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Anyone running an other-than-stock front seat/s?

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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 12:15 AM
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Just curious, I'm considering some front Recaro buckets but not sure how to integrate the seat belt without welding in a roll bar.

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Old Jul 17, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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wow, nobody?
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Old Jul 17, 2004 | 12:40 PM
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I'm curious too. I did some looking a few months ago but it seems that high performance seats aren't a priority for us truck guys.
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Old Jul 17, 2004 | 01:01 PM
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Once I break into the 11's ... I will be looking for some seats. I saw some on the Jegs wesite that APC made for trucks. They looked nice but I don't think they were race approved.
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Old Jul 17, 2004 | 01:53 PM
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my thought has always been to use an old-school GM seatbelt that mounted to the floor and ran up the back and through a slot in the seat (Kinda like the old Regals and Delta 88's had)...that would allow us to use ANY seat that had an opening for a 5-point harness
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Yelo brings up a good point .... I think another eason no one has gone to a new seat is because the seatbelt is on the seat.
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I have to agree with that too.
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i want to try and get these:
http://www.stylinconcepts.com/part.c...D=1&lc=pfpartt
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That's what I saw on the Kegs site, but it was about 200 less. You would have to get a harness with them though.
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Originally Posted by Flyer
Once I break into the 11's ... I will be looking for some seats. I saw some on the Jegs wesite that APC made for trucks. They looked nice but I don't think they were race approved.

If someone was determined to modify a stock seat to take a 5 or 6 point harness, would that be considered legal to run?
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