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Title: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: greg51 on August 29, 2011, 03:31:15 PM
My front seats are worn out. Going to the salvage yard. What will fit on the stock rails? ---Thanks---  ???  Greg
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: tuxblacray on August 30, 2011, 06:10:29 AM
I am assuming you are talking about seats for a Samurai. You can use just about anything you want. I have seen Neon, Geo, Omni, etc in them. I have 76 Corvette seats in mine.

Save your rails.. When you get ready to bolt them to your new  seats you may have to slightly modify where the seat rails bolt to the seat. I did this by bolt ing 2 strips of 1/8" X 2" x 14" pieces of flat steel to the underside of each seat. This let me place the seat rail into position and drill out the appropriate holes in the right position to mount the rails to the seat and then the whole shootin match to the tub.

One area of caution might be if you will be instslling or have a console. I need to pull my passenger seat back out to allow me to create and place the brackets that will be necessary to bolt in a 99 Vitara console in my Samurai. I may have to reposition the seat rails on the passenger side slightly to allow a smifgeon more mounting room for the console.

Have Fun..... !                                                                      Tux...  8)
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: weldboy on August 30, 2011, 07:57:28 PM
I just put some 2000 Neon seats in my 86 Tintop, Front holes lined up, drilled rear holes and reinstalled. Alot better than stockers ;D
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: greg51 on September 07, 2011, 03:22:28 AM
What Zuk or tracker seats fit without modifications/slide on. -------------- Thanks
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: Drone637 on September 07, 2011, 10:53:05 AM
Seats from another Samurai, that's about it.
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: tuxblacray on September 07, 2011, 11:36:53 AM

Greg,

Drone is rite.... But don't frett none Bro.... Did I metion in my post it was EASY....!   :laugh:   It is, no foolin! It may read like alot but it's not. Some simple hand tools and about 2 hours and you will be ridin in style!.

Pick out the seats you want and just make it happen.... Here are mine.... Mooooch .... better than the OEM across the pond seats. But what would you expect since the came out of America's Sportcar?

(http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/46925/2589331440081905758S600x600Q85.jpg)
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: jesusno2 on September 07, 2011, 12:53:44 PM
Man those corvette seats look damn nice in their I was thinking you had them hard skinny butt late 80's earky 90's corvette seats man those thing are terrible.
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: tuxblacray on September 07, 2011, 06:33:35 PM
Naw I pulled these outta my 76 and put in some new ones... Everybody wanted to nickel & dime me to death when I went to sell them so I put them in the Zuk...

Now I feel rite at home when I drive the Zuk.... (we just don't go nearly as fast....)  :laugh:
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: greg51 on September 10, 2011, 07:56:41 PM
Looks great. But I will not go faster?????? O well. Thanks for the input guys.
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: tuxblacray on September 10, 2011, 08:14:50 PM

LOL... yer askin me If it'll fo faster.... You the guy that wants to know what direct fit seats there are.... (ummn Samurai) LOL...


Yeah stick those 1.3 seat in there and run them against my 355 seats and we'll see.... Just like the old days anyway ya wanna Brau.....


But my preference is we both drop into a big hole of goo and see who comes out....

at least you'll be comfy down there in uer new seats.... LOL.... :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

Just funin ya some....  ;)
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: greg51 on September 12, 2011, 11:01:43 AM
I  was wondering if seats from a newer tracker would slide on. Lots of these in the salvage yards here not many Zuks. That I it would be faster with Tracker seats, right??
Title: Re: new seats for 88 zuk
Post by: tuxblacray on September 12, 2011, 12:10:46 PM

Greg,

Maybe you can measure the length of your Samurai tracks and the width from track to track and compare that to the other seats. If they are close then it is likely you can make them fit.

If your looking for a bolt in seat with no modification I believe Drone already answered that. Anything else will require some modification.