5 pounds of seat in a 4 pound car

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On some of your highly channeled cars with large tunnels here is some pics of how to cut seats down to fit the car without messing up the upolstry.
We took 3 inches out of these seats by removing the upolstry and cutting the metal frame 3 inches out of the center, then welding it back together. We did not cut the foam so the apolstry will fit back on . You only have to cut 1 1/2 inches off each end of the plastic lock in strip
 

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end results, now it fits in the car!
 

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I'm missing something......if you don't narrow the foam/cover, how does it still fit the narrowed frame without wrinkles? [S:confused:
 
All the upholstry is pulled tighter because the frame is smaller where it attaches to, the foam rubber squishes together because of this, holding everything in place.
 
The seat came out great. Impossible to tell it has been narrowed. I never would have thought of that.
When should I come over for a thrill ride?
 
I have been worrying about the 17" wide seat bottom for a year and a half and all I need to do is cut down any old seats I find? Way too easy for all the worrying I've been doing.

Actually my cab tapers so the seat only needs 17" at the front. Would it work to cut more out of the front than the back? I guess it would depend on the style of the fabric?

Thanks for showing this it solves a real problem for me.
 
I have never tried narrowing the front and not the back, but the seat tracks have to run straight with each other so if you just narrow the front it probably would work. But you would have to re-drill and move your seat tracks so they run straight. If it does not work, you can always weld them back together or narrow the back to match the front.
 

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