i wish i would have better documented the actual seat retrofit but i have some pics of the floor itself
it was a challange,,,,first BIG issue.....the seat belts are only extendable when 12 volts is applied to a built in solinoid,,,,,
i didn't know this, assuming that they had an inertia wheel that was busted during the wreck ( i got all the blood stains out)
so, i special ordered 2 new seat belt assemblies from chyrsler at like $200 a pop........no returns
and these didn't extend either, then i figured out that applying 12v to the connector tripped the solinoid......so, i get curious as to what makes them lock on the event of a crash...
you cannot imagine how hard it was to get someone at crysler to tell me how they worked.....no one wanted the liability of telling me how their seat belts opperated..
i finally talked to a sympathic guy in a service department, that understood that i was not trying to steal their technology.....
the car has accelerometers that constantly measure the g-force that the car is seeing......in the event of a crash, the g-force heads toward infinity and the computer drops the 12v to the solinoid, thereby locking the seatbelt in their existing location.....
this was a little bit beyond my skill set, so i have a switch installed that i can use to toggle the 12v, ,,, when there is no voltage, it is like being in a three point harness,,,,,,,,,,
i am planning on installing a fuel pump impact sensor (they are used in electronic fuel pumps to drop voltage to the fuel pump which stops the flow of fuel in the event of a crash
step 2 was trying to fit them in and attach them...
the drivers side was power the passanger manual, but that didn't matter becasue it was pretty much impossible to use the existing mounts that were on the seats,,,,,
so , i bought after market 5way power modules that are more typically used in pick up trucks to mount custom seats......then i removed the moving mechanisms from the seats.,, and was able to find some places that i could drill and bolt on the new mounts.....
i had to remove the existing seats mounts from the floor and get a piece of metal bent and welded onto the floor deck so that i had a platform for the seat assemblies to bolt on to.....
this raised the seats a couple inches, so i had to install a tilt steering column in order to be able to get in and out of the car with ease......
the height adjust is worthless because of this,
tha tall being said.....we just drove 150 miles each way on a trip over the weekend and the seats are comfortable as all heck.....
sebrings black color was actually charcoal, and i had the rear seat redone to match the color and pattern of the the buckets......
if you didn't know any better the whole installation looks like it could have came from the factory...
good luck .....
