Bill Verburg

That was the conclusion I came to as well.

ninjabones

Daltvater:

Nice work with the carpet install... you should initiate a new thread with those photos. Will be very helpful to guys trying to figure out how to fit those RS carpet kits together. BTW, where did you source the heat shield material?

Bill Verburg

resurrecting this thread because of mounting issues

Don't know if they sold me the wrong side mounts or not
Recaro flat sliders
BK 9066 sidemounts, the flange at the rear of the sidemounts seems to interfere w/ the grp seat bottom at the back, also the rear bolts seem to interfere but button heads may solve that(to be determined)

anyone else have similar issues w/ their side mounts??

CornerCarver

I had the same experience. I returned the BK side mounts and swapped with Recaros and all went in without a hitch.

Bill Verburg

Al, which Recaro side mounts did you use?

I also have a set of steel Recaro sidemounts, but there are 2 holes in the rear position, the upper hole is ~ .5" too high(plenty of seat clearance, the lower hole is running into the seat bottom, more because of the really wide flanges at the rear. I do want the seats as low as possible

You can see the Recaros here, obviously one hole is stock the drilled by the p/o, not sure which is which, also the very wide flanges at the rear don't help w/ the seat height issue.

CornerCarver

Those are what I have. I see your problem now with the rear hole positions. Not a problem for me since I don't need the seat really low at 5'8

hutch

Wrong BK brackets, as I stated before 9062 and you have to notch the rear a bit not bad 5mm I seem to remember.

David in LA

Bill - Since you car is primarily a track car, have you considered just using the BK mount to mount the seats directly to the floor? I'm considering doing this to my driver's side seats since no one drives my cars except me.

Bill Verburg

I know, 9066 is what the shop I'm dealing w/ recommended. I have asked BK to clarify the difference between 9062 and 9066.

I may be able to get some more clearance by grinding the flanges and using button head bolts.

What size and type bolt did you use to attach the sides to sliders?

Bill Verburg

When all else fails.....

hutch

David, my car has never been on the track. It's just a play toy, I had the roof changed out and installed a RS headliner so I now have plenty of room. You could fasten the mounts directly to the floor and then install the seats.
Bill, I ordered all the seat brackets and picked the one that worked the best and returned the rest. I couldn't find anybody the really new what the heck was best??? I guess you should just put in what they have in stock and shut up? Whit the brackets I used you have to remove some material on the rear inside to clear the bottom of the seat, then use a button head to mount the bracket to the sliders. I also used one of the washers from Porsche that spaces the brackets up when you use the RS seat belt bracket, under each side bracket bolt to get the width correct. This way I could push the seat toward the center after I lengthened the inside seat belt receptacle. Call me if you need any explantion, I have pic's but I'm to lazy to post as I am in the middle of a kitchen remodel. Porsche parts have nothing on Kitchen parts as far as money.

Bill Verburg

agreed, getting tired of this?


Now you tell me these are key issues



I hear you, I did a bath last year, ouch, kitchen's got to be much worse


I think that i'm near a solution.

David in LA

+1. this is on my list of "to do's" so DIY install instructions w/pics would be awesome!

Bill Verburg

Rather than start a new thread here I'm documenting the install of the SPG XL seats here

This is what the milled sidebrakets need to look like to mount the seats in a 964/993


The 996 GT3 submount bar works perfectly

b5audia4

Bill, What type of bolt (M8x20?) did you use to attach the side of seat to the side of the BK seat bracket?