SL55/63/65/R230 AMG New Seat Install

cnterline · 2018-04-15 12:47:49

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbworld.org-vbulletin/2000x2000/564322ea_dbb4_4d9b_8d7f_ad42600c9bf2_2afdeede17bcb2195ad2bb896297e1ecd5ded542.jpeg A little project I did over the winterhttps://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbworld.org-vbulletin/2000x2000/7675a7fd_bf54_4794_8af4_642cf102104c_676a11bb6e4536fde0d803fb3aef8b4d0286b5b0.jpeg

04-15-2018, 08:47 AM

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New Seat Install

A little project I did over the winter

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04-15-2018, 08:50 AM

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04-15-2018, 09:19 AM

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That's awesome man, how much did the stock ones weigh? Did you get any dash errors when using these new seats?

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04-15-2018, 10:28 AM

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That probably saved about 1,000 lbs over the stock seats. But, seriously, what was the weight savings?

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04-15-2018, 03:49 PM

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Looks great

It appears someone is trying to break through to 9's.

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04-15-2018, 07:33 PM

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What a nice matching upgrade! That interior looks like its a current model year with the carbon fiber not a 15 yr old car. It looks great I'm sure you'd be in the 9s regardless. If you fasted over night for blood work that would have been all you needed to run 6 hundredths faster. LOL. Good luck, enjoy it.

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04-15-2018, 08:44 PM

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I got somebody helping on that 9 s situation,it’s slow going though

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04-17-2018, 08:36 AM

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That probably saved about 1,000 lbs over the stock seats. But, seriously, what was the weight savings?

prob 80 lbs

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04-17-2018, 08:38 AM

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That's awesome man, how much did the stock ones weigh? Did you get any dash errors when using these new seats?

those seats are like 88 lbs
yes lights but you have to figure out resistances in certain components etc and trick them

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04-17-2018, 01:46 PM

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I like it. Looks like you got the BS rear shelf as well.

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04-18-2018, 04:03 AM

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The back panel and speaker cover are from Germany,they were on EBay ,not black Series ,just from an SL that didn’t have the luggage seatbelt option .I had to strip and recover the panel it was light grey,now covered in Alcantera .

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04-20-2018, 11:14 AM

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Didn't know some omitted the luggage strap option. Did you end up using the luggage strap mounting points for the rear harness anchors?

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04-21-2018, 06:55 PM

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[QUOTE=desired_speeds;7435012]Didn't know some omitted the luggage strap option. Did you end up using the luggage strap mounting points for the rear harness anchors?[
no way they are securely fastened to chassis

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04-23-2018, 11:42 PM

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Looks nice. Any pictures of the whole car with open top by any chance?

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04-24-2018, 05:45 AM

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04-24-2018, 10:19 PM

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Nice Bro.
Next step to weight loss can be Prior or Suchorovsky Black Series package- elements made from laminate are really light.
I had it in hands 2 days ago and later I try calculate how many lbs we can less after replace part like bumpers, hood etc.
But now I can say that laminate hood we can get in hands and moved without any problems and high strenght.
I think it really can help with break your world record.

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04-25-2018, 09:34 AM

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I’m good on that world record for an SL55 in qtr mile ,stock blower ,

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>I’m good on that world record for an SL55 in qtr mile ,stock blower

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Digging up this thread, i'm getting ready to throw some Recaros into mine, couple questions for ya.

1. Does the car have any error codes now that the stock seats are gone, like air bag, buckle warning etc?

2. What kind of bracket did you use to mount the seats to the floor board?

3. Mine has the stock luggage strap, is that strong enough to mount a 5point harness to?

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01-17-2019, 11:49 AM

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No you have to code them out

I bought a planted bracket kit and welded it together

absolutely not some have installed a bar across the back ,but that looks hideous ,I used anchor points in the trunk,labor intensive.

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01-17-2019, 02:41 PM

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Thanks man, i have a Matco scanner, hopefully that'll be able to code out the airbag light from the seat. Any chance you have a pic of the seat base install? or point me in the right direction on where to get the brackets, i can weld, just need the materials.

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