. will give you some thing to go on

 

If those shoulder straps are mounted to the floor, I hope you never actually USE them in a wreck. Goodbye spine.

The shoulder straps are only supposed to be mounted like 1" to 4" below shoulder height, to a harness bar. Mounted to the floor, the belts can compress the spine in an accident.,

 

how do i find it artic? im kinda nnew to this site.

 

its a show car everything this car has is been by the book i work all my life on cars i think i know how to install a harness belt

 

1bad do you have any pics of your harness install? thanks for your help.

 

yea i dont have a problem hitting the roof because i am only 5'6 lol. but i also dont want my car looking stupid if the seats are up to high or leaning to far forward or back. i want a clean install. ive wanted this car since i was 13 and when i got stationed here in AK i saw it on craigslist and i bought it. all stock minus the wheels and tires with 54,xxx miles.

 

IM 6`0 u should be fine i dont have picks of it any more since mi car is strip rite now im redoing the interior i had mine since i was 15 my first car never left my eyes since then

 

Good for show maybe, but apparently you DON'T know the correct way to install them since they are not "by the book".

I just don't anyone following your mounting method & getting spinal column injuries from doing it your way. Or are you going to contradict Simpson too?

"Anchor shoulder straps at point zero to 10 degrees below the top of the shoulder. Note: Preferred mount is as close to shoulder as possible."

http://simpsonraceproducts.com/safet...ing-positions/

 

first of all have u been inside my car ? as u seen the install? second ur showing a 5,6 point harness have u actually install one if so post u picks of it plain and simple mines is a 3 point by the way and u don't even know wheres the mount point on my car ppl these days getting there nose where does not belong

 

No I haven't seen inside your car. You went off defending your car, instead of saying WHERE & how the shoulder belts are mounted or showing it. Little defensive?

You can't even count. You have a 4 point. 2 shoulder satraps & 2 belt straps = 4 mounting points.

If your shoulder straps are mounted to the floor, you have 2 problems. Besides the already mentioned angle, the mounting points should be mounted in double shear & pulling 180 degrees away, not 90 degrees if they are mounted to the floor.

And my nose DOES belong anywhere it chooses to be. Especially if it prevents anyone from mounting things like shoulder mounts incorrectly.

 

haha funny guy ok mr know it all i have a 3 point u dont know what ur talking about check here http://www.corbeau.com/corbeau/harness_belts/ ill wait for and apology after u check the website u don't even know how many point harness exist

 

i see the 3 pt. that is that i am interested in. where are your bolt in locations?

 

i like the 3 point harness, i have also wondered about how to go about bolting it down, can you explain where you did yours 1BAD? i kno 2 bolts go to the orig existing, but where does the 1 that is behind the seat go?
and another question, where did you get those back seats? they match the fronts perfectly.

 

OK, I'll admit that you have 2 shoulder straps that Y-together into 1 point, making it a 3-pt.

HOWEVER....You will admit, that from the front pic that you posted, those do look like a 4-pt harness, since there is NO WAY to see the rear of the straps or their mounting point.

NOW.....Show us the mounting point. Prove that they are mounted correctly. Yes there is a way to mount that correctly, but your not showing it, which you could easily have done with your very first response, I doubt that they are mounted correctly.

Since the rear seat back is there, they are not attached correctly. I bet your now going to say that it is using quick release clips & is just hanging loose in that pic. If so? Show us it clipped in & mounted.

You sure did get defensive, when you certainly could have shown everything much faster. Of course, question in my mind now is.....Do you REALLY have that 3-pt harness, or just covering your butt? Show us a rear pic in your car. Prove me wrong. PLEASE prove me wrong.

All I ever wanted to do was clear up any misinformation people might read & you got REAL defensive REAL fast.

 

you can see the factry trim installed/and left off for photos





this is a set of pasngr side 3rd gen seat rails on the driver side.. to get seat even lower.


this shot is after all seat parts/ rail covers are installed and rails are shot with semi gloss black. just like GM

 

looks good in there artic, a little bit to much red for me but its a clean set up

 

artic these damn govt. laptops dont allow mw to see the pics posted. i think the army is to cheap to buy good ones lol

 

This shot shows the 5 point nice and neat tucked away.

see how the right side belt is tuckin inside of glove box


will do a update: showing the new swing out side bars that fit the fatry door handles.

 

yea i think when i get home this week im gonna go buy a set of 4th gen seat brackets and atleast one of those seats and see if i can make it work. im so far away from home and am limited on tools for the next 2.5 years im trying to do what i can with what tools i have to work with.

