[SnowmanFNQ]

just need bit of advice...stripped out the old seats as foam's gone and rails no loger work...just need to know if you can just bolt in a new set of seats or do i have to get a cert to pass roadworthy? also the mounting points are different for driver to passenger side...Would the mounting points have to be modified to suit new rails?...any info from people who have done same would be great...

Ta
SnowmanFNQ

[Fatzook]

What seats are you planning to fit?

[SnowmanFNQ]

Just looking if possiabe to fit fixed back racing style seats....not set on any brands as such....just need to know what sort of work im looking at to replace the rails if they wont fit factory mount positions....and if work has to be cert'd to pass roadworthy...sorry im a bit of a Noob in the 4WD Build game...wannna make sure i do it right the first time....

Ta

[Bucket]

What state are you in??

I just had mine through a roadworthy check and they didn't mention about the seats.
I have autotecnica's mounted on sj40 rails. Just had to re drill the hole on the back of the rails.

[KEENSY85]

My last zook had xf falcon S pack seats, and I'm going to be running leather astra seats in the one I'm buildinga know , so u will be able to do it some how

[SnowmanFNQ]

cool cool....just want to make sure before i go drilling holes and the like....im in QLD and as far as i know the laws differ to those of NSW and VIC so i guess cant be to careful...

[KEENSY85]

i think they need to get signed off though

[joel]

if you tamper with the rails, you will need a mod plate, cost me $100 to get it plated.
you can get bucket seats from auto barn or the like that come with adapter "rails"so you bolt the "adapter" rails to the standard rails and the seat bolts to the adapter rails, thus you negate the need for the plate as the rails are standard.

here were mine in my old ute.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20009&hilit=cow&start=30
pg 2
no pics of the fabbed up rails, but they were pretty much like the standard setup, just a bit higher and wider.
FYI if i had my time over again i would never fit seats like that to a car again. much better comfier seats out there, heck if i just reupholstered the old ones it would have been better.

[SnowmanFNQ]

rails were seized solid and the seats looked like they were chewed by a dog.....might go see the local mechanic and see what hes got floating around...dont need anything fancy really...cheers for the info guys...

[Camozook]

Im gittin some saas gt buckets to an sj50 an they dont seem to fit either but ill fab somethin up an get an engineer cert