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wheee! · 04-15-2014, 08:27 AM

He was referring to you having to cut your arp studs.

BrooklynBully · 04-15-2014, 08:30 AM

Sounds like it wouldve saved you a ton of time and money.

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edconline · 04-15-2014, 09:39 AM

Ahh yes, then I could have left them full length but they would have poked out the end of the lugs and I don't like how that looks. All good, it's done now!

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BrooklynBully · 04-15-2014, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by edconline

Ahh yes, then I could have left them full length but they would have poked out the end of the lugs and I don't like how that looks. All good, it's done now!

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Really cant tell...... for future reference.......

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edconline · 04-15-2014, 08:13 PM

There is no way those are ARP studs at full length on that wheel... It would look like this, which is what mine would have looked like:

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synolimit · 04-15-2014, 08:39 PM

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Thought I would post up some pics I found of the test fit I did with the new Status Ring GT seat while I was home on leave. Excuse the poor photo quality, they were on my phone

Test Fit 1

Posted my impressions on the seat based on trying it out HERE

So the seat does need two brackets? One for the floor and one running up the sides? Does the seat not have have a lower mount point? I'd like to only buy one and not two.

edconline · 04-15-2014, 08:46 PM

There are actually 3 sections: floor mount/base, sliders, side mounts and they bolt together in that order. You could get away with mounting the side brackets directly to the base I suppose however you'd need to make sure it was set at the perfect driving position for you as you would have no adjustment. You cannot bolt the seat directly from the bottom to the floor.

synolimit · 04-15-2014, 09:19 PM

Yeah I know that. I was thinking base to floor and base to bottom of the seat that has a lower mount point along with side mounts. Or the side rails welded to floor and then bolted to seat. Just want as little weight as possible and cheapest price.

edconline · 04-15-2014, 09:25 PM

The side mounts and base will not make any discernible difference in weight. The seats are $1800 each as well, so another 10% to have it mounted properly isn't bad IMO. That said some people do like to ditch the sliders for a more secure install in the event of a crash at the track (sliders are prone to fail in those situations) and that makes sense to me. The holes that are in the seats now you would have to use as they are because there is simply no good way to make another attachment point on the seat itself. But ya, you could totally modify the base or mount the side brackets directly to the floor, there is enough clearance for that.

synolimit · 04-15-2014, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by edconline

The side mounts and base will not make any discernible difference in weight. The seats are $1800 each as well, so another 10% to have it mounted properly isn't bad IMO. That said some people do like to ditch the sliders for a more secure install in the event of a crash at the track (sliders are prone to fail in those situations) and that makes sense to me. The holes that are in the seats now you would have to use as they are because there is simply no good way to make another attachment point on the seat itself. But ya, you could totally modify the base or mount the side brackets directly to the floor, there is enough clearance for that.

Well both are 6lbs so I save half haha. Yeah that does make sense. I'm going all FIA so I have to be secure and safe. And I'm looking at corbaeu sport forza FIA seats for $314 retail. The base has holes in it so fingers crossed they will fit the seat holes on the bottom. If they don't then I need to decide if I want to weld side rails to the floor or buy both base and sides and have to spend more and more weight. Or I could drill out a hole in the base to match the seat holes...

hmmm

sig11 · 04-17-2014, 05:54 PM

The floor isn't flat so you will need a base or to build up the flood one way or the other... Our floor sucks a whole lot.

synolimit · 04-17-2014, 06:09 PM

That's true. I guess I'll just buy the base. Bolt the seat to it even if I need to drill holes if the base holes don't line up. Then if the seats to low or something I may just have to spring for the side rails to raise it up and use the side mount holes.

sig11 · 04-18-2014, 09:43 AM

I wound up having a custom base made since I'm tall.. The Planted base was too high and wasn't even level.

edconline · 04-18-2014, 03:33 PM

Yup planted bases = junk. Either go custom or get the Wedge Engineering base and modify that.

synolimit · 04-19-2014, 10:48 PM

Just noticed planted base says nothing about FIA but the side mounts do. So seems my plans have changed once again.

