I posted over at the BB as well...

I am having "designer block" if you will. I was gonna tie the seat mounts into the support I put in for the fiberglass inserts, but it wont work unless I cut up the inner panels, and Im not to keen on doing that. And Im getting a little burnt out, so I am seeking help, in the form of ideas. The material I have is all box tube ranging in size from 1/8" to 3/16"

Thanks

Jeremy

I am planning on a big rectangle the width of the outside of the stock bucket mounts. Standoffs a couple of inches inside of the corners, and in the middle. I hope to build it so I can easily remove my seats, base, and center console as a complete unit.

That is kind of how I was thinking of doing it...
Maybe welding "runners" from the "A" frame on the cage, to the step...and two running the inside width of the runners. But instead of welding it, mount them with angle, and bolt it to the runners. :confused: I think it could work.

just bend your sides of your cage to the desired seat height and weld them to your front hoop and middle hoop of your cage, I then just welded some 1/4" plate cutouts to the two runners that run from side to side of the cage, and bolted the seats to the cage.... don't know if that made any sense? I don't have any good pics of the cage but I do have one to give you an idea...if you look behind where the seat belt dealy is, you can see tubing stretching to the passenger side, barely

heres a a bogus pic of the cage out of the scout, the rear of the top is the front of the cage

I know it is safest when you tie your seat mounts into your cages, but I mounted '03 Chevy truck seats (integrated belts) in my Traveler using square tube on the floor, then under the floor I used this 3/16 steel c-channel looking stuff I found on the junk pile, where the edged are rolled over themselves (making it 6/16"?) about 3-4 feet long. I cut it so that it runs as long as possible under the floor, bracing over all of the crossbracing welded in to the underside of the floor from the factory, then up about to where the firewall is. Basically it runs the whole length from the step-up in the floor forward to the firewall, and 1/2" grade-8 bolts run down through the stock seat brackets, through the square tube, through the floor, and through the c-channel. Six bolts hold each seat in. I figure if I get in an accident for something to happen seatwise, it needs to rip a 3-foot-long piece of steel through sheetmetal, two or three (can't recall) crossbraces, the vertical part of the "step-up", and the vertical part of the firewall. If that happens I think I have bigger problems than my seats coming loose.
Of course, it helps that I have solid floors, but it seems easier than fabbing cage mounts.
Or am I booty-fabbing now?

Darel

sounds sturdy to me, that wouldnt work on mine cause the floor isnt really there.

I think booty fabbing involves some sort of bunjee cord or adhesives

Ok... I think I've got it figured out. I should be done with it tonight or some time tomorrow. Thanks for the input and the jump-start guys!