So, this is the frame undernearth all the fabric / padding of a SRD recaro copy (driver's seat). The seat was in a car that got totaled & I picked up the seats even though the driver side was broken. It was tweeked pretty bad and broken in two places along with the frame being bent. As pictured in pic #5, the red is were it broke and the blue indicates the bent main crossbar. The main frame was pushed in (the outer broken part is where the frame brackets need to line up to)

1) Is this fixable in anyway? We've though about welding it, but thoughts are that there'd be too much pressure in attempting to weld it as the welds would be "holding" the frame in a new position, different from what it bent to, thus possibly snapping the welds.

2) If not fixable, where's a place to buy a new seat frame?

Thanks..

 

just weld it dude and tryto unbend it using good ol' fashion elbow grease

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sleepy_Red_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just weld it dude and tryto unbend it using good ol' fashion elbow grease</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well my buddy who does welding said that cause it bent so much, trying to get it back into place, hold it there (there'd be a **** load of pressure) and then weld it would be f*cked up, aka the welds wouldnt hold. I wouldn't be so concerned about it if it weren't a safety issue

 

how did it break??? just get a new one

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dspec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how did it break??? just get a new one</TD></TR></TABLE>

reading &gt; you. Get a new one from where? All Ive seen so far is either a full seat replacement or hella expensive frames

 

i would just weld it if you have to add a plate under the broken spots . or if your rich just get a new one