seat question (bolting down seats)

[Brad]

Yesterday I picked up some Honda seats from a junkyard. I'm going to put these in my truck, but the brackets under the slider rails would need to be modified. Instead, I'd like to cut these L-shaped brackets off at the rivets,make my own brackets, and then using grade 8 bolts, bolt them to the seat rails. The rivets are about 1/4" in dia. with 2 going through each bracket. I've looked at many different models of seats from different cars and they're pretty much bracketed all the same (so you know what I'm referring to). Would you guys do this or would this be unsafe? I figure it's okay because the seatbelt is doing all the work of holding me in place, and not the actual seat itself.
(btw, I will be selling my Mazda 626 seats cheap if anyone is interested)

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WOU in Monmouth, Or
68 Camaro,250(No,I'm not putting in a 350!)
67,LWB,250(Again, I'm not putting in a 350!)
a work in progress
"Praise The Lowered"


[This message has been edited by Brad (edited April 11, 2002).]

[MIKE'67]

If you use grade 8 bolts and a thick fender washer to distribute the load underneath you should be fine. I used a 4" square piece of steel with a hole drilled in it for a washer. I've done this to 3 trucks and never had a problem.

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1967 Chevy white SWB, 327, 350 trans., 95 Silverado power buckets, frenched third brake light, frenched antenna, digital gauges, power windows, tilt wheel, Vintage Air, Painless wiring, Cragar SS wheels. Located in Albertville, Alabama

[Kas68c10]

On mine, the rear mounts fit,and the front I drilled ,and used #8s and large washers,been fine for 4 years,but then,never really tested either.

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1968 SWB Stepside, pwr disc brake and tilt pwr steering, 5 spd tranny, HEI,Accel coil,K&N filter,3 bolt seatbelts, original i6 and wood bed, seat from an 89 Chevy, front and rear sway bars, moved gas tank to under the bed, headman hedders, new chrome bumpers,one wire alternator,WORK IN PROGRESS,Daily driver, 20 MPG, Freeland MI