home made seat rail ideas,.(gotta be low)

[240canni]

i just wanted to see if anyone could give me some help on how to go about making a seat rail , or modifiying another off the shelf one ,to fit a sparco evo or any other seat really in a s13, i know there is people out there that have them but i cant find anything on google about it so i thought i would make this tread and try to get to the bottom of this.ohhh and pics help alot too so dont be shy to upload a few pics please thanks....

[Croustibat]

if your seats are sidemount, get some buddyclub superlow mounts. there is a little bit of work to do to fit them the lowest possible, it involves hammering transmission tunnel. You can find them on ebay, not worth that much.

I thought of making my own too. Ended up wasting my time and getting those.

If your seats are basemount, you are screwed. Sell them and buy sidemounts.

[mikerbike]

I used stock sliders and welded tabs going straight in from the lowest point I could. This is a Sparco Sprint Jr.
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The seat doesn't fit down in between the sliders. The right side of the seat is touching the spring on the adjustment lock. I took that pic before I made the right rear tab.
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On the left side, I was able to weld the tab on top of the rail for support. On the right side, I welded the tab at a 90* from the rail, so I added some diagonal supports, even though it's resting on that spring. I didn't take a pic of that.
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I'm 6'5". Terrible pic, but my hand isn't touching the top. I remember I took this pic while sitting ridiculously straight up, and I usually slouch.

[rcdad123]

i too have a baby blue sprint jr. hahaha. but mine is mounted to a non slider that my friend Gabe at ASC made. it`s as low as i can get it without hammering the floor or tunnel. i also plan on swapping it with my evo, but the evo is side mount. i have a pair of sparco side mounts, but the holes on my seat mount does not line up with the sparco sidemounts. so i would have to make my own side mounts. (actually Gabe will). i bought a set of those ebay seat mounts and they don`t fit. you can buy seat mounts and sliders, but the seat ends up higher than the og seat. i wanted mine to be as low as possible.

[mikerbike]

Rad, I have a Momo T-Bucket in my other car, mounted to a non-adjustable rail I made. I think I spaced it up about 3/8" in the rear so i could see over the dash. I did some quick reference sitting and measuring one day. The blue seat seems to sit about an inch higher than the Momo.

[oligator20]

hey! People say the buddy club rail dont go enought low versus nagisa and bride. What kind of bucket you have with your buddy rail? Your seat hit the floor? I need seat rail and the buddy club are cheap but if they dont go low...

[aled]

Well, I've used a Recaro Pole Position + Buddy Club rails for a while. I bought a new FIA approved Recaro for a FD event and decided to splurge on new rails. I purchased Nagisa rails online. I really liked how low they sat in a friend's car.

However, sadly they did not fit with my particular seat. I sold them.

This winter, I will be cutting the factory catalytic converter hump in the floor out. I will then make side-mount tabs and mount the seat on the floor. I don't really care about the sliding function.

Oh, and I'm 6'6.
I'll post pictures when I get around the cutting out the floor and mounting the seat on the floor.

[mrslowevoix]

i have sparco evo seats with normal brackets and it was too high and im 6'4. I'm in the process of making custom brackets luckily cars rhd so all i did was cut the support beam and welded in a plate. you can make brackets for cheap. i will have pictures up within a week

[240canni]

i thought this topic would come up and i can say for every one on zilvia the buddy club rails suck, and i say this because big fat guys,lol, like some on here have corbeu,recaro or sparco seats .ect. and they are to wide and hit the side bar on the buddy club rails and only alow you to go so far but if you a skinny fucker like some(lucky bitch)ahah and can use bride seats or ebay reps .ect.then your fine and the buddy clubs and other rails will work fine,.... if you flip the brackets and other stuff,.....so on to the topic that im trying to figure out, thanks for the idea mike i tried it and since i have an evo and its side mount it dosent work to use the stock sliders so there for is there any other alternitive out there for side mount seats, such as the evo, i really want to see your set up aled,post up some pics.....(im kind of leaning twards the bride fg seat rail....let me know zilvians if theres a better alternative before i blow 200 bucks)!!! thanks and the pics helped alot :)

[oligator20]

im with you! pics will be very appreciate

[Croustibat]

i thought this topic would come up and i can say for every one on zilvia the buddy club rails suck, and i say this because big fat guys,lol, like some on here have corbeu,recaro or sparco seats .ect. and they are to wide and hit the side bar on the buddy club rails and only alow you to go so far but if you a skinny fucker like some(lucky bitch)ahah and can use bride seats or ebay reps .ect.then your fine and the buddy clubs and other rails will work fine,.... if you flip the brackets and other stuff,.....so on to the topic that im trying to figure out, thanks for the idea mike i tried it and since i have an evo and its side mount it dosent work to use the stock sliders so there for is there any other alternitive out there for side mount seats, such as the evo, i really want to see your set up aled,post up some pics.....(im kind of leaning twards the bride fg seat rail....let me know zilvians if theres a better alternative before i blow 200 bucks)!!! thanks and the pics helped alot :)


Not being fat has nothing to do with luck, more with being strong minded. Pizzas and beer are hard to resist, but hey ... yes, you can. I think your president said that.

anyway.

yes the buddyclub sucks if you are fat. Even then ... i am using sparco corsa bucket seats, S(small) sized. The thing is, even small sized they nearly touch each other on the center, and nearly touch the door too. Oh, and they touch the rails too.

I had to somehow redrill the holes allowing to bolt them to floor and tunnel, and hammered the tunnel so i could get it wide enough to fit the seats between the rails and not on top of them. Also, the bar allowing to lock/unlock had to be bent to clear the front of the seat. This way, the seat can nearly reach the bottom. I can barely put a finger under the seat, on the back (these have a higher front than back)

It is easy to do. I dont think you can get lower rails, but these definately need to be spaced from each other. It is their only weakness imho.

But TBH i cant see how any manufacturer could get them spaced a lot more. the S13 shell is not wide enough ... sorry fatties, now go lose some weight ( no offense, just a joke, i DO have more weight than i should too) :love:

[240canni]

that was funny to read but true,... now can i get some info on this bride fg seat rail i know some guy on heres had or have one in ther s chasie.....and im going to be using a sparco evo, ide like to know how low that rail goes,....thanks

[Croustibat]

as long as they use oem bolt holes,i am afraid they cant go lower unless you hammer the transmission tunnel :/

[mrslowevoix]

i spent hours trying to get a side mount to sit really low and it still wasn't enough. i scrapped the rails and just went fixed. these are just mock up brackets ill be making refined one. but im extremely happy with it. i fit perfect, i'm 6'4 200 lbs. im not done with the left side but i just used a torch and a hammer and the tunnel went in nicely. upside super low,stable, light and doesn't cost $200+. downside you cant move forward or backwards. and this will be my daily driver. hope this helps.


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[Islander240]

I used stock sliders and welded tabs going straight in from the lowest point I could. This is a Sparco Sprint Jr.

I'm 6'5". Terrible pic, but my hand isn't touching the top. I remember I took this pic while sitting ridiculously straight up, and I usually slouch.

Do you have any more pics or info? Im 6'2 had nagisas and had no where near that much head room, might try this with a side mount seat