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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Default Plastic type race seats

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I have searched for 2 days for some info about the Jegs/Summit Plastic seats and I come up empty and I know there was some.

Can someone post up pix and possibly shots of the mounting of the seats.

Not looking for commentary about the seats as they suck and Kirks would be better. This is a drag car I might spend an hour total in for the 12 months of the year. Comfort went out the door when the HVAC/Interior/PS etc was deleted.

If someone can teach me about the search function that would be great too.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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I used a stock bracket and modified it with some aluminum braces for extra support.


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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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Those are the pix, thanks! Where did you get the plastic for the delete panels and how did you attach it to the stock dash piece?
Can you post more details on the mods you made, either here or PM me?
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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Shon - check Dirk (RacinLT1?) on cz28.com his Yahoo page shows his mounts.

FWIW - my Summit seats are double padded and much more comfortable than my 130k mile stock seats.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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I got the plastic from a car audio place called Parts Express. They come in different thicknesses. I used 1/4" and believe it or not duct taped them to the back side of the radio bezel. You can't tell by looking and it still has a strong enough hold where you could mount some guages or switches in it. As far as my mods go, here is a link to my homepage. All of my mods are listed: http://home.comcast.net/~matthewdatri/Matthewdatri.html
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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If you use the stock sliders like in them pictures above your only going to be saving a few pounds. My stock drivers seat was 32lb, and the stock slider was 20 of the 32lb.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 06:34 AM
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My hope was to replace the stock sliders due to their weight. I probably should just get the seat/mount/slider here and then figure it out.
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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Too bad you aren't closer. I am actually selling the seat, bracket, and 5 point harness.
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I bought sliders from Hunsaker Universal Sliders Item number: 803978070 on Ebay the pair weighs about 5 pounds, they are $50.
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I bought sliders from Hunsaker Universal Sliders Item number: 803978070 on Ebay the pair weighs about 5 pounds, they are $50.
I see in Jegs they have a slider and a mount, do I just need the sliders our should I get the mounts too, they say the slider only works with their mount but dont believe that....

Would the mount be something I needed or will I end up making the mount out of something else and sending back the Jegs mount?
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