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Originally Posted by Steve W
I have two pairs of steel Recaro side mounts available that I used with my PPs in my '84 until I changed to the aluminum ones bolted straight to the stock seat rails. They look just like the black ones you see in Bill's picture with RECARO in white letters (the one with the SUV in the background). You can attach the stock manual sliders to them but the stock sliders only lock on one side. I'd consider different dual locking Recaro sliders instead if for racing. Sliders add 6-7 lbs each so I don't use them. Bonus is the seat is in the perfect position when you get in. The negative is if you get in a crash for some reason, sliders make it easier to get out. There are different holes in the bracket so you can mount the seat as low as you want it. The seat belt receiver lines up perfectly to the upper edge of the side bolsters. If anyone is interested in them, just let me know.
The fabric used on the PPs are actually quite durable and I think you'd need to be careless to tear them. To minimize abrasion of the fabric, I cup my left hand over the edge of the bolster where my butt would rub against, for support as I slide in.
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The black ones in my pictures are steel Recaro side-mounts I used them for all the mock ups, then did the finals in aluminum. They steel and aluminum are pretty much the same dimensionally.
That's an interesting comment about the factory sliders. All the ones I've seen are dual locking like this, the early ones from ~'74 when the thrones were introduced are somewhat different but are also dual locking
