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I bought me a buggy, last month. I took it out once so far. This thing crawls like nothing I've ever owned before. I am completely satisfied with the performance of this rig. But like anything, I want to make some changes to make it mine. My 1st change, is to add a set of suspension seats.The buggy came with a set of seats out of an Eclipse, that were bolted to the pan, and I don't like how the outer half of the seat belts were mounted.
A friend happen to have a set of old, beat up Beard Super seats, that he sold me for cheap(which fits the motif of this Zuk).
When I got the seats home, I discovered that there wasn't enough room for the seats. The seats are 21" wide. The inside to inside measurement of the door bars is 42.5". That includes dealing with the tranny tunnel and T-case shifter. So here's what I did to make the seats fit.
Here's what I started with.
Pulled out the seats and cutting out the Door Bars
Mocking up,& tacking up the sub frame, that will be the seat mount
Burning the sub-frame together
All burned in and painted. Note, we also added a plate welded to the rocker, and the front part of the sub-frame, so I have 3 solid points of contact to the chassis. Plenty of strength, for this low speed rig.
New(to me) seats in there new home
Here's the home made tab, for the seatbelt mount
I had to put a bend in the Door Bars to allow for the seats.
I like the ease of entering and exiting with the low Door Bars. But I wanted to add some more safety. So, I made the last minute descission to add the short bars from the A pillar to the Door Bar
So, this is how it sits now. I can't get back to it till next week. I sure am enjoying doing this fab work. A special thanks to my buddy Anthony. With out his help and experience, This job wont be going so smoothly.
A friend happen to have a set of old, beat up Beard Super seats, that he sold me for cheap(which fits the motif of this Zuk).
When I got the seats home, I discovered that there wasn't enough room for the seats. The seats are 21" wide. The inside to inside measurement of the door bars is 42.5". That includes dealing with the tranny tunnel and T-case shifter. So here's what I did to make the seats fit.
Here's what I started with.
Pulled out the seats and cutting out the Door Bars
Mocking up,& tacking up the sub frame, that will be the seat mount
Burning the sub-frame together
All burned in and painted. Note, we also added a plate welded to the rocker, and the front part of the sub-frame, so I have 3 solid points of contact to the chassis. Plenty of strength, for this low speed rig.
New(to me) seats in there new home
Here's the home made tab, for the seatbelt mount
I had to put a bend in the Door Bars to allow for the seats.
I like the ease of entering and exiting with the low Door Bars. But I wanted to add some more safety. So, I made the last minute descission to add the short bars from the A pillar to the Door Bar
So, this is how it sits now. I can't get back to it till next week. I sure am enjoying doing this fab work. A special thanks to my buddy Anthony. With out his help and experience, This job wont be going so smoothly.
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