Seat Brackets (Editied - Seats Way Too High)

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MAlby7

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My buddy came over and we finished the passenger seat bracket. We used 3"x3" angle made from mild steel. The steel is really strong. We used bolts that stuck out of the existing seat bracket because they were there for our use. The new Tom Motorsport Seats bolt directly onto those brackets and the stock sliders are used. The good thing about this design is that if you like you can replace the stock seats because the factory seat bracket is unchanged, only added on to.

The Stock Passenger Seat Bracket

The new bracket pieces

The new bracket

 

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Re: Seat Brackets For Tom Motorsport Seats

will he be making them to sell, if so im interested

 

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Ha Ha. Well the only reason he's making these brackets for me is because he's doing me a favour. He's in the tool and die business and those two brackets took us 3 hours to make because of the precise measuring.

 

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Re: Seat Brackets For Tom Motorsport Seats

Some More Pics of the Passenger Side Bracket:

Compared to Driver's Seat (Height Adjustment Fully Up):

Compared to Driver's Seat (Height Adjustment Fully Down):

 

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Looks good, except for the height.

The stock Focus seats are like driving a Bus, your new seats will be even higher!

 

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Looks good, except for the height.

The stock Focus seats are like driving a Bus, your new seats will be even higher!

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Even higher is an understatement. I tried putting the passenger seat in the car and it was like 2-4" too high. Scrapping this idea and heading over to the chalkboard again!

 

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you could just weld them to the floorboard, I've thrown that idea around a few times....

 

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you could just weld them to the floorboard, I've thrown that idea around a few times....

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Yeah, who cares if no one else can drive your car with the seats not being movable.

</SARCASM>

 

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I'm not sure if your being sarcastic towards me, or what. I'll just ignore it....

 

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#10 · Feb 8, 2005

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yeah i did the same thing with my sparco's when i first got them just to get them in, but i ended up just buying the sparco brackets which sit low to begin with. there are some pics in my album.