Upgrading the seats for a car that turns corners !!

[Kern Dog]

Both sides are in, I just didn't snap a picture yet.
I did expect the car to feel different with the seats, but I'll admit that I was really amazed by how much! Before, each sudden movement whether turning, stopping or accelerating resulted in springy seat action and a feel that I was not in as much control of the car as I wanted. Now it feels like I am locked in place and my body isn't sliding or bouncing around when I get aggressive.
Total cost: $425 for seats and metal stock for brackets.   

[myk]

I am 100% 'jelly. 

Looks like you got your 3 point belts in too?  Those are critical, by the way.  After I installed my aftermarket seats I noticed that the seats did what they could to keep me in place, but the belts didn't do squat to hold me in so I ended up having to change those, also.  Now with the high seat bolsters and support along with 3 point belts I can actually take a fast turn without flopping around lol...

[johnnycharger]

Looks great! I have an Srt4 and those seats a really comfortable.  Good for cornering and long drives.
Are you going to sell the originals?

[Kern Dog]

I rarely ever see 1970 Charger seats for sale. If I sold mine I'd feel like an idiot if I ever decided to return to stock.
Sorry, I'll bag them and put them in the attic. They may never be needed but I'd hate to sell then and regret it later.

[ray230]

Kern Dog
Don't put them in the attic. I bought a set of 68 seats that had been stored in the attic. They looked great - except the foam had turned to toast from the heat. Just crumbled when you touch it.

[Kern Dog]

OOoof ! That would suck.  I was just thinking of someplace out of the way and away from rats and mice. My attic is in my backyard workshop. There is no drywall on the ceilings to trap heat like a traditional house but it does get warmer there as compared to ground level.

[johnnycharger]

I rarely ever see 1970 Charger seats for sale. If I sold mine I'd feel like an idiot if I ever decided to return to stock.
Sorry, I'll bag them and put them in the attic. They may never be needed but I'd hate to sell then and regret it later.

I don't blame you one bit!

[ray230]

That might work ok. Just watch the temp.

[Kern Dog]

Not to brag, but the weather here is decent. Low humidity although it will get over 100 in the Summer. Winters rarely go below 30 degrees.

[Kern Dog]

Pictures as promised:

[Kern Dog]

Last picture for the day:

[ray230]

Looks good! You don't know how many of these I thought about bidding on Ebay, but in the end I decided to recover and foam the 68 seats I bought. (winter project)

[johnnycharger]

Are you going to publish your prints for how to make the mounts?

[Kern Dog]

Mounts were pretty easy. The Drivers side outer mount was the tallest of the 4 mounts. 16" long and tapered from 2 1/2 at the front down to 1 1/4 at the rear. My methods for sizing the mounts were not scientific: I built the first mount then sat in the seat to see how it felt. I had some 2x4 wood to use as patterns. I'd cut or shim until I got it right, then used that pattern to make steel mounts.

[myk]

   looks great!

[johnnycharger]

Mounts were pretty easy. The Drivers side outer mount was the tallest of the 4 mounts. 16" long and tapered from 2 1/2 at the front down to 1 1/4 at the rear. My methods for sizing the mounts were not scientific: I built the first mount then sat in the seat to see how it felt. I had some 2x4 wood to use as patterns. I'd cut or shim until I got it right, then used that pattern to make steel mounts.

Good stuff!

[6spd68]

Looks great Kern!  Thanks for posting this, as I'm trying to figure out what direction to go for seats with my build.  I'm curious about the SRT Charger/300 seats as well, but I'll be needing front and back.

[Kern Dog]

Thanks!
I looked at SRT8 seats in the same junkyard (OOPs, recycler.) They were almost 6 inches taller at the headrest. If you can find an understanding yard guy, maybe you can take one to test fit it before laying down the $$$.
The guy quoted $1800 for the front and rear leather seats.