Seat tracks?

I got my speedster seats from Oscar today and my carpet is ready to be fitted so I'm getting ready to dive in and start my interior re-do! Can anyone help me out with the best choice of seat tracks? Oscar had mentioned that John at JPS uses 88-90 Honda Civic tracks? I looked at them online and they seem a little "complicated" for my seats. I had dune buggie seats in before and unfortunately those track bolt hole patterns are about a 1/2 inch off. If I'm going to have to re-fiberglass over the old holes in the bottom of the seats anyway I figured I would get the standard tracks used for classic speedster buckets (slots in backrest). What should I use?

914 track assemblies are wonderful, simple, AND keep to a certain heritage, and that's just kinda cool.

Where can I get some? I have looked all over and nobody seems to have any. What is the going price for them?

ebay or a junk yard - you need the tracks from the seat and the mounting assembly -- 80% will have a broken look handle. Then you will have to fabricate 2 hinges for each seat and a bracket to hold the toothed adjusters - not shown (allow seat to rock up/down and adjust front height). $15-45 each.

Mickey

I have a pair of 914 seat tracks with good handles on them. But it is missing the center adjustment for up/down movement. Shot me a e-mail. I don't need them your cheap.

James

You might luck out and not need the hinges or bracket that Wolfgang mentions. I bolted mine in and liked the "pitch" that the bracket angle offered just fine. Installed them as-is and done.

On the new car, I used small spacer blocks (cut from 1x1 square steel 'tubing") to adjust the angle.

But, I tend to use the same driving position all the time, never adjust anything really.

I measured a friends 914 seat brackets and they are too wide to fit the CMC fiberglass seats. What needs to be done to make them fit.

Just measure the outer diameter of that central tube connecting the two end mount assemblies, hit the hardware store "plumbing, electrical & heating" section, grab up a short "slice" pipe with the same inner diameter, cut the connector pipe and shorten it to the length that will provide the width that you're looking for, slide the splice on then drill and rivet it in place.

The seats have "bosses" kind of molded into them where the mounts would attach, some have wooded slats glassed in as well. You should use these as the guide for establishing the eventual width of the seat mounts and shorten the connector pipe accordingly.

Just commom sense really . . .

Luck,

TC

I had an extra pair of the adjuster teeth - not sure if I can find them or not --- I'd be willing to make a tracing of the set I have and you could easily grind a piece of angle iron to match the tracing.

James,
Thanks for the offer, I may end up taking you up on them. I modified the old track from my other seats to fit the speedster seats. I only have the drivers seat installed until I get my carpet back from my sister (she's sewing on the trim). When it's time to finish the interior I'll re-evaluate the seat track issue and figure out if my current modifications will last. Thanks again, Mickey