Pre Fabbed Corbeau Seat Brackets 89 Civic Hatch

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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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Default Pre Fabbed Corbeau Seat Brackets 89 Civic Hatch

I did a search and couldn't find what I needed. I bought some Corbeau TRS reclining sport seats to replace my the stock seats (want to add 4 point harness and have better lateral support for track days) and was looking at fabricating my own seat brackets to mount to the stock sliders. The 88-89 mounting points and seat brackets are not very well designed leaving me with a lot of time I will have to do test fitting them. I also don't want to shell out $94 per seat for a set of brackets ($200! after shipping I'd bet).

Anyone have any bracket plans or know of a different bracket that can mount a Corbeau seat (or can be slightly modifed) so I can put these in my 88-89 Civic Hatch?

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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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Default Re: Pre Fabbed Corbea Seat Brackets 89 Civic Hatch

Here is some food for thought for you. To make a solid bracket you are looking at a thicker gauge steel ($), that you may have to take somewhere to cut and bend for you ($$) if you don't have the tools or conditions to do it yourself, and then, to play safe, you probably want to weld them together ($$$) rather than just bolting, screwing, riveting them. All together you may spend just as much money as you would on purchasing Corbeau's or some other aftermarket brackets.
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by radex7
Here is some food for thought for you. To make a solid bracket you are looking at a thicker gauge steel ($), that you may have to take somewhere to cut and bend for you ($$) if you don't have the tools or conditions to do it yourself, and then, to play safe, you probably want to weld them together ($$$) rather than just bolting, screwing, riveting them. All together you may spend just as much money as you would on purchasing Corbeau's or some other aftermarket brackets.
I can do my own welding - rolled steel at the local Ace Hardware store is cheap. Any bending will be somewhat of an issue as I do not have industrial equipment but a BFH and a benchtop vise I can use.

I was thinking someone may have done this in the past and had a good plan of attack or pictures of what they've done.
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