frosty383 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 OK, heres the deal I am going to be replacing my stock seat on my 260Z with a set of nice aftermarket leather seats. In order to do this I have to cut out the stock seat supports that run from the tunnel to the door. These supports I believe to give the floor boards rigidity and once cut the floors will get weak. What would be the best way to weld some cold steel bars to the floors to strenghen up the floors?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnosez Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We make an OEM style replacement set of seat brackets for 240 and 260s if that helps. Our site is: http://www.baddogparts.com and click on "products", then scroll down to Seat Brackets. They're $75/side plus shipping. I have them in my 240 with Cobra seats. Whatever you decide to do make sure you can get at the rear bolts/nuts as they are a real pain to tighten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 1" square tubing and some sheet metal. But why do you have to cut out the old supports? can't you just use some steel plate and mount that onto the seats and then the old rails on to that? The only real reason I can see to cut out the supports is because you need to replace the whole floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty383 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 1" square tubing and some sheet metal. But why do you have to cut out the old supports? can't you just use some steel plate and mount that onto the seats and then the old rails on to that? The only real reason I can see to cut out the supports is because you need to replace the whole floor. Well heres the thing, the aftermarket seats sit too high on the stock seat supports and when I mocked them up the lumbars on the back rest and sides hit the door and the console. I have a 73 parts car that I cut out the seat supports and I placed the seats on the floor and their perfect. but the floors rigidness was compromized once cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I see. I wouldn't think that the rigidity would compromised that~ much. If it still concerns you, tack weld some pipe inside to give it some support. Then remove once you the new ones in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsk8ter Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 couldnt your just take flat metal strips across it on the top and a peice of angle iron on the underside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsk8ter Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 talking around that strip is mainly there for side impact reasons and also to mount the old seat. anyone know if this is true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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