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Hanaldo

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Hey guys,

I had an attempt at installing my Sparco Torino II racing seats in my R34 the other day, and discovered it is going to be a very tricky process. The Sparco's have universal rails (I contacted Sparco and apparently they don't make specific rails, they only do universals), which of course are not going to be perfect. But I found my original R34 seats are mounted on little feet that are 'bolted' onto the rails of the seats and then the feet are 'bolted' to the floor. I say 'bolted' for lack of a better description, the fastening that attaches the feet to the rails is very strange, can't be undone by a tool. It is sort of like a pop-rivet style fixing... I can upload pictures if anyone thinks it will help.

Basically I want to ask if anyone has installed some seats in their R34 before, either with universal rails or specific rails, and how you overcame this problem if you encountered it? These are really nice seats, it would be a huge shame to not have them fit just because of these little mounts.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Martin.

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You'll need specific rails for your car. In your case, 34GTT rails as 32/33 rails won't work with RWD 34's.

The universal rails are there for you to modify to fit your application, which sometimes isn't the best/safest/easiest option.

Try and find someone who has a set of bride/recaro rails lying around and have a test to see if they fit sparco's. If so, you can source rails from those brands :ermm:

Hanaldo Grand Master

Hanaldo

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Was considering drilling out rivets ^ But I'm not sure if the feet will line up with the holes... And then I've f**ked my original seats? :)

What's my cheapest option here? Bride rails are like $315 each, that's ridiculous :(

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I had to look, the Torinos aren't side mount. Besides finding a specific rail made for that seat to go in that car there aren't alot of options. Side mount seats are better because generally if you can find a rail made for your car you can use it with your seat. Good luck. I had a bottom mount sparco a couple year ago for an S2000 and came to the same situation you are in. My option was to sell the seat and find something better suited.

Hanaldo Grand Master

Hanaldo

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Sliders as in the universal rails?

How would I know what rails to buy though, wouldn't they be different widths and things so they might fit my car but not the seat? Bride rails are out of the question unless I can get some second hand ones for cheap, I'm not spending 700 bucks on a pair of rails, that's stupid.

NYTSKY Grand Master

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Sliders and rails are different.

The slider is what makes the seat slide back and forth for adjustment.

The rail is what the car and seat are connected to.

Most rails have sliders built in. And most seats have a slider already bolted to them.

A universal rail still needs to be vehicle specific, as the universal bit is for the many types of seat out there.

So buy a universal rail to suit your car and drill new holes to match the seats.

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you can buy drift branded bases (rail) from autobarnz. they make em for all kinds of cars.

this is just the base without sliders. i have a driver and passenger base in my car, didnt mount the sliders.

bolted the seat straight into the base, real low :)

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Yeh I definitely want the sliders though

Hey Mate, I bought a pair of Recaro seat rails that also fit Bride seats, but I am about to buy R34 GTR interior so I will not be needing the rails, not sure if will help you out, but if you are interested send me a PM and I can send you some pics and send through some measurements etc...

Just to let you know these rails came out of a R34 GTT

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you can buy drift branded bases (rail) from autobarnz. they make em for all kinds of cars.

this is just the base without sliders. i have a driver and passenger base in my car, didnt mount the sliders.

bolted the seat straight into the base, real low :D

How much are they?

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