Help - Seat Installation Options

[Tom1394racing]

I am ready to test fit my new GTS Classic seats in my GT project. I have done this several times in a 911 but never in a 914 before. The 914 seat removal process was pretty straightforward. Simply slide the seat forward and release the pin spring to slide the seat all the way out.

I tried doing the same thing for installation but getting the seat rails lined up with the rails on the seat slider/tilt assembly seemed to be near impossible. I did make sure the seat/seat slider assembly went together and that the seat slid smoothly in the rails before trying the installation but working alone there was no way I would be able to line up the seat rails.

I am guessing that the best way to do this is to install the seat slider/tilt assembly on the seat rails slid part way so that the holes for installing the slider/tilt assembly are still accessible and then installing both in the car.

How should this work?

[NARP74]

I had a heck of a time getting a set of aftermarket seats on one of my rails, happened to be the passenger side. I just could not make it work. They were installed when I bought the car but would not slide. I finally got it out but i could not get it back on. I took a spare stock seat and put it on, worked just fine. Long story short, I think the seat was torquing the rail if I installed it off the car. I did not want to reach under it at the car, so I pulled the rail and seat mount both out of the car and did it on the floor. I had to do some mods to stop the twisting. But really it was trial and error to get the right amount of pressure on everything and adjust as I got it all tight. Then some lube, forgot what I used and installed the whole thing back in the car. Took a long time to get there. I was taking measurements, comparing parts, bending, twisting all kinds of things. I broke the cast slide handle, bought a 2nd set of seat mounts. Really kicked my butt.