SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: SL600 Weight of seats
02-26-2009, 07:27 PM
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SL600 Weight of seats
Anyone know how much one of our seats weigh? I have the lumbar/massage/ac/heated blah blah blah seat. Just curious to how much I'm luggin' around...
02-27-2009, 12:00 AM
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02-27-2009, 03:48 AM
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That's way off, another member "URnext" has SL55 heavily modded runs w/removing pass seat often down the 1320' if memory serves he weighed it & said it was about 80-85lbs...
02-27-2009, 03:56 PM
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can we even replace these seats with aftermarket ones? i really wanted to do this but then the stupid seatbelts are on the seats themselves... i guess the only way is to put on a harness?
03-02-2009, 05:24 PM
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Unfortunately since there's no B pillar it's also problematic to mount a harness bar. At least I couldn't figure out an easy way to do it.
03-02-2009, 07:37 PM
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03-02-2009, 08:24 PM
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Problematic: YES, very problematic. It was a pain! I have aftermarket race seats in my car. You need custom seat bracket and another custom bracket that you can install the seat belt harness to, depending on which style seat belt harness you go with. I opted for sparco 4 point harness with hooks.
Are you willing to share info on where and how you mounted the bracket for the harness? And/or post some photos?
Every idea I came up with required a lot of steel and custom fabrication, which sort of defeats the purpose.
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03-03-2009, 10:55 PM
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Sal, you are definitely the man when it comes to weight reduction!
Are you willing to share info on where and how you mounted the bracket for the harness? And/or post some photos?
Every idea I came up with required a lot of steel and custom fabrication, which sort of defeats the purpose.
Are you willing to share info on where and how you mounted the bracket for the harness? And/or post some photos?
Every idea I came up with required a lot of steel and custom fabrication, which sort of defeats the purpose.
Basically what I did to solve the seat bracket problem, thanks to Jrcart, was I purchased EvoSports universal BMW seat bracket(they are pretty heavy). You will need alter the seat bracket with a drill so that the holes align properly to floor. You might also need to alter the holes on the seat bracket for the seat "slider" to bolt up properly.
This seat bracket is also where I bolted up two hooks, one on each side, for the seat belt harness (the bottom two of the 4 point harness).
Next, thanks to Vadim's crew, they made a custom plate bracket that bolts up directly behind the seat at shoulder level. Note it is very important the shoulder part of the seat belt bolts up at or near shoulder level for safety reasons to help avoid neck/spinal injury in a collision. We removed the vinyl cover and it bolted up right underneath the speakers. This custom plate bracket is where we bolted up the other two hooks to complete the 4 point harness.
Hope this helps guys, until I finish cleaning up my racing seat project and post up some pics.
03-03-2009, 11:15 PM
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Since the last track event (Famoso), I have taken out my racing seats so I can redesign my seat bracket with a lightweight custom bracket (titanium), and I am also going to get my racing seats re upholstered to suede to match my interior. So I will post pics as soon as I get it done, probably in a month or so since I am really busy right now.
Basically what I did to solve the seat bracket problem, thanks to Jrcart, was I purchased EvoSports universal BMW seat bracket(they are pretty heavy). You will need alter the seat bracket with a drill so that the holes align properly to floor. You might also need to alter the holes on the seat bracket for the seat "slider" to bolt up properly.
This seat bracket is also where I bolted up two hooks, one on each side, for the seat belt harness (the bottom two of the 4 point harness).
Next, thanks to Vadim's crew, they made a custom plate bracket that bolts up directly behind the seat at shoulder level. Note it is very important the shoulder part of the seat belt bolts up at or near shoulder level for safety reasons to help avoid neck/spinal injury in a collision. We removed the vinyl cover and it bolted up right underneath the speakers. This custom plate bracket is where we bolted up the other two hooks to complete the 4 point harness.
Hope this helps guys, until I finish cleaning up my racing seat project and post up some pics.
Basically what I did to solve the seat bracket problem, thanks to Jrcart, was I purchased EvoSports universal BMW seat bracket(they are pretty heavy). You will need alter the seat bracket with a drill so that the holes align properly to floor. You might also need to alter the holes on the seat bracket for the seat "slider" to bolt up properly.
This seat bracket is also where I bolted up two hooks, one on each side, for the seat belt harness (the bottom two of the 4 point harness).
Next, thanks to Vadim's crew, they made a custom plate bracket that bolts up directly behind the seat at shoulder level. Note it is very important the shoulder part of the seat belt bolts up at or near shoulder level for safety reasons to help avoid neck/spinal injury in a collision. We removed the vinyl cover and it bolted up right underneath the speakers. This custom plate bracket is where we bolted up the other two hooks to complete the 4 point harness.
Hope this helps guys, until I finish cleaning up my racing seat project and post up some pics.
We still need to run in Mecicali (my SL is in the bodyshop getting wheel/caliper/emblem--Custom Paint)
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PS I've removed the entire interior(including dash assy and rear roll bar), all trunk panelling, complete top assy, engine, tranny, suspension, doors, decklid, hood, fenders......................pretty much everything except the windshield from 230 body SL's. If you want some REAL weight savings I can take out everything but the drivers' seat and get the car to be a true "SL" again.
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03-04-2009, 12:26 AM
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my post was directed to..Akademiks
Akademiks wrote: That's it? 75 pounds... I recall reading somewhere here it was upwards of 200lbs...
Is it difficult to remove?
Is it difficult to remove?
03-04-2009, 08:16 PM
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