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Old 11-27-2012, 01:32 PM
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Hardbar claims to have the lowest. Is that the case? Any other alternatives? My present race seat and mount is the Sparco Evo 2 Plus on Piper Motorsports custom brackets but these require removing the rear studs and using a plate under the car to support a mount for the lap belt. I would like to consider alternatives that use the existing mounts before I go mucking up the existing design.

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You can't get any lower than the Hardbar mounts without cutting the floor.
BTW - I have an extra set if you need one.
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Maybe you need to consider a different seat, check out this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...room-gain.html

(and just as a footnote, before I post my own thread, this seat now resides in my C6Z.)
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Any fixed side mount bracket should be able to put it down to the floor.
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Originally Posted by GreekPT
Maybe you need to consider a different seat, check out this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...room-gain.html

(and just as a footnote, before I post my own thread, this seat now resides in my C6Z.)
I have the Arizen solid mount, and with a racing seat on top of it, I can't imagine being lower. I have to climb in and out of my C5 Z06.

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Been extremely happy with hardbar seat rails (matter of fact all his products)

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You can get the seat to within 3/16 of an inch of the car's floor with the Hardbar rails and that is because it is sitting on the horizontal part of the Hardbar rail. I have 17 inch wide seats and they have to sit on top of the vertical part of the Hardbar rail so the bottom is about 2 inches off the floor which leaves me just enough room to mount my sub belts to the bars.

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I have had Corbeau slider, Arizen slider, and Hardbar fixed mounts. The Hardbar sits the lowest like others said I don't see how you could get it an lower without cutting the interior away. Brackets are awesome.
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Originally Posted by sperkins
You can't get any lower than the Hardbar mounts without cutting the floor.
BTW - I have an extra set if you need one.
You have a PM

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Hardbar !
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get an aluminum seat and mount it flat to the floor with hardbar (or home made) mounts. I can barely see over the dash in my car!
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I took my NRG side mount seat and made simple mounts to further incline the seat in a fixed position. The rear of the seat sits on the carpet and I now have 2" clearance above my helmet.

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