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Bucket seat weld in supports #197733 01/18/09 11:51 PM 01/18/09 11:51 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,930 Tri-Cities, Washington V VITC_GTX OP master
VITC_GTX OP master V Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,930 Tri-Cities, Washington	Getting ready to make up some bucket seat supports (going from bench to buckets) for my Demon. What thickness/guage of metal should I use?

Re: Bucket seat weld in supports [Re: VITC_GTX] #197734 01/19/09 12:13 AM 01/19/09 12:13 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	I just put some 4" diameter washers under my bucket seat bolt holes. 4 years of abuse and it's still perfect.

Re: Bucket seat weld in supports [Re: VITC_GTX] #197735 01/19/09 12:54 AM 01/19/09 12:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 16,844 Phoenix - surface of the sun nomore65BelvJim I Live Here
nomore65BelvJim I Live Here Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 16,844 Phoenix - surface of the sun	use approx. 1/8" steel, 3"x4" or larger. weld it in on the top of the pan and only the inner set of holes for both seats, the outers are supported by the same brace as the bench seat mounts

Re: Bucket seat weld in supports [Re: nomore65BelvJim] #197736 01/19/09 01:16 AM 01/19/09 01:16 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,930 Tri-Cities, Washington V VITC_GTX OP master
VITC_GTX OP master V Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,930 Tri-Cities, Washington	Thanks.

Re: Bucket seat weld in supports [Re: nomore65BelvJim] #197737 01/19/09 02:32 AM 01/19/09 02:32 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central RobX4406 I Live Here
RobX4406 I Live Here Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central	Quote: use approx. 1/8" steel, 3"x4" or larger. weld it in on the top of the pan and only the inner set of holes for both seats, the outers are supported by the same brace as the bench seat mounts I agree...... but....... Why on top and not the bottom??? Also radius the corners to relieve and potential stress points. Pointed corner on stressed members is bad.

Re: Bucket seat weld in supports [Re: RobX4406] #197738 01/19/09 04:56 PM 01/19/09 04:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,907 Ontario, Canada S Stanton Don't question me!
Stanton Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,907 Ontario, Canada	Because on top is where the factory put them and they also served to level the seats. If you just make something up you're going to have to play with washers to get the seats level. No big deal.

Re: Bucket seat weld in supports [Re: Stanton] #197739 01/19/09 07:03 PM 01/19/09 07:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Quote: Because on top is where the factory put them and they also served to level the seats. If you just make something up you're going to have to play with washers to get the seats level. No big deal. Yeah that's what I had to do. 4" diameter washers underneath and a 4" diameter washer on top under the rug. Had to stack em up a couple times to get the seat level. No big deal, it's under the rug where nobody sees it.

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