How To: Megan Racing Seats & Brackets

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Hey everyone, this is a quick guide to installing racing seats in the Lancer. More specifially Megan racing seats. I did this on a saturday morning by myself. I would suggest having a friend give you a hand. Mostly for lifting the seats in and out your car, this way you can avoid scratching the paint (unlike me)

Megan Racing Seats: Click Here
Slowboy Racing / Wedge Engineering Seat Brackets: Click Here

Tools Needed:
Socket Wrench Set: 12mm, 13mm, 14mm & 17mm. Allen/Hex Key set: 7/32".
Hammer. Needle Nosed Pliers. Dremel and/or Drill

Time Needed: 2-4 Hours. Difficulty: 3/10

Better Layout version of write-up: Click Here

1. Check you have all your parts. You should have 2 sets of everything...provided you bought 2 seats



2. Place the bracket on the floor, topside facing up, and place the sliders onto the bracket to line up the holes



3. Make sure the sliders are facing the correct way, and right side up. The adjuster part should be towards the front, and you should be able to pull it up to adjust the sliders



4. Get an allen/hex key set. You will only need one size: 7/32"



5. Pull the sliders all the way forward, and line up the furthest rear slider holes with the bracket holes



6. Put in the screws and tighten until it is about flush with the bottom of the slider. DO NOT fully tighten the bolts. Just enough so that the sliders can move

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7. After doing the rear screws, adjust the sliders all the way back to get access to the front holes. Insert bolts and tighten as far as you can. Then adjust the sliders forward again and fully tighten the rear bolts/screws



8. Once everything is tightened you should have both sliders sitting on the bracket.



9. Flip the bracket/sliders over and find the gold locker nut thingys. And tighten them as much as you can.
Then flip back over and attach the slider adjuster bar. That is pretty straight forward and is on the instruction sheet supplied



10. Flip the seat over and rest it on something so you can have easy access to the underside. Located the 4 holes to attach the sliders



11. Lay the sliders/bracket on top of the seat, making sure the top side is facing down and bottom is up. Line up the holes and insert the front screws. DO NOT tighten all the way



12. Do the other side to.
DO NOT tighten all the way!!
Just enough so that you can adjust the sliders.

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13. Pull sliders all the way forward. Insert screws into the rear holes and tighten all the way



14. Pull slider back and tighten front screws. Then double check all the screws that they are fully tightened



15. Sliders should be sitting flush with the seat once tightened. If not, some minor adjustment may be needed.



16. Now the brackets/sliders are bolted to the racing seat. Time to remove the stocker.
Locate the front 2 bolts and remove. Also remove the seatbelt alert wire clip on the drivers seat. The passenger side doesn't have one



17. 3rd bolt is under this cover. Just get your finger around the side of it, circled in blue, and pull it off



18. ta da!

Don't remove this yet though. Leave till last



19. Remove center consolde by lifting up armrest and unscrewing the 2 screws sitting in the bottom. Pull it out and you will see this 4th and final bolt securing the stock seat. Unbolt that



20. Double check you unclipped the seat belt wire before you remove the seat



21. Now remove the third bolt

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22. Lift this handle to recline the seat all the way forward. Then lift the seat out and carefully remove it from the car. Be careful not to scratch your car when doing this



23. Now you have an empty space for the new seat and all 4 holes cleared. I would suggest giving the floor a clean/vacuum, cos you probably won't have a good opportunity to again. I was short on time so i didn't bother.



24. Now to remove the stock seat belt clip from your old seats. You will need to remove this cover to get access to the bolt holding the seat belt clip in place



25. The cover will pry off with a little force. It won't break so don't worry. You will then see the seatbelt clip bolt. It is a 17mm.



26. Remove the bolt to pull off clip




27. A little persuassion may be needed. It is on there pretty good



28. (driver seat only) flip the seat over and unclip the wire. There are 4 clips. Do them in this order. A, B, C, D
use a pair of needle nosed pliers



29. And there you have it. Save the stock bolt also, you will need it to attach this to the racing seats



30. Now to put your new seat in the car. On the megan seats there is a bar at the bottom to fully recline the seat forward. Just pull that and carefully place the seat into the car. Be careful as the seat will lean back as soon as you let go. So keep hold of it.

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31. Line up new bracket to the stock floor screws. More persuasion may be needed, i recomend a hammer. Once you can get the bolt started, you will be able to tighten it up fine, and the seat bracket will begin to slide into place better. Once the front 2 bolts are tightened, tighten up the 3rd bolt on the non-seat belt side. Also re-clip the seat belt alert wire on the drivers side.



32. This is where things get tricky. The brackets aren't perfect, and some "ajustment" is needed throughout the entire install, but non of it even close to serious. This however is annoying. The bracket overlaps the hold a little. So if you have a dremel, go ahead and get it. Then just grind out the bracket a little to open up access to the hole better



33. I did not have a Dremel..... So i improvised and used a drill. Once i got it opened up, and tightened up the bolt. However i did destroy the thread on the stock one, so a quick trip to Home-Depot and i got a new one.



34. Bolt up the stock Seat belt clip to the new seat bracket. Make sure this bolt is as tight as you can get it, remember what it was like stock. You want it as close to that as possible. Once that is done, bolt up the center console. And you are good to go.



35. Side by side of the stock and Megan Racing seats.
The Racing seats are taller, however they sit lower at the bottom, so you will be lower to the ground, and will need to re-adjust your steering wheel and mirrors to make up for this.

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36.
And now you are all finished!!!! With 2 brand spanking new racing seats.
After driving a few days I can safely say these are a MASSIVE improvement over the stock seats. They are much more comfy, plus i feel a whole lot better cornering at speed now that i don't go flying accross the other side of my car. These seats keep my body in place well and make driving A LOT more fun.
The final verdict came from my wife who hates me messing with my car, when she said she loved them and was glad i installed them.

[davidmitsusrock]

Has anyone used wedge Racing Brackets with Cheaper or Ebay racing seats?

I want to buy these seats and the wedge racing brackets to do this for about $400..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ECLIP...Q5fAccessories

[Chameleonzero]

the brackets will only work if the seat is made for it. You always have the option of making your own by modifying the stock seats brackets.
Here is a list on seats and the brackets that work inside our lancers
Megan Racing seats - slowboy racing/ edge engineering
Stock evo seats and brackets work well (got this from Road Race)
Corbeau Seats and they make brackets that fit there seats for the evo and lancer
P.S. Most ebay seats are made cheaply. I learned the hard way about stuff from ebay. If you want info on good seats and cheap. Call Rob or Brian from Road Race Motorsports

[rrd]

i like those seats alot, although im sure my fat ass wouldn't fit too well in them lol

[Chameleonzero]

im about 5'11" and 220 and the seats are comfortable to me. The only other seats that are not that expensive and comfortable are the Corbeau A4 seats and corbeau makes brackets forthe seats too