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    Anyone know what a stock seat without rails weighs?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sick 660r View Post
    Two seats and rails for 210 is cheap.
    I missed the eBay link to the cheap seats. Yes, those are cheap
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sick 660r View Post
    Anyone know what a stock seat without rails weighs?
    My stock '01 cloth, manual buckets (no rails) weighed 26.5lbs each.

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    Those seats are sweet! how much did that end up costing you? I used some flat bar and angle iron to adapt the srt4 seat rails on the viper seat to the stock mounting holes on my truck

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    Quote Originally Posted by TurboJoe62 View Post
    My stock '01 cloth, manual buckets (no rails) weighed 26.5lbs each.
    Looks like I'll add weight if I don't go with manual rails for the driver seat. It is what it is. They were really needed.

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    Those seats are sweet! how much did that end up costing you? I used some flat bar and angle iron to adapt the srt4 seat rails on the viper seat to the stock mounting holes on my truck
    $1150


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sick 660r View Post
    Looks like I'll add weight if I don't go with manual rails for the driver seat. It is what it is. They were really needed.



    $1150
    As you said, it is what it is but, I would love to have those seats!

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    Picked up manual rails from a 99 Durango for 10 bucks. They need some modifications to make them work but there were no dakotas at the yard. What I've done is removed the front and rear brackets that have the holes for the bolts and replaced them with my stock ones. My stock ones are lower profile and the rears are offset. I'll weld them onto the manual rails and then make adaptors so the new seats can bolt on.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Sick 660r View Post
    Picked up manual rails from a 99 Durango for 10 bucks. They need some modifications to make them work but there were no dakotas at the yard. What I've done is removed the front and rear brackets that have the holes for the bolts and replaced them with my stock ones. My stock ones are lower profile and the rears are offset. I'll weld them onto the manual rails and then make adaptors so the new seats can bolt on.

    10 bucks, nice find! How are the Durango rails different than the Dakota?
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    The Durango back bolts are in line with the rails while the Dakota's are offset. You can see in the photo


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    This is a bigger pain in the ass that I was expecting. I had things mounted but ran into an issue with the rails rubbing the carpet. I'm trying tomorrow and Tuesday to find the correct rails before going through the trouble of making spacers etc.


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    All the threads for the mounting bolts look like shit. One is cross threaded and basically stripped except for the last little bit. Trying to get them replaced.


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    Making a little progress. I'm making the simplest adaptors possible at this point. I tend to like the front of my seats high for knee support so I'm not sure if I'll be happy mounting them directly to the rails. If not I'll throw them on the passenger side and make something new. I also don't care to only have the nut sitting on top of the rails so I may make a spacer with a larger foot print that goes around the nut. Right now I'm also using the nut as a spacer because the seat bolts hit the rails. I'm using manual Dakota rails that I finally found.







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    If I have to angle the seat then I think I'll drill and tap round stock. The I'll machine one end flat and the other at an angle. The angle side will be welded to the plate that bolts to the seat. The flat side will sit on the rails and the 5/16 bolts will thread into it. The seat bolts being close to the rails make things really difficult.


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    Corbeau is fixing the seats and I'm going to have them shave the driver seat 1".


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    Got the seats back today. They tried telling me that they threads passed safety inspection and they would run a tap through it again. That would have only made it worse. I demanded a new seat. Got the drive seat in today. The mounting system is nice and firm but the front of the seat needs to be angled up. I really wish the steering wheel extended out further.


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    Driver side is 7 pounds lighter but I haven't trimmed the brackets yet. Had to move the seat belt bracket outward to clear the seat and added a gusset. Not my best welds. I adjusted the clutch pedal for the first time since the clutch has broken in and the seat angle isn't too bad.





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    Very happy with the seats. Comfy and really hold you in place. Its nice being able to be relaxed around turns. I'm used to tensing up and bracing myself against the door. I wish I would have bought them a long time ago.


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    Nice work, i plan on doing something similar to my truck next winter, this thread will be very helpful. Looks great!
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    After some more driving I determined that the seat needs to be angled back. I'm going with 5 degrees. Used some 5/8" round stock to make threaded spacers with one side that's cut at 5 degrees. The angle side will be welded to the adaptor plate and replace the welded nuts. I modeled the adaptor plates so the spacers should be correct.



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    Quote Originally Posted by TurboJoe62 View Post
    Nice work! Looks really clean.
    Thanks. Tacked the other side up last night. I probably could have gotten away with 3 degrees but it's much more comfortable. I need to finishe welding, trim the brackets and maybe add some speed holes.


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    Very nice. They look great and the colors match interior nicely.
    Mind if I ask how tall / big you are?

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    6"2 215 and much fat lol

    Edit: not much fat
    Last edited by Sick 660r; 05-05-2017 at 03:22 AM.


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    Seats are in my plans but at 6'7" and 327 pounds (and falling, thank you very much) I'm not sure what direction I should go. The side bolsters would probably be too tight for me
    But 6'2" isn't your typical shorty. How are these compared to factory seats? More head and leg room?

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