SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

i got my Kirkey seat from a friend and it came with a HEAVY steel mounting bracket. In the never ending quest of making my car lighter i decided to make one out of aluminum. And i want to swiss cheez the seat but before i do that i needed to get a rear brace. after looking around i couldn't find one i liked so i made my own out of aluminum. What do you guys think?
PS My Kirkey now sits at the correct position and is ALOT more comfortable. Bafore it was angled back too far and way too high. Now its a little low but i got used to it by the time i got to work. The aluminum brace actually feels ALOT sturdier than the steel one, because i made the aluminum one to follow the contours of the bottom of the seat so it has six bolts holding it in (two way up front, two in the middle and two way far back) unlike bofore that it had four in the back and some jimmy rigged front bolt.

SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

heres the rear brace.

DopeFedZ

iTrader: (34)

Looks pretty good.

tektrans

iTrader: (23)

Looks and looks sturdy.

MR NASTY

iTrader: (5)

Can you make me one?

SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

I thought about making these to sell but that would be tough cause its not adjustable so i would have to guess at where you would want the seat.

CAT3

iTrader: (9)

Cant you make the base mount and leave it to the person to drill the holes? The bottom of the seat contours, so it would be the same arc all the way across. Only difference would be height. Have the customer measure the height of their power seat from bolt to the *** level maybe. Or make the legs so you can adjust them up or down say 2" of travel? This is the problem that rivals me here on island, lack of shops to support such things, we normally home brew a lot of this stuff, but after a while it comes to paying out the keister for materials too.

The brace looks nice, and the mount also.

SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

Heigth wouldn't be a problem thats and easy change but the front to back is the hard part.
Actually you see the two bends in the middle of the bracket? that actually positions the seat on how far forward or back its going to sit. if you wanted it an inch back then the two bends would be an inch back. see what i mean?
The only sure fire way to do it would be to have the customer sit in my seat and tell me "i want it X" higher and X" farther back."

JL ws-6

iTrader: (50)

Id be intrested in one of those... I run the seat all the way back, and all teh way down.... should make for an easy setup.

That seat won't work until I get the cage in though huh.... that will have to happen soon enough anyway.

Vaders94

iTrader: (7)

so what was weight the difference between the steel and aluminum

SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

Didn't actually weight the differenc but i'de say about 6 lbs, steel weighs about three times as much as aluminum.

DMH Fabrication

iTrader: (126)

you think the alum. is as strong as the steel? did you use 6061 alum?

SUX2BU

iTrader: (14)

The steel bracket was overkill strong. the aluminum is 1/4" x 2" 6061 aluminum. it is 2 1/2 thicker than the aluminum used in the kirkey seat iytself.