Anyone use 'Summit universal fixed seat brackets' when installing race seats?

If you ever have anyone riding in the back seat you will regret the fixed brackets.

I bought the sliding ones but they still give people trouble getting into the back seat.

Most seat brackets can be heated and bent to match the floor if you still want to use them I'm sure a hammer and some heat will help get them into place.

i'm sure they would do, but you could just modify the rails that are on your stock seats by mounting some cross beams to make a frame. of course, unless you plan on selling the seats. the rails simply unbolt from the bottom of the seats.

i did this with no problems at all. i even managed to mount the passenger seat on a couple of hinges so the back seat is accessable from that side.

i installed racing seats with stock brackets....VERY EASY!!

I used the summit fixed brackets at first in my old car, worked out pretty godd (didn't have a backseat, so I didn't care) I sold the car to a family member and am completely redoing it and putting in a backseat so he got the sliding brackets that DO attatch to the fixed brackets, a little tall though.

You got to love summit and jeg's brand stuff, privately labeled name brands are great .

I also modified (drilled holes in doesn't sound as good ) 1988 5.0 brackets for a friends seats (also, summit). Worked out great, he still uses them over a year later.

before you buy summit seats check out this company that make the seats for summit http://www.hunsakersports.com/shop/default.asp i bought a set and i am pleased with them a bit cheaper than buying from summit. all you have to do is take a piece of 1/8 think buy 2 in cteel you can buy at a hardware store cut it to what ever your measurments are from across your old seat brackets when bolted in place you will have to drill a new hole beacause the seats are a bit shorter than the brackets this is what lots of people have done works great and if you have a new stang 87 and up they use a dual locking mecinisim wich keeps you in nhra rules as well. good luck

I have a set of Jaz racing seats with the stock seat brackets. Here is a pic of the seats.

http://forums.stangnet.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27473

i made this drawing up the other day. no, my brackets aren't actually these colors, it's just to show the layers of metal.

all of the bolt holes are roughly where i have mine at. i recommend using all six mounting points on the seats for strength. the black pieces are the origional seat rails. the blues are the cross sections to make the frame. and, i also put the red metal sections on because even with the seats back the whole way, they seemed to sit too far forward for my comfort. would be nice if i made them so the seat went back a little further yet. you'll need some type of spacers or washers because the bolts for the rear cross rail will interfere with the mounting of the seats. so, that's how i mounted them back farther on the rails, otherwise you could do without the red metal sections.

i bought some square tubular welding metal for the cross pieces that bolt onto the seat rails(blue pieces). i think it was 1/2", just big enough to fit the size bolts that i used to bolt to them to the rails. i also bought some thin flat metal (red pieces). it might have been 1/8" thick X 1 1/2" wide. strong enough to be sturdy. i can't remember what size all the bolts were, sorry. might have been 3/8" for the rails and 1/2" for the seats.

take the seats out and unbolt the rails from the bottom of the seats. i bolted the rails back onto the floorbards and measured the length needed to cut the metal cross rails. looking at my drawing, i think the rest is self explanitory. measure twice, cut once. same with the holes that you drill. you do have an angle grinder right? also, i think i ended up cutting a couple of inches off the front of the seat rails because they stuck out a little bit.

they are the stock factory slider rails.