Well, I thought I had the drivers side front seat all dialed in, but I guess not. So I did that today... Along with lining it with a roll on bed liner.
Using some left over metal from fabbin' up a reciever hitch from the Jeepster tribute build, I figured out where I wanted the front of the seats to be:
Then I cut the spacer in half with the metal chop saw:
Boy, did it get hot! While it cooled off on the rocks, I took measurements for grins...
To de-burr the inner edges, out comes my favorite air tool...
To de- burr the outer edges, I used the angle grinder...
Yeah, I keep the wheels until they can literally no longer be used. This is actually helpful when I use the cut off wheel because on smaller cuts you need a smaller blade.
While the that metal was cooling, I set about finally lining the driver's side with a roll on be liner...
Before:
Ugly, but solid...
After:
So the next step to to drill out the spacers on the drill press and drill holes into the floor boards. I am not reusing the stock holes from the factory.
Edit:
While it's getting a bit hot outside, I took it inside to wrap up the carpet on the center console...
I cut out the pattern based on the original, but longer for a unique look... Shaved 1/4" of the edges, old vs. new...
New clips to replace ones that were missing...
Slathered contact cement, note the shaved backside, too...
Slathered the console...
Lined it all up, and I also cut small holes in the carpet for a few of the clips to slide thru to help the carpet stay in place...
So when I finalize the driver's side seat, the console will be ready to install.
Edit:
Drilled the holes for the front mounting brackets with the drill press, then painted them semigloss black. Then went bike riding with the family.
