The recline mechanism on my racing bucket broke for the second time and the bastards won't sell me a new mechanism so I bolted it up rigid and turned it into an office chair. Time to go buy some Corbeu buckets!

A note: Don't buy cheap racing seats. The metal they use for the recline mechanisms is very soft and poorly machined. Both times it broke the teeth rubbed right off. I would not trust these in an accident.

On a side note, I will be selling the passenger's seat on eBay shortly

Sweet! Wish I had an office chair like that.

dang!!!! talk about working in style hahaha

Now you can feel like your driving your dsm all day long

Sucks to hear about the broken reclining mechanism, that's one of the reasons I went with a non-folding Corbeau.

Yeah, I'll be going for the $200 Corbeau non-recliners too. I looked at the Sparco $300 seats but heard they aren't worth the extra $100 each. Corbeu = $200 savings FTW!

Sweet! Wish I had an office chair like that.

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Care to buy one for $150?

That's pretty slick

Maybe I'll do a write-up on it later

eclipsh said:

Maybe I'll do a write-up on it later

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I would like to see one.

Those pictures have peaked my curiosity. I am going to the local shops to see if they have any spare/display seats that they will sell me for cheap. That chair would make a great addition to my office.

i made a seat out of my stock 1g seat. ill get some pics up. easy as hell to do. i just have a wooden mounting plate though.

diablos991 said:

I would like to see one.

Those pictures have peaked my curiosity. I am going to the local shops to see if they have any spare/display seats that they will sell me for cheap. That chair would make a great addition to my office.

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I was actually joking. It would depend heavily on the office seat base you used. I just took two lengths of 1/8" rolled steel and drilled some holes in 'em and mounted the base to the seat. 8 bolts and a crap load of washers as spacers in back so my legs weren't pushed too high up in front finished the job.

I actually reused the steel from making my seat brackets for the car. You can see where I have an extra set of holes and a chunk cut out for the slider release mechanism to rotate.

damn having that back for eight hours like that would be torture for me. But it sure looks nice

It is amazingly comfortable to read in actually. I spent several hours in it today doing so. The office chair could recline so I can still lean back and prop my feet up. The thigh support means my knees don't get sore with my feet up. I can just sit with my book propped on a pillow in my lap and a drink on my desk. Best reading position ever! My GPA will thank me for this

someone should probably get that patented!!!!

If its comfortable and reclines, I would love to have one

You can also buy these directly from corbeau.
http://www.corbeau.com/products/chairs/chairs.shtml#

of course what isn't patented?

*choke* At $215 PLUS the cost of a seat? Yeah right. My six year old office chair cost $80 originally and my seat cost $175. I spent maybe $15-20 on hardware and some time in the shop.

You should install a 4 point seatbelt on your office chair too. You know, for those action packed books.

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You should install a 4 point seatbelt on your office chair too. You know, for those action packed books.

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Nah, I'm in college, I don't get to read action-packed books. Maybe the 4-point would keep me in the seat when I fall asleep though...

you could make a buissness out of selling those its sweet.

Corbeau already sells them

Besides, I don't make any of the parts except the mounting bars and I don't know where to source seat bases from.

Of course, $215+seat is a bit high from Corbeau... I could make armless ones much cheaper if I could source the bases for a good price

Welcome to the club

I had the chair left over from my car, couldn't get more than 100 for it so I figured why not make a bad ass chair with it. I used the base of my old desk chair and mounted it on a piece of MDF. Everything I used to make it I had lying around.

It's also got a Simpson 5pt harness on it now

Too funny! That is the exact seat I am planning on installing in my car now!

Hey... is that 5-pt setup still in good, usable shape?

Reminds me of that thread we had about people that converted seats into racing consoles. Using 2x4's and bolting a seat, steering wheel and pedals into a little gaming area. Those were badass. Anyone know where that link is?