Kirkey seat mounts - add height for better visibility?

[BigShooter]

Anyone using the Kirkey seat floor mounts? I know FFR says to bolt the seats right to the floor, but I wanted to pick up an inch of height for better visibility.
Comments for visibility over the hood with the kirkey racing seats? They seem a little low

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[Dave Tabor]

I'm using those mounts and Kirkey 65 series highback seats.

I can't imagine not using mounts like these and getting the seat pan/back angle that you need/want let alone mounting them securely.

I used the prior version of those Kirkey seat mounts (I believe that they were revised) mounted on 1" square tubing that was through-bolted to frame tubes or the steel floor.

I just happened to have the passenger seat out of the car- attached are some pics. The passenger seat is set all the way back and I've had passengers as tall as 6'3" with no complaints.

For the driver slide I'm using a slider on top of the square tube (another 1" of height). Same seat and mounts. I set the height that I wanted, being a new unfamiliar car, as high as possible with a helmet on- works well for me both on and off the track.

Getting the seat height and angle worked out before drilling anything was done using stacks of cardboard.

I hope this helps. For me I would not change a thing but the slider is not the best thing in a track car- I may add a back support to the seat.

Dave
Gen III #17
16,000+ miles

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[Jeff Kleiner]

Those are what I use when installing Kirkeys (also the rear upper mount to stabilize the back).

Jeff

[David Williamson]

I have my seats on the Kirky seat mounts on a 1 inch square steel tube and I have the back mounts. Without the back mounts the seat flexed too much. I am 5-10 with long legs and I found the extra seat height helps visibility over the hood.
David W

[john42]

I too use these as well as the back mount. Makes it much easier to get the seat in the position you like and also raise it up.

[UpNorth]

Same here, can’t imagine not using mounts with these seats.

[Clover]

I've been thinking of adding something to raise it a bit too and was thinking of adding brackets like the above to put it at a bit of an angle. I do want to warn everyone to get quality ones. I actually split a set of these on my sim racing rig. Made me question them a bit in an actual crash.

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