Daryl Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Got the seat mounts all figured out. They are fully functional,seats fold down giving accsess to the trunk area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Those look huge in there! You don't need to see out the back window anyways. What are they out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 2012 challenger rt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC-71 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I Like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 They look bigger mostly because of the headrest. The backs of the seats only sit about an inch and half above the package tray. They are very comfy and hold you in the seat when the rear of the car decides it wants to switch places with front. Hopefully I'll have the front seats and console finished tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 How much modifying did you have to do on them? I like them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 As far as the car goes, I had to flatten out the mounts for the outer seat belts. All I did was take a 2x4 and sledge hammer and pound them back flat. Then I removed the old seat mounts, the hooks that mount on the bottom of the floor and the ones up top for the seat back. Basically giving it a smooth contour. After that I just had to make three brackets that the seatback hinges on. The bottom of the new seat is held in place by the seat back hinges and two holes that I cut into the floor and welded two pieces of box tubing. Inside the box tubing there are two big rubber grommets that I bought from Chrysler that hold the front of the seat bottom in the box tubing. It took about a day to figure everything out for the front and the back seats. I still plan on getting a two by four piece of steel tubing to reinforce the package tray and to mount the two seat strikers that the seat backs latch on to. After that I will cut out the original divider between the back seats in the trunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Forgot to mention that another modification that needs to be done. These seats are a little bit narrower than our original seats. So I'm going to have to make an extension on the bottom part of the armrest. I plan on welding about 3 more inches of sheet metal to them. Inch and a half each side.This will make it wider which I think will be a good benefit. The original ones you can barely get your elbows on them. That then leaves a gap in the area between the seat back and wheelwells.The Chargers had a padded bolster in this area. When the junk yard gets a wrecked one in I'll borrow one to see if it fits. If It doesn't fit I'll just make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTNMonte Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Daryl, those seats are going to look amazing in there. Can't wait to see pictures of the front seats also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ask and you shall receive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sheean Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Daryl those seats look amazing and are probably very comfy. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Too cool and 2 thumbs waaay up from me!! Nice job your Monte is 1 to keep an eye on I see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Wow, that's a lot to live up to. I hope it ends up as good as I am dreaming it to be. Thanks everyone for their compliments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Got the seat and trunk divider out today. Ready to weld in the support for the package tray I was talking about in my earlier post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte0 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Wow really nice! I'd love to do this but not sure if I'd be able to get myself to modify the car that much lol. How did the front seats mount in there? Did you have to make your own seat brackets or use the existing GM or Chrysler ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Sorry I didn't reply sooner been very busy.I basically had to make 2 mounts for the front seats that is on the inboard side. The outboard side of each of the seats I was able to just cut a hole and add a factory style nut and just reposition them. Here's a couple pictures that help it make a little more sense. The top hole is the factory mount. The bottom is the one I added. The inboard mounts are 2 big washers, one on top and other on the bottom of the floor, with a nut in the middle all welded together. Here is a back seat mount I made out of some box tubing  OE grommet I talked about earlier This is the factory dodge seat latch for the back seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420ponies Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The "NEW MONTECHALLENGER" coming to your local Chevrolet showroom soon!! Man, Now that is gonna look Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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