Help with Racing Seats

[tropic2090]

Has anyone bought Universal Racing seats from eBay (NOT Corbeau-Sparco Seats), If so which Brackets did you guys get.

[Eye8Pussies]

you usually have to buy universal sliders for a camry and then get custom brackets made up- there aren't any companies that make them for our cars

[felkajamine]

i'm just gettin mine custom bracketed in, and not sure about the sliders though. my sparcos came with sliders already on them are installing a harnest for the seats? or just the factory belts?

[terrastrife]

what you do is you rip off your old ones and weld em onto blank brackets =)

[sk8chip98]

i had it get mine custom made.i had sliders welded to a cutom seat bracket to bolt right into the stock spots. i installed harnest as well (three point) two points mount up fine in the coup on the the floor by the door and one the the mount in te back the third i had to drill a hole in the mounting bracket for te seat and bolt it to that.

i think Corbeau makes brackets to fit our car but its for there seats only.
Good luck and if you get something custom welded make sure who ever does the welding knows what they are doing. if you wipe out man you dont want a shitty weld being the only thing holding that seat down in the car.

[terrastrife]

yes but if hes already purchased universal cheap seats off ebay then safetey and comfort are already out the window, it doesnt amtter because the seat will fall apart b3fore the car hits the tree.

[Camryamnesty]

OK, i just ran into this problem with my friends mazda. What we did was:
1. bolt the universal sliders to the seat.
2. Remove old seats.
3. Remove stock sliders from old seat.
4. cut off any excess metal that will be in the way you will see what i mean.
and also remove the stock slider pieces so its just the brackets really.
5. Remove the seatbelt buckle.
6. Buy 4 pieces of steel or aluminum about 16 inches by 2.
7. Take these pieces of metal, and bolt or weld them from one stock slider to the other about 10 inches apart. You now have your mounting brackets. so you have like a # type shape. you'll understand what im talking about, ill try to take some pics and show you guys what im talking about.
8. Bolt the seat to these pieces of metal, and you have your brackets mounted to your seats.
9. Remove the one of the bolts on the side of the seat that connect the top part to the bottom part, (where the seat reclines)
10. Take your seat belt buckle and bolt it here if your not installing a harness also.
11. bolt your Racing seats with your custom mounting brackets to the floor and your finished, sit down and feel how comfortable your race car is.

[YESCA]

Originally Posted by UfoZ

Oh young grasshoppers, how much you still have to learn.

Wedge Engineering makes seat brackets for Camrys. Sparco and Momo should bolt up no problem... Recaro and Bride need slight modification (added mounting points) to fit.

And if I were you, Id stay away from those eBay seats... Unless you dont mind being folded over like an omelette in a crash and DIEING.

Couldn't have said it better my self.

BTW Corbeau also makes seat brackets....but they are for the gen 4 Camry.... not sure of the gen 3.

[internetautomar]

Number one makes a bracket for the 3rd gen as well

[Eye8Pussies]

really? interesting.....how much are they?

and any idea if they would be able to be modified (mounting spots) to mount 7th gen celi seats? and any idea how high the seat will be afterwards?


that's the good thing about custom brackets, you can have them made to your specifications at least...but then they cost stome gooe $$$

[internetautomar]

Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

really? interesting.....how much are they?

and any idea if they would be able to be modified (mounting spots) to mount 7th gen celi seats? and any idea how high the seat will be afterwards?


that's the good thing about custom brackets, you can have them made to your specifications at least...but then they cost stome gooe $$$

65 per side
Linky 4 u

[Eye8Pussies]

Originally Posted by UfoZ

The Wedge Engineering brackets go for around 300 bucks a set... I dont know if their website is still up, but if you need them just go to www.importparts.com and call their order number... Ask for Ben and tell him I sent you and theyll hook you up.

woah...thanks...but that's a pretty ridiculously expensive price...especially since that's american...haha....but thanks...I can get some custom welded ones here for about $150 per seat and made to my specs

Originally Posted by internetautomar

65 per side
Linky 4 u

and that's what I was looking for thanks, and more in my price range...lol...

hmmmm.....so I guess I could just drill new holes and bolt my celi sliders onto the brackets....

[warlock]

ebay seats are not going to cut it for track. most must be SFI approved. but just for looks maybe. just hope you dont get into a bad accedent.

you get what you pay for

[CamryPunk]

Here's my break down of price for my seats and brackets... I got them at wholesale because I used to work at a shop, but I'll put down the retail prices:

2 x Sparco Torinos = $1200.00
2 x Universal Adapter Plates w/ sliders = $210
2 x Camry Brackets from Sparco (took 7 months) = $250.00

It's gets quite expensive. So, keep that in mind folks.

[tropic2090]

Well I sent an email about my situation and they told me that Sparco makes brackets for a 1988 Toyota Camry but they run at $175 each. In addition, I wanted to know what are the measurements from where the sliders meet the bolts on the brackets if anyone has them. Thank you guys.