by "Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
Published 04/02/2017 at 17:53
by "Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
Published 04/02/2017 at 17:53
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I’ve had the stock seats from the ralle36 sitting around for over a year now, so I figured it was time to do something with them.
My office chair broke a little while ago and the back was basically not attached to anything. It’s really annoying to have to sit perfectly upright all the time.
I removed the four screws holding the old chair in. Next, I took everything to the garage and hacked off a piece of aluminum plate with the angle grinder. This is leftover 1/4" 6061 from making my skid plate. Four holes on the outside to line up with the seat frame and four holes to line up with the base.
One difficulty with these seats is that they’re powered, and the sliding rails always cover at least one set of holes. To get around this, I used some test leads to connect the seat to my car. The seat just had 12v and ground wires, so I unplugged my rally lights and connected in there. I was able to position the seat as I needed to and got it all tightened down.
For the other seat, I wanted to do something easier. I picked up some caster wheels from the hardware store and just welded them to the frames...
So now I’ve got two sweet BMW seats in my house. I’m planning on rigging something up to keep them powered as well...
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
04/02/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 1
I just realized that wearing a seatbelt is so inconceivable to me on such a fundamental level that an office chair with a working seatbelt actually seems appealing.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/02/2017 at 18:25, STARS: 0
Sweet!
I used an old office chair as the base for mine, too:
"Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
04/02/2017 at 18:26, STARS: 0
I wish! The buckle pretensioner is attached to the seat frame, but the retractor was mounted on the B pillar
"Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
04/02/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 0
Nice. Did you have to drill any holes, or did everything manage to line up?
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/02/2017 at 18:40, STARS: 1
It more or less lined up, I just had to enlarge a couple of holes. Slotted angle isn’t really the best material for this, but it’s what I had on hand, and it actually seems to be holding up pretty well for such a cheap ’n dirty project.
"Tapas" (tapas)
04/03/2017 at 01:28, STARS: 0
You can DIY a seat belt buckle that is attached to a cup holder. Then you can clip that into your seat!
"Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
04/03/2017 at 08:04, STARS: 0
Ha, that would be sweet. Unfortunately, these are on buckle pretensioners with flexible cables, which would end up with drinks all over my floors
"Tapas" (tapas)
04/03/2017 at 10:05, STARS: 0
Ah that’s a bummer.