04-15-2014, 08:27 AM	#166 (permalink)
wheee! A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mod Capital of Canada Age: 58 Posts: 7,354 Drives: cars. lots of cars. Rep Power: 40182	He was referring to you having to cut your arp studs. BrooklynBully likes this. __________________ H&R / Stillen / Berk / HKS / Swift / Michelin / UpRev / SPC / Amuse Rep / Seibon / Fringe XVO / TWM / more... My Journal

04-15-2014, 09:39 AM	#168 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	Ahh yes, then I could have left them full length but they would have poked out the end of the lugs and I don't like how that looks. All good, it's done now! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-15-2014, 08:13 PM	#170 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	There is no way those are ARP studs at full length on that wheel... It would look like this, which is what mine would have looked like: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-15-2014, 08:46 PM	#172 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	There are actually 3 sections: floor mount/base, sliders, side mounts and they bolt together in that order. You could get away with mounting the side brackets directly to the base I suppose however you'd need to make sure it was set at the perfect driving position for you as you would have no adjustment. You cannot bolt the seat directly from the bottom to the floor. __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-15-2014, 09:19 PM	#173 (permalink)
synolimit A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 5,051 Drives: 2013 Silver 370z Rep Power: 3389	Yeah I know that. I was thinking base to floor and base to bottom of the seat that has a lower mount point along with side mounts. Or the side rails welded to floor and then bolted to seat. Just want as little weight as possible and cheapest price. __________________ 13 370z-

04-15-2014, 08:30 AM	#167 (permalink)
BrooklynBully Base Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Brooklyn Age: 42 Posts: 156 Drives: 2010 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 13	Sounds like it wouldve saved you a ton of time and money. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T217A using Tapatalk

04-15-2014, 09:25 PM	#174 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	The side mounts and base will not make any discernible difference in weight. The seats are $1800 each as well, so another 10% to have it mounted properly isn't bad IMO. That said some people do like to ditch the sliders for a more secure install in the event of a crash at the track (sliders are prone to fail in those situations) and that makes sense to me. The holes that are in the seats now you would have to use as they are because there is simply no good way to make another attachment point on the seat itself. But ya, you could totally modify the base or mount the side brackets directly to the floor, there is enough clearance for that. synolimit likes this. __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-17-2014, 05:54 PM	#176 (permalink)
sig11 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,294 Drives: 09 370Z Red Sport-MT Rep Power: 18	The floor isn't flat so you will need a base or to build up the flood one way or the other... Our floor sucks a whole lot.

04-17-2014, 06:09 PM	#177 (permalink)
synolimit A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 5,051 Drives: 2013 Silver 370z Rep Power: 3389	That's true. I guess I'll just buy the base. Bolt the seat to it even if I need to drill holes if the base holes don't line up. Then if the seats to low or something I may just have to spring for the side rails to raise it up and use the side mount holes. __________________ 13 370z- Last edited by synolimit; 04-17-2014 at 06:30 PM.

04-18-2014, 09:43 AM	#178 (permalink)
sig11 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,294 Drives: 09 370Z Red Sport-MT Rep Power: 18	I wound up having a custom base made since I'm tall.. The Planted base was too high and wasn't even level. edconline likes this.

04-18-2014, 03:33 PM	#179 (permalink)
edconline Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 855 Drives: 10' MB Z34 6MT T/S/N Rep Power: 23	Yup planted bases = junk. Either go custom or get the Wedge Engineering base and modify that. sig11 likes this. __________________ View Journal Audio Build

04-19-2014, 10:48 PM	#180 (permalink)
synolimit A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 5,051 Drives: 2013 Silver 370z Rep Power: 3389	Just noticed planted base says nothing about FIA but the side mounts do. So seems my plans have changed once again. __________________ 13 370z-

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