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I have universal Momo rails, its as easy as welding some tabs onto them.... then a touch up with gloss black paint.  

When welding though i would make sure its a neat fillet weld (preferably TIG) , using some flat bar, (i think it was 40 x 5mm) you would hate to have a big'n and the seat mount shear!

ive seen some nice clean close to fillet welds with a mig - depends on who does them n how they know how to use it!

but yeah this is a good idea

or just drill some new holes in the floor :)

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I can tell you Recaro don't make rails to suit R33. I ended up using the rails that were on the seat (minor adjustment at one bolt site to fit R33) hahaha! I welded up brackets to adapt to the R33 mounting points........it was a real pain

I fitted a set of Saas seats to my 33 gtst that i got through repco, and they had rails you could get through them for about $250.

Did the rails you got have the drivers seat belt holder attached to it?? Thats the main part thats a pain to play around with. Which repco did you get em off?

Looks like the Bride rails are the go at the moment

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Already got my bride which is the whole frame and not just the tracks.

Tose nismo ones are just the rails with dont help as you need the whole frame

They are made for R33 which means they will have the rails and mounting feet to bolt straight in as shown in the picture. You would only need to weld 2-off 30x3 flat bar across the rails to pick up the seat mounting points and seat belt buckle

Alot easier than making the whole frame from scatch and cheaper too.

if you pulled out your front seats you would know it is not that simple. Also the drives side seat belt buckle is apart of the rail frame also, which my bride seat rails have. What about sliding mechanism? you would have to stuff around with that also with those rails.

The brides i have and are getting made up you just bolt the seat to the frame and then to the floor plan and it fits perfectly.

Guest darrinspencer
if you pulled out your front seats you would know it is not that simple. Also the drives side seat belt buckle is apart of the rail frame also, which my bride seat rails have. What about sliding mechanism? you would have to stuff around with that also with those rails.

The brides i have and are getting made up you just bolt the seat to the frame and then to the floor plan and it fits perfectly.

I actually had my seats out last week-end to clean them. I have made seat rails before and realise what is envolved. It is not that hard.

"What about the sliding mechanism"- what do you mean? that is the part of the rails

For the seat belt buckle mount, all you need is a metal braket weld to the rail/cross rails to bolt to the buckle.

I will find you a better picture of these rails.

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bride%20seat%20rail.jpg  

Thats the rails and frame i got for mine.

much less stuffing around with welding etc, and straight fit.

The generic rails i had look like the ones in the other pic but the seat did not sit up the right height or straight.

Here are some pictures of what they look like

These ones are for fixed back seats because they have the bolt on side brackets to mount the seat.

You can see the seat belt buckle bracket fitted to the rails

The other rails are similar to these but need the 30x3 flat bar fitted across the rails to pick up the seat mounts

You do need to use the "generic" rails that come with most aftermarket seats like yours.

Regards to welding and stuffing around, aren't you getting your bride copies made anyway witch require more work and cost than using the ones I suggusted?

That was my point.

The generic ones i had could not be adapted properly to fit the r33 floor plan and didnt sit the seat how i wanted.

Yes i am getting the brides copied as a striaght fit option by an engineering shop as most people dont have their own welding equipment/knowlegde to modify the other rails properly.

So once you add freight to the cost of each rail from america (they are quite heavy) plus additonal welding and metal needed they come up to a similiar price in the end.

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The generic ones i had could not be adapted properly to fit the r33 floor plan and didnt sit the seat how i wanted.

Yes i am getting the brides copied as a striaght fit option by an engineering shop as most people dont have their own welding equipment/knowlegde to modify the other rails properly.

So once you add freight to the cost of each rail from america (they are quite heavy) plus additonal welding and metal needed they come up to a similiar price in the end.

The rails are $82.24 per side plus 5% credit card fee

That equals $172.70 plus freight from Japan approx $50

$10 for 2m of steel bar

1.5 hour labour to weld up cross rails and selt belt brackets $90

Total cost $322 pair

Better than $475 pair??

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