brakets for racing seats

chicoloco · Post by **chicoloco** » June 17th, 2005, 11:55 am

hey ppl i'm new with this site but i have question i have a 1993 mx-3, i'm trying to find some brakets to put on my racing seats, the seats are from APC. but everywhere i gone too they don't make brakets for mx-3. if any body knows where i can find brakets for mx-3 please let me jnow thatnx

neutral · Post by **neutral** » June 17th, 2005, 1:57 pm

I'm getting ready to install some as well. My seats are by DAD but style is like Corbeau and I've read past threads that the Corbeau brackets/rails for the 91-96 Escort are a direct fit for the MX-3.

This is the only place I've found them at so far. Hope to order from them in the next 2 weeks. (Click this link and then the "Click here for seat bracket info" and you'll see the part listing for the Escort)

http://www.murrayauto.com/store/myProdu ... ryID=18262

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » June 17th, 2005, 2:37 pm

Hey neutral.. when you get your new brackets.. can you take a pic of your old brackets side by side with your new ones before you install? I would like to see where the mount points for the seats and the floor are in relation to each other (new vs. old) Thanks man

Tunes67

neutral · Post by **neutral** » June 17th, 2005, 3:43 pm

No problem.

monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » June 18th, 2005, 9:25 pm

i tried to order these a while ago, but the problem is you have to buy the seats & rails together

PoisonDrop · Post by **PoisonDrop** » June 18th, 2005, 10:49 pm

I don't know if this would help anyone, but I have some racing seats from Kirkey. They don't make brackets, and I couldn't find any that would work for like 3 years. Then I found some metal fabrication shop that was willing to spend the day with me making some custom brackets. We spent 8 hours going back and forth from the car to the shop and finally came up with a steel plate that bolts directly into the seat mount points. Then I went home and drilled holes in the plate and the seat to mount the seat to the plate. They look great and are a totally awesome custom job.

Anyway, my point being, if anyone can't find a bracket that works for their seat, I'm sure I can have these guys make a few more sets of these brackets. They are a universal fit for any seat. You'll just have to drill holes in the plate to match the mounting holes in your seat (I used a regular drill with a steel bit from Home Depot). MY cost was $80 but that was mostly for their time. I'm sure now that they know what to do, it would be a bit less.

So let me know if anyone is interested...just a thought...

chicoloco · Post by **chicoloco** » June 19th, 2005, 5:18 pm

hey neutral,
i try to order the brackets but i want to make sure they have the same measurements as APC has.

exdream_mx3 · Post by **exdream_mx3** » June 19th, 2005, 7:08 pm

I have a set of Tenzo R rally seats in mine and i just used the universal brackets that they came with. Had to do some welding and such but really wasn't that big of a problem.

neutral · Post by **neutral** » June 19th, 2005, 7:47 pm

I want to store the stock seats with their brackets intact since they can't be used as bolt-on for the new seats - so welding not an option here. I see cardomain has the same brackets listed under Sparco as I linked above, for Corbeau, even has same p/n 986 & 987. Price is only $55 USD and I already have universal sliders that came with the D.A.D. seats. http://www.cardomain.com/item/SPA986

Urbanconcept · Post by **Urbanconcept** » June 19th, 2005, 11:38 pm

best idea is to go to a small time metal shop and get them to cut metal pieces for you. i had a shop cut some for me and I drilled the holes myself. i also used the factory seat rails. The seats just sit a little high though(they are APC seats) and from what I hear these seats sit a little high to begin with.

PoisonDrop · Post by **PoisonDrop** » June 20th, 2005, 6:05 pm

That's what I was saying. I found an excellent group of guys that made my seats sit just as low as stock. Mine are Kirkey though, as I stated above, and I didn't use the stock rails, but I didn't want mine to move anyway.

Spinkx79 · Post by **Spinkx79** » June 22nd, 2005, 4:13 pm

Im on the same boat, i have 2 nice Tom Motorsports seats sittin on my garage floor

ogtff · Post by **ogtff** » June 22nd, 2005, 4:14 pm

you can use your stock

Spinkx79 · Post by **Spinkx79** » June 22nd, 2005, 4:24 pm

ogtff wrote:you can use your stock

I tried, i drilled new holes, mounted the seats on the sliders...no prob.

I installed the passenger side and it was a-- crooked...towards the door.

The inside slider mounts higher in the seat.

esmacmil · Post by **esmacmil** » July 6th, 2005, 12:06 am

kinda off topic...anybody have their stock black/teal seats layin around after the installs?

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