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Old 06-29-2010, 06:40 PM   #112
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Re: New Member - 72 Jimmy: Project Knuckledragger mountain commuter

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Originally Posted by blazin View Post
i can see cutting them to make the seats lower.. but im sure the factory mounts are safe or why would gm make them like that?
GM didn't make them like that.The factory mounts are only designed to hold down the stock seats. The stock seat belts bolt to the rear bulkhead and the seat belts are what hold you in place during a wreck.

Your new seats have integrated seat belts but you no longer have the bolts connecting them to the rear bulkhead. In doing this you have bypassed at least half of the original mounting strength.

Just to be clear - When I say "factory mounts" I'm talking about the holes in the floor that you screw the seat mounting bolts into for 1972 blazer/jimmy seats.
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