home made Kirkey seat brackets?
07-22-2010, 01:01 PM
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home made Kirkey seat brackets? I need to know how to make them and make them atleast look good. I have to seats and they are going in a f body. Whats the cheapest, easiest way to make them. Im only 5'7 170lbs So they need to probably be a lil higher than the floorboards, lmk guys thanks
07-22-2010, 05:29 PM
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I made mine out of 1 1/2" or 2" flat bar. I bent them to the desired shape and welded them up. If you can by them for $60.00 from Madman that is a great deal, and worth every penny!
07-22-2010, 07:11 PM
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ya, get the madman/racecrafts for sure. even with them you spend 30-45 mins test driving the car and moving them one hole up/ tilt/ back to how you like them.
If you had mock the seat up, figuer out how you want to make the brakets, get the meterial, cut it. mock up, tack. mock, fit. weld, fit/test. paint. fit. you would have lost money and waisted 2-3 days.
check my build thread, I posted them up with the weights. what you get. Lots of pics, and fitting everything.
I'm not complaining. but they added like 6-7#s to the 12# kirkey. with the covers and the brakets it adds up. I got my seats how I wnat them, and evern move them in the last 2 years. Just undo the 4 stock nuts to get them out (easiest way to work on the car with the cage) And works great for having a crapet in the car.
Been thinking about welding some fixed alum legs right on them seats how I have them set, just to save another 10 lbs, but I dont have a tig. or gotten around to it. And I'd stilll but them to use to get the seat were you want it, make lighter fixed mounts right on the seat, and sell them for $10-$15 less.
SUX2BU bought a set of home made kirkets brakets that were steel, and made lighter ones form flat bar alum. . I think I have some other pics of DIY ones, even tho its not worth it now a days.
If you had mock the seat up, figuer out how you want to make the brakets, get the meterial, cut it. mock up, tack. mock, fit. weld, fit/test. paint. fit. you would have lost money and waisted 2-3 days.
check my build thread, I posted them up with the weights. what you get. Lots of pics, and fitting everything.
I'm not complaining. but they added like 6-7#s to the 12# kirkey. with the covers and the brakets it adds up. I got my seats how I wnat them, and evern move them in the last 2 years. Just undo the 4 stock nuts to get them out (easiest way to work on the car with the cage) And works great for having a crapet in the car.
Been thinking about welding some fixed alum legs right on them seats how I have them set, just to save another 10 lbs, but I dont have a tig. or gotten around to it. And I'd stilll but them to use to get the seat were you want it, make lighter fixed mounts right on the seat, and sell them for $10-$15 less.
SUX2BU bought a set of home made kirkets brakets that were steel, and made lighter ones form flat bar alum. . I think I have some other pics of DIY ones, even tho its not worth it now a days.
Last edited by studderin; 07-22-2010 at 07:16 PM.
07-22-2010, 07:20 PM
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found some others, this **** looks like a farmer did it
get the pre made ones, paint the seat a flat black or hammer grey like I did and the brakets and they killer.
Like you have some nice $$$ shop built promod. Theres a bolt in parts deliverved right to your door.
before I painted them.
painted, with 1 summer street driving ,didnt get one when thy looked great with freash paint
Not a bolt on street car with some hardwear store bar stock **** you made in your dads garage. And that sub belt bar in gona bend way to easy, get the ahrness loose and break you hip or leg or somthing in a multi hit. I run the premade brakets with the madman/burkhart bolt in 4130 round tube subelt mount.
get the pre made ones, paint the seat a flat black or hammer grey like I did and the brakets and they killer.
Like you have some nice $$$ shop built promod. Theres a bolt in parts deliverved right to your door.before I painted them.
painted, with 1 summer street driving ,didnt get one when thy looked great with freash paint
Not a bolt on street car with some hardwear store bar stock **** you made in your dads garage. And that sub belt bar in gona bend way to easy, get the ahrness loose and break you hip or leg or somthing in a multi hit. I run the premade brakets with the madman/burkhart bolt in 4130 round tube subelt mount.
Last edited by studderin; 07-22-2010 at 07:39 PM.
