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I'm doing the aluminum low back seats and the FFR-supplied seat slider set for the drivers side. I'm getting close to being ready to go-kart. Is seat/body interference a concern for my situation? I've heard suggestions to wait until the body is on before locating the seat due to potential for interference. If that is the case do people go-kart with just the belts to secure the driver and leave the seat floating until later?
JohnK
04-06-2023, 11:01 AM
Couple of thoughts here. First, yes leave the seats unattached until the position of the body is finalized. My personal definition of go-karting is going up and down the block a few times to prove to myself that everything works, nothing leaks, and nothing caught fire. The harness should hold you in just fine for that. Hell, I go-karted sitting on a folded moving blanket with no seat at all. Secondly, the Kirkey low backs require an upper bracing point, so I'm not sure how this would work with a slider mechanism. I used Ultrashield low backs, which look similar to the Kirkeys but are more rigid and don't require the upper brace.
CraigS
04-07-2023, 07:11 AM
Search for pics of the seats installed w/ the sliders. My old memory says the seats I have seen the top edge of the seatback is below the fiberglass but I am not sure about that w/ sliders.
nucjd19
04-07-2023, 09:09 PM
I installed my lowbacks with sliders and it required a bit of fab work to account for the fore aspect of the under seat.I went against the grain knowing I could adjust later if needed and used the FFR instructions to locate my sliders on the floor board and I had zero interference with the body and total adjustability of the seat. If you are fixing your seat to the floor you might want to wait until the body is on.... Heck you might want to wait either way because I might have gotten lucky :)
SJDave
04-09-2023, 09:50 AM
Search for pics of the seats installed w/ the sliders. My old memory says the seats I have seen the top edge of the seatback is below the fiberglass but I am not sure about that w/ sliders.
Yep, below the fiberglass!