GM Muscle

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I just ordered acouple of Kirkey Pro Street seats and I plan to shave alittle more weight out of them. I'll probrably start by cutting them down to about 33-34" and the I'm going to swiss cheese atleast the bottoms. How much can I take out and still be relativly safe. Obviously not going to do it around the mounting points but I was thinking about 1" holes that where 1" apart. What did you guys do?

Stu'sWS6

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I just put them in---they are pretty light right out of the box.

LC

i was surfing kirkeys site yesterday i think and saw some stock cheesed ones.. maybe you can follow the pattern?

SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

i'm gonna swiss cheese the hell out of mine! when i get off my lazy ***.

GM Muscle

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Not an option. This car will weigh in at a low to mid 2,700lbs for next season, with an interior. Every little bit is going to count.


LC1, by the looks of there shop drawings they take out alot. Those seats are only .081 thick too. The holes look like they are stamped out though, not sure if that helps in the strength department.

MADMAN

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You can get 5 lbs out of them with a hole saw. I used a 1 1/4 hole saw. I will try to get some pics of mine and post them monday.

GM Muscle

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That would be great if you could snap acouple of quick pics Madman. I'm only hesistant to drill the backs because of looks, but I might say screw it and do it anyway.

JS

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U can see my custom made brackets and modded seat in this pic
I took over 5lbs out of the is seat and its easy as pie to get into and out of too..

https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=19570

https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=19568

GM Muscle

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Started drilling today. Down to 11.4lbs and the seat is still plenty strong. I still have alot of drilling to do on the back, hopefully it'll be about 9.5lbs when done. My seat brackets mount to the sides of the seat and it will also be attached to the cross bar. Should hold up.

Shon Herron

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HOLY CRAP, ***** cutting up a seat like that but thanks for the ideas!!!

SMOKIN01TA

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thanks for the idea bud, i need to shave off some more weight, i still need to drop 150lbs

DopeFedZ

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You guys are insane. I might give that a try as well.

GM Muscle

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I'll post some pics when it's done. I'll probrably get started on it again tommorow.

BAIN

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How much did the Kirkey weigh to start with?

smoknta

Depends on what seat, but the Pro-street drag seat weighs 12 lbs.

Ben R

Just buy a carbon-fiber seat. Little expensive, but baller.

GM Muscle

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Mine weighed in at about 13.2. They are supposed to be 14lbs according to Kirkey.

smoknta

I saw 14 on there main site, but it you download the catalog it says 12.

NA$TY-TA

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damn...... might do that one of these days to mine...... you order 2 seats and doing it to both or just one??

Kyle

GM Muscle

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Doing it to both. The passanger seat will have alittle more drilled out of it since I'm not so concerned about safety on that side.