Thread: G20t seats using B14 rails

Not sure if it is worth the ride, but my buddy has front and rear leathers. We are in VA.

@ebinkerd pm'd

And thanx to Serban and some newly learned welding skills. Ended welding on the bolster pans from the G20 leather pans to the lower B14 pans. Made a bigger difference. Altho I have heard that the Nx pans are lower. This works fine for me.

With out the bolster. B14 pan shown.


P11 bolster shown.


Here cutting the P11 bolsters from the complete pan. Notice the pan bolster on the bottom and then the added support bolster welded to that for support.



Line of cut out. Now this was cut lower for welding places and went through both the P11 seat support and the seat pan it's self.





Tacking on the P11 bolster to the B14 pan



Tack on continued.




Finished results. P11 bolsters on B14 pan. BOOYA!

Another way to do it is to drill out the spot welds on the B14 pan mounting brackets and spot weld them on the sides of the G20 pans. For guys that don't weld, small sheet metal screws work, as well. You do have to be precise to get the holes to line up with rails, though.

Edit: Sorry, I was mistaken, the mounting points are different on the B14 pan. You'll need the B13 mounting brackets tacked on the P10 pans or the P10 bolster ears welding on B13 pans to work with NX rails.

Do the NX rails bolt up to all four points on the b14 tho?

The rail to chassis connection? Ya, I had to persuade the rail a little in the front with a pry bar to get it to line up, but it bolted down fine. The rails where out of a smashed car so I think they where a little sweaked from the impact.

The rail to pan connection? No. See my edit above.

I recently did the B14 with G20 bolster weld mod to my drivers seat and would have to say that this is the best route, especially if you get lucky and find seats at the junkyard. I've heard a lot about the NX rails/pans for making the ride height even lower, but for those that don't have those parts laying around, the way that Wayne went is a really easy route to take , with great results.

Found some leathers gonna put this to use.

Issac can you post again the pictures?

Yeah, pics would be GREAT. I think I found some G20T seats locally, and I would like to snag them if I can.

I also have one more question: Is there anyway to get the rears to fit, properly (or securely enough for passengers?) without too much hassel?