Hey Y'All,

As a follow-up to an earlier post about checking the pedal ergonomics, I wanted to get some preliminary stuff out-of-the-way towards that goal. This weekend, I spent some time getting the Breeze inclined seat mount kit assembled...

The biggest stress was to NOT mess-up the seat upholstery by accidentally drilling thru it Measure and center carefully, then get some backing material in-place, and it goes pretty well per the instructions...

holes drilled into the FFR seat frames:
seat frames drilled for breeze mounts.jpg

bolted onto the inclined mounts:
seat frame bolted to Breeze incline mount.jpg

Then: install the fiber-board seat pan. This required more modification from the as-delivered materials.

Mod1: the pre-drilled holes did not line-up with my seat frame rails...so, I just flipped them around and located/drilled my own
seat basepan mod1.jpg

Mod2: then I couldn't get the seat bottom cushion re-installed on (to my liking) with the new seat pan in place, so I trimmed 1/2" off the front to make it stick out only 3" from the front-most frame tube. This allowed me to fit the bottom cushion better without fear of tearing something. It still seems "taught" enough for eventual stretching and relaxing of the upholstery, so all good!
seat basepan mod2.jpg

Note: the inclined mounts are not drilled/riveted for final installation -- this is just a sanity check of the "likely" position to check for overall ergonomics. I'll locate/rivet the inclined mounts after the body is on...

Since I'm just checking the ergonomics, here's a check to see how well I can get the controls aligned with the shoulder harness locations
confirming fit of Driver's seat.jpg

Feels pretty good!

Until next time, Happy Building!

Craig C