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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:36 pm    Post subject: Front seats Reply with quote

Anyone have any pictures or suggestion on material for floor where seats will be installed...should I put cross bracing under floor to help support seats...if so should I bolt to tubing or weld and so one...thanks
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

Guess I should have states sand rail
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

Can you provide a pic of your tail and where you want to have the seats?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

The floor of a buggy should be like 16 gauge aluminum, preferably 6061 T6 or steel sheet of 18-20 ga. Some like to let sand fall out using 16 ga expanded steel.

The floor should NEVER be used to mount seats, pedals, belts, etc. There should be frame structure, such as 1" 065 wall tube to mount seats to. That's what the seats are mounted to in my Hi Jumper that you see in my avatar. Plenty strong enough for offroad racing.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

First pic shows the tabs for the front of the seat mounts and a double shear tab for the crotch belt whoch points straight to the hole in the seat for that belt.
Second pic shows the bar ( tube) and tabs for the rear seat mounts.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

Thanks for the pictures and someone said post some pics.
I would like secure these brackets some how...the mrs want be able to drive so was going to put a slider in...thinking about the floor and gage that was mention and maybe some cross members supports all the way across.
Don’t have really any good idea to tie floor to back near Torsion bar going across
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

Also think you can see from picture belts or already tied in frame good
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

Weld some square tube in there.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Front seats Reply with quote

No need to add extra tubes or stress what to mount the back edge of the floor to.

My Hi Jumper never had any square tube to mount the floor. No angle stock. Never had any tubes on the torsion housing. Tabs on the side tubes and on the center tube near the torsion housing takes care of the back edge of the floor panel.
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