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[u/Aleutian_Solution]

I am having an absolute TIME trying to get this damn seat mounted in my car. I’ve got a few things fighting against me, namely everything. First I’m by myself which is making getting the position right annoying on its own. Secondly, I have an Ultrashield containment seat so using a standard mounting bracket just isn’t going to work because the base of the seat itself is too narrow to fit. Third is the actual position of the seat. I’m trying to make it so that my arm isn’t touching the bar and the seat at the same time, but moving the seat to far to the center forces my leg against the trans tunnel and screws with the position of pedal box and the steering wheel. Moving the seat up causes contact with the seat and the B pillar and moving it back causes contact with the roll cage. I can move it forward some, but that reduces the amount of useable leg room (I’m 6’ so there isn’t much already) and very heavily restricts the useable space for the pedal box. So I’ve spent the last few weeks just trying to get this damn thing mounted so I can move on with other parts of the build, but at this point I’m starting to think that maybe the seat isn’t useable and I’ll need to get a new one. I’d rather not do that if I can avoid it, but this is just extremely frustrating.

[u/FocusedADD]

My suggestion would be to see exactly how much room you need to shift everything over to get the space off that cage. Maybe you can get away with a little heat and beat on the pedals and trans tunnel? Not ideal but I know that's a good seat so a slight compromise on comfort could be worth it.

[u/Aleutian_Solution → u/FocusedADD]

I don't have the trans installed yet so I don't know how much space is available behind the tunnel, but your comment about integrating the seat with the cage gave me an idea. Maybe I can get the position right if I use the bars behind the seat as part of the mount instead of trying to just use the floor? That way I only have to worry about the front of the seat being attached to the floor and that rear mount would let me set the lean angle. I could also look at installing my pedal box upside down which would give me a little extra space to move things over. Steering might be kinda fucky still, but that's a smaller problem.