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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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Im looking into getting some seats but how are you guys mounting them? My buddy made his brackets but they look like garbage and not sturdy at all. But there in his mustang and it looks like a pain to mount seats in it period. Are you guys making all your own or buying brackets? FYI: they will e the plastic racing seats. **pics would help out a lot too**
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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Most guys make their own, I will try to find pictures...
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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http://groups.msn.com/DarrellPopham/...oto&PhotoID=64
This is one of my favorite pics of the mount and probably how I am going to do mine....
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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4 inch by 4 inch Aluminum Angle Iron. I copied Next (Eric) and the way he did his.
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SlowFormula
http://groups.msn.com/DarrellPopham/...oto&PhotoID=64
This is one of my favorite pics of the mount and probably how I am going to do mine....
Thanks! That would be mine.
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 06:32 AM
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i have heard of rumors of a fourth gen seat being a direct bolt in to a third gen. that being said i figure you can get ed quay seat mounts for a third gen and have them bolt up to the fourth gen. my dad has them in our 92 and has made many 9 sec passes. if need be when the seats are out, i'll put the third gen bracket in our fourth gen and post pics.

Ed Quay Catalog
that is a link to their catalog, take a look...
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thats sweet nick. how much are they goin for? Im 99% sure it should fit. My buddy has 4th gen seats in his 3rd gen too. So i dont see why not.
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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thats sweet nick. how much are they goin for? Im 99% sure it should fit. My buddy has 4th gen seats in his 3rd gen too. So i dont see why not.
Ed Quay's stuff ranges between $110 and $150ish depending on the seat type...
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I mounted my kirkey right to the floor, got my head away from the roof some and made things pretty simple. I'm 6'3 275 lbs though, so I needed the room.
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
I mounted my kirkey right to the floor, got my head away from the roof some and made things pretty simple. I'm 6'3 275 lbs though, so I needed the room.
What size kirkey did you order, the price differance between 18" and 20" has me wondering if I should sacrafice comfort for price, I weigh 255.
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I got the 17 inch wide pro street kirkey, part # 41700 I think.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 08:59 AM
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I want to run the JAZ plastic seats as well. The way I did it in my last car was using aluminum to bolt the seats to, and then bolt the aluminum to a stock manual seat bracket. This time around, I'd like to go with a lighter setup.

Darrell, do you have any dimensions on yours? That is what I am looking to do as well.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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For the Ed Quay brackets, it looks like:

100-2150 Seat Mount - fits Poly seat - driver side $108.95
100-2155 Seat Mount - fits Poly seat - passenger side $91.95
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Originally Posted by Matt D
\Darrell, do you have any dimensions on yours? That is what I am looking to do as well.
I don't remember right off hand. I will try to measure them next time I am in the car.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by n2ocamaro
I don't remember right off hand. I will try to measure them next time I am in the car.
Thanks. I'd like to give the dims to my chassis guy and have him make some. I'd appreciate it.
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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I talked to ed Quay, I think I am going to go that route with the Jegs plastic seats. Can anyone confirm that the third gen seats WILL in fact fit a fourth gen?
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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of course matt, i have 95Z seats in my camaro with no issues.
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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i have Kirkeys' in my car. I made brackets using angle aluminum..
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