 

this shot shows what it looked like after sitting for 8 years locked up in a box
see dust on the window...lol



all clean and set for the upgrades

 

lmao ur seeing the facts and ur still saying im covering it up lmao ok ...aqua and clean rs they bolt on the back where the bottom of the back seat is u take the back seat clip and and bolt it to it went u buy the harness the give out a sheet where u have mounting options extra bolt and so the back seats where custom made to match the fronts with the logo to

 

that's a sexy tach lol

 

awesome deff gonna invest in those once i get the seats installed. you said u had to make custom brackets for the seat, do you still have like a diagram or anything on how you did it?

 

thanks... came off a nice gal

 

u need to stop beaning mr know it all and saying stuff like u own my car and what i have install on it u came saying blah blah blah and ur harness is mounted wrong i was talking to clean rs, u where saying my info was not wrong i hate ppl that act like they know everything u didnt even know what did i have on it so please keep ur false comment to u self first thing i a car is safety i never had and accident not going to start now . enough said

 

getting ideas for mine haha

 

thats true, know the facts before you start accusing. im pretty sure we all are here about our love of our 3rd gens and the safety of ourselves and others

 

Dude....Post a pic of the back of your harness & its mount. Until then, it'll just look like your covering your ***.

Show it. Prove me wrong. I'm wondering if you can, but doubt it, or you'd have done that already.

Even if you do, is it mounted correctly, or just through a bolt in the floor with a bolt & washer? That isn't correct mounting either.

Come on.....Post some pics. Show how it is mounted correctly.

 

stephen does it really matter? it not like he did it to your car or he is trying to strap you in his car. just drop it. its his mod and he set it up how he wanted to, he isnt naggin at you.

 

Yes, it does really matter.

He linked to a page showing that there is a Y-shape harness that is made. Doesn't mean he really has it though.

Even if he does, he hasn't proven that it is mounted correctly. I would hate to hear about somethings spine getting crushed by mounting it to the floor, then complaining "I've seen pics on TGO showing it mounted this way & he said it was the correct way. Even the manufacturers won't tell you mounting it to the floor is safe, for a shoulder harness. Who is right? The manufacturer? SCCA? NASCAR? Or some guy on TGO?

And really? I don't care what he does to HIS car. I do care about others copying an incorrect mounting method. So should you, if you care about other peoples lives.

 

ur really dumb lmao heres another link do u research heres another link haha http://www.gt4dc.co.uk/info/howto/harness/harness.htm

 

well first off this thread is about the seats not the belt. and just because he mounted them how ever he did doesnt mean we all are gonna do the same IF they are incorrectly mounted. im pretty sure we all know how to do research or we wouldnt be here.

 

hes asking for the back picture of it went i posted that i have strip my car lol i haven't seen a picture of a harness in ur car and have u actually install one? no !!! so shhh and drop it

 

So, your posting another page about somebodies mounting, but you have us to show us YOUR belt & mount.

Why can't you do that? You hiding something? You sure do talk a lot, but can't show anything to prove YOUR belts are what you say they are or if they are mounted correctly.

I'm thinking they are aren't, so your scrambling to cover everything EXPECT what I'm asking.

Are YOURS mounted correctly? Show us.

Kinda funny how you keep avoiding that.

 

Who said anything about stripping a car? You hafta strip a car to take a pic of the back of a seat?

Surely, if it is mounted, the mount is easy to see the mounting point.

I'm almost 100% sure that yours is mounted straight down to the floor now. In other words...Not mounted correctly. You crack me up. You get so defensive. Your funny dude!

 

third and last time do u know what means my car is strip? ok let me spell that for u S T R I P mean it has no interior ... means there's nothing on the interior duh!!! well u sure know alot coming from some one that didn't know 3 point harness existed lol im done with u go safe people lives superman but please inform ur self first thank u

 

I read it as you meant I expected you to strip your car just to take pics. Now your saying your car is already stripped, so nothing to take pics of?

Take a pic of the mounting point then. I'm betting it is directly on the floor or somewhere way down low to be mounted correctly.

All ity takes is ONE SINGLE PIC to end thiosd, but you can't do that, huh? What is your next excuse? Your camera is dead? Your not near your car? That is your old car that you no longer own? You'll come up with SOME reason you can't take the pic.

In other words? It is mounted wrong & your not willing to admit it.