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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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Threw some power at the seats and adjusted them to feel comfortable. Definately feels like you sit higher but not much.











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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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Sorry to jump on in. But did you reverse the polarity when switching to flux core?
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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That looks really nice. I'm jealous. Though I can see they would sit way too high for my car.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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You have gotta have the most comfy fast fun s10 around. Nice job. How long 'til it's on the dyno?
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 12:46 AM
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Sorry to jump on in. But did you reverse the polarity when switching to flux core?
I do reverse polarity when switching from mig to flux, Ill get a pic of the setup Im pretty sure its the correct polarity for it.
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 12:51 AM
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That looks really nice. I'm jealous. Though I can see they would sit way too high for my car.
Thanks man, Yea they definately sit a bit high. Its in the lowest position right now. You can raise them a easy 2" which is crazy. They must sit really low in a gto. With so much adjustabilty with raise/lower, fore/aft, tilt and then recline theres tons of stuff to play around with to get it feel right which it does now but I would like if they sat lower, Still feels like a truck.

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You have gotta have the most comfy fast fun s10 around. Nice job. How long 'til it's on the dyno?
Haha yea it can hold its own around here. With a foot of snow on the ground right now its not getting to the dyno anytime soon. Possibly May? Need to find someone to give me a ride to and from the dyno.
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:17 PM
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Going to be a good week. Todays payday and I get my bonus on friday! Time to do some final research and order a PST/Dennys driveshaft, Coilovers, tubular control arms, elec cutouts and pay for my cruise to mexico coming up in June.
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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Man I like the envoy bumper on yours I ordered the parts to do the swap on my sonoma this afternoon.
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Love the GTO seats!

I ordered my SEM trim black paint from Eastwood Company.

I googled eastwood.com coupon - got like 10% off and free shipping!
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 12:42 AM
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Thanks for the heads up!
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 01:30 AM
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If you dont mind measuring the gto seats from bottom where bracket mounts to top of the seat, im changing plans and I love the look of the gto seats
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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Some SEM Satin black trim paint and Zaino z9 cleaner and z10 conditioner. Basement smells like leather now!









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Need to paint the small spot under the lid, Its part of the inner bin that I ddint realize stuck out.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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If you dont mind measuring the gto seats from bottom where bracket mounts to top of the seat, im changing plans and I love the look of the gto seats
When you say top of seat do you mean top as in headrest of actual seat where you sit on? Ill get it for ya.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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Headrest please, would like to make sure theyd fit in my car

Btw looks much better, sem stuff is amazing, just ordered some for my project.

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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 03:17 AM
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Just need to figure out something for a leather boot for the shifter. Dont even know where to start.
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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Well my barely used Sportsman mufflers are for sale.

Ordered a pair of the sportsman xl's



So went from prostreet to sportsman now taking the big leap to the xl. Im staying with the xl no matter what. LOL Just too paranoid that the coppers are going to start hassling me. Plus leaving for work at midnight doesnt help. Ordering some cutouts too otherwise I wouldnt have made that leap hehe.
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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Truck is really looking great!
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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Didnt get much done today just finished up the basics. Ran a constant 12v wire for the seats, switched 12v for the cutouts and a ground wire all which Ill run under the console. Scrubbed and vaccuumed the carpet.







Idea for mounting the nitrous controller. Too bad it didnt fit better, not sure if Ill be able to see it there though when its in the truck. Well see, if not itll just go inside the console bin along with the cutout switch.







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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 12:51 PM
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All done, need a shifter boot and permanantly mount the shifter **** higher like it is now. Plastics need cleaned now that its all together.






Oh and Verz the height is 34.5" from the bottom of the side plastics which is the lowest part of the seat itself to the top of the headrest in their lowest position.
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Man that looks good all together and thanks for the measurements those would fit
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