Stripping standard seats to use rails for recaro's - help needed (including pics)

[liss]

Hello guys, I've bought some Accord type r recaro's and after a little bit of reading it seems that everyone is modifying the standard rails as opposed to buying recaro or bride ones.

Today I have stripped down my passenger seat and have drawn a blank as to what needs to be done next? I was under the belief that the seat would just be bolted to the rail and it would just come away ready for a couple of plates to be welded on but it appears that this is not the case?

Are the seats in my EP91 just different from everyone else's? Do I have to butcher and cut these rails up to make them flat ready for plates to be welded in? What are my options?

Any help would be great! pics below.

[Zeldoz]

Waiting for answers here, as i plan on doing the exact thing.

[liss]

Waiting for answers here, as i plan on doing the exact thing.

Yep I'm hoping someone has come across this before as I'm desperately trying to do this on a budget! Recaro/Bride rails are too expensive

[karl.]

What was done to my type R seats is the feet were cut off the glanza rails and welded onto the honda seats. Maybe no good to you but?

[TrisK]

They way i did it was:

Buy one of these from demon tweeks

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/seat-mounting-frames-universal/recaro-double-locking-runners-left-right-hand-bow-inside

Drill off the spot welds that hold the feet on the standard rails, bolt them onto those universal rails

Job done

[Zeldoz]

They way i did it was:

Buy one of these from demon tweeks

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/seat-mounting-frames-universal/recaro-double-locking-runners-left-right-hand-bow-inside

Drill off the spot welds that hold the feet on the standard rails, bolt them onto those universal rails

Job done

If there a hole to chuck a bolt through on the feed of OEM rails then?

Or, do you need to make one?

Also, same goes for the rails you linked, is there a bolt hole or do you need to drill?

[TrisK]

If there a hole to chuck a bolt through on the feed of OEM rails then?

Or, do you need to make one?

Also, same goes for the rails you linked, is there a bolt hole or do you need to drill?

THeres a hole on the rail i linked

and on the seats you drill where the spot weld was, which you had to do to get the feet off the rail anyway

[Greenmachine81]

They way i did it was:

Buy one of these from demon tweeks

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/seat-mounting-frames-universal/recaro-double-locking-runners-left-right-hand-bow-inside

Drill off the spot welds that hold the feet on the standard rails, bolt them onto those universal rails

Job done

is that price for a pair or single rail??

[TrisK]

is that price for a pair or single rail??

Single rail i think lad

[liss]

Are there companies that will fabricate rails for you?

[lee0100]

I done this with impreza seats, took the standard rails off my gt seats and lined them up with the impreza seats marked where I needed to drill holes then nut and bolted the rails on.

Took awhile to line them up and getting them to sit level but seem fine

[Dmoss468-jdm]

Has this been done yet as I still want to know