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YOUR RESEARCHFinally getting around to installing the seats....and of course have questions
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Quite some time ago some of you may remember that I got some version of GT3 seats with the help of my (our) buddy Ed. I hope you guys understand when I say this....I need to be in the right frame of mind to do some DIY's. This is one. I decided to start on the passenger side just in case I realized I was short something. Good thing because I'm stuck. The seat brackets are GT3 brackets. The floor mount sliders are flat. The floor mount sliders that came with car are angled at the front of the motorized slider. The front threaded hole for the bolt on the floor is at a angle downward. The floor also has a hole right behind the downward hole but it is not threaded. Question is do I use the downward hole? The bolt will than be at an angle and will not sit flat. Do I need to make a alum pie shaped shim?
Excuse my mad drawing skillz....
fit issues..... I never have that problem
so Pete after searching all my pics this is the best pic of my mount... I forgot what you have for parts...dont the sliders come off your stock seats and them the GT3 brackets go on your old sliders???
wait I sent you sliders...I wonder if those were mounted in an older car...Kyle (who I got them from) owned an older car...GT3 floor should be the same as 996 - awe boy....sounds like I messed this up.
on the bright side if you can use your stock sliders I will buy the other sliders from you
thats a real head scratcher....I bet not...my thinking is the power ones have some sort of gear mechanism but I never have seen them, what's it look like on the bottom of the seat that is out? - is there any sort of "knock out" in the front of the manual slider to make it form the angle? I dont think you want to make those angle spacer things, (in the WFT pdf) doesnt look safe
from the sparco website I see that ALL sliders are the same...for all cars....
which is what you have (basicly)
the differance is there is a base mount plate that sliders mount to that is "car specific"
I am really sure on my old ones they had car spacific sliders (see pic) and I knw for a fact I didnt use any base plate....
those German Eng, I see the advantages of having the bolt screw in at an angle. But what a PIA for something so simple, they just gotta re-invent everything.
So Pete, are you still in the mood to do a seat swap? I hate it when something I assumed was straight forward becomes another delayed project, that I was 'ready' to do.
Damn German bastards!!!
It took me 5 Months to get the gumption to get into this. Yesterday afternoon at 2:48 PM the light bulb came on and I yelled at my wife in a George Constanza Father's voice "LET'S DO THIS!". My light bulb dimmed about 2 hours later. But I'm focused on this and it's gettin' done.
Pete,
Sorry to hear that you are having a minor setback. I will let the real experts in here assist you, BUT, I know that you will love the seats, once you get them in! Hope you get them fitted-up shortly.
those look right, and the side bracket "should" drop right on... missing the handle to move fore and aft...and on the stock sliders it's a unique handle that pivots pushing the two gold color parts up (or down forget) at the same time
Thanks Van. I think I may have found some sliders at Oklahoma Foreign and DC Auto. I asked for manual sliders for a 996 and they both have them. Time to noodle..
Success! I got some used sliders from Oklahoma Foreign. They were good to deal with but the next guy that placed an order after me got a free purchase. They used my card twice......all is good now.
So I get the sliders and modify the side brackets slightly and the seats fell right into place. The wiring was easy for the seat belt thanks to a good DYI here on RL. Sliders work great. Went for a ride and the seats hold me pretty good. The blacks seats look good with the Metropol interior. Me likey! Sorry for the BB pics.
They are used and ran $120 per seat. Used what I could and discarded the rest. DcAuto and Oklahoma Foreign had tons of these. Really appreciated your offer Van!
