Sickest Desk Chair EVER!!

stprorolla49

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I had the stock passenger seat from my old '95 taking up space in the shop, and decided to make a desk chair out of it. I have been searching for a nice, sturdy base for it for a year and finally hit the jackpot! I work at West Elm, an expensive contemporary furniture store, and they were throwing away a $300 leather desk chair because there was a tear in the leather, but the chrome base was mint so my manager let me have it. I welded a bracket together to mate the seat and the base, then I bolted it all together. Here is the finished product. Enjoy!

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nice

 

slonlow2000

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Sweet, I had a couple seats from a Blazer set up like that in my apartment durning college, they were full leatehr and all like yours. Pretty comfy too.

 

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that is badass man, it looks like you sit a little far back from the cog. you dont fall over backwards easy in it?

 

stprorolla49

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hillbilie5.0 said:

that is badass man, it looks like you sit a little far back from the cog. you dont fall over backwards easy in it?

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Nope, the pics are kinda deceiving because of the angle, but I actually mounted the base so my ass is directly over the center of the base. I can recline the seat fully and lean back and it doesn't tip backward.

 

hillbilie5.0

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stprorolla49 said:

Nope, the pics are kinda deceiving because of the angle, but I actually mounted the base so my ass is directly over the center of the base. I can recline the seat fully and lean back and it doesn't tip backward.

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thats awesome

 

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Needs a center console with cup holders.

 

hillbilie5.0

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Crzyhrse said:

Needs a center console with cup holders.

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and a 6spd cobra shifter mounted somewhere for when your watching car videos

 

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Mine:
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347_stang

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waaay sick!

 

SteedaGT9150

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both of them are badass. i have a seat out of my old gt i might try and do that to. what do i need?

 

stprorolla49

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CobraRed_96_GT said:

Mine:

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That is badass!! I would love to use a race seat, but this project didn't cost me a cent besides a few hours of cutting, grinding, and welding time. Nonetheless, your chair is dirty! I love the red!

SteedaGT9150 said:

both of them are badass. i have a seat out of my old gt i might try and do that to. what do i need?

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I made a bracket that mounted to the original mounting bolt holes on the seat that converges into the center of the chair where I drilled 4 holes and bolted on the base I got. All you need is a wheeled base from an old desk chair, a car seat, some sort of a bracket to mate the two parts, and some fasteners. One thing I might add is because the seat itself is slightly heavier than most other desk chairs, I used 2" diameter fender washers on the bolts that hold the base to the bracket, just to keep it a little more sturdy.

 

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bdcardinal

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how many of you have Pedobear guarding yours? i submit mine is cooler. its a Cobra Daytona wrapped in black leather.

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sneaky98gt

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bdcardinal said:

how many of you have Pedobear guarding yours? i submit mine is cooler. its a Cobra Daytona wrapped in black leather.

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That is great! I like the mouse pad as much as the chair!

-Will

p.s. All the desk chairs are great! I think I may have to try and make one sometime soon.

 

68stang351

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I've got one that I made out of a Fox GT seat about 5 years ago. So comfy! A 9v battery operates lumbar!

 

stprorolla49

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Damn, you guys are owning me and my chair!

 

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bdcardinal

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mine cost .......a lot, ya we will keep it at that. whats cool is all the Cobra brand seats fit on their office chair adapter. i bought it at SubeSports down in Huntington Beach, they have them for all their office chairs, even the full race ones.