Had a shop weld in full length MM subframe connectors. I noticed they didn't put on the seat braces...... how much would this affect the strengthening of the car? Going to call them up tomorrow though regardless. I'm 99% they were with them as I didn't unwrap them, and I'm pretty sure they were at the opposite end that the instructions were wrapped in...

 

Doesn't really strengthen the car at all. It anchors the seats.

 

It helps with the gangster lean that these cars are notorious for.

 

So in reality they're there to prevent the seat from ripping out? what causes the lean? I actually thought it had to do with part of the seat frame/track breaking.

 

When I bought my car the front left mount was ripped out of the floor pan and the seat track was snapped on the right side. Previous owner was like 6'6" and powershifting damaged the seat.

It was gangsta leaning and rocking back and forth like a son of a bitch. Ten minutes with a welder and it's good as new. Sits perfectly and works, also. No problems six years later. I think the ripped up floor bolt is what caused the seat track to snap, it was being abused in the wrong way.

 

Ah I see. IM going by the shop today to get to see if they have my seat hardware and brackets as they weren't left in the car. it looks like I might be able to get them on myself without removing the sub frame connectors. if not I'm gonna be asking them to redo it. I mean ****, with the work they did I gave them a decent amount of money lol.

 

How much is a decent amount of money? I've got mine sitting in my garage but most shops want an arm and a leg. D:

 

You can probably buy a welder and DIY for cheaper. It took me a day to install mine, but I already had a welder.

 

They charged for 3 hours but I also paid for an alignment and fram gauge. I had them do it because I wasn't sure if the frame was twisted any since its a ttop. If wasn't getting the frame gauged I would of done them myself but I took the lazy way out lol

 

If they're like UPR's full length SFCs, the seat brace needs to go on before the subframe connectors. I don't think you can install the seat braces without removing the SFCs.