Stock looking race seat...26lbs...drop 12 lbs off your drivers seat!!!
02-12-2008, 02:17 PM
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Stock looking race seat...26lbs...drop 12 lbs off your drivers seat!!! I kinda like the comfort of my drivers seat and dont really ever adjust it any more so i figured i would see how much the power motor assembly weighs..comes out to 14lbs for everything under the seat...went down stairs in the crawl space and took my dads manual seat adjustment off of his seat and was just going to use that...Comes out that the manual is just as much as the power for the drivers seat
...also tried to fit my other cloth seat in the drivers spot but the brackets are opposite...(fyi that seat only weighs 31 lbs)...
So i decided to go custom with some aluminum angle and some time and came up with these manual adjustment seats...when i say manual i mean you take off the seat and adjust it then throw it back in
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Brackets, nuts, bolts, and washers weighed 2 lbs
Power motor and brackets removed weighed 14lbs...
lbs saved 12 lbs
Seat before weighed...38 lbs for a power cloth seat...
Now 26lbs...
Who wants some brackets???
...also tried to fit my other cloth seat in the drivers spot but the brackets are opposite...(fyi that seat only weighs 31 lbs)...So i decided to go custom with some aluminum angle and some time and came up with these manual adjustment seats...when i say manual i mean you take off the seat and adjust it then throw it back in
...Brackets, nuts, bolts, and washers weighed 2 lbs
Power motor and brackets removed weighed 14lbs...
lbs saved 12 lbs
Seat before weighed...38 lbs for a power cloth seat...
Now 26lbs...
Who wants some brackets???
02-12-2008, 02:23 PM
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i did the same thing w/ a 97 camaro cloth seat.
mine weighs 13lbs
i removed all 3 motors, xtra metal. etc
-brandon
mine weighs 13lbs
i removed all 3 motors, xtra metal. etc
-brandon
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02-12-2008, 03:52 PM
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yeah, i positoned the seat to where i wanted it to be...... then took it outta the car and went to the basement to go to town on weight to the seat.....all 3 motors, extra metal on the seat bracket and removed the plastic around the seat as well
took about 30 min tops maybe to do it. and was presently suprised w/ the weight
-brandon
took about 30 min tops maybe to do it. and was presently suprised w/ the weight
-brandon
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^^^ Hahaha.
I think it looks worth a try. If I don't like what I see, no harm, no foul. I'll at least have tried. I'm trying to keep my car as FACTORY and UNTOUCHED looking as possible. This would be a perfect mod.
So I've got this, the Ozite (or whatever), A/C, Spare/jack, Disk Changer, and a few others to do.
I think it looks worth a try. If I don't like what I see, no harm, no foul. I'll at least have tried.
I'm trying to keep my car as FACTORY and UNTOUCHED looking as possible. This would be a perfect mod. So I've got this, the Ozite (or whatever), A/C, Spare/jack, Disk Changer, and a few others to do.