Seat Bracket Fabrication for Summit Racing Sport Seats

The stock seats in this 4Runner were in rough shape - some stains, some missing chunks of foam in the side bolsters, and they had permastank! Rather than cover it all up with some seat covers, I opted to replace them with Summit Racing's sport seats (SUM-G1159-2). I've looked at those for years and like them, but never had a need for aftermarket seats until now. These seats look great, are comfortable, come with sliders, and appear to be a good value. 

I made my own seat brackets out of flat steel bar stock. The rounded risers are roll cage tubing cut in half. Looks a heck of a lot nicer than box tube. I used a torch to heat and bend the curved front part to match the floor board. The 4Runner floor is not level, so it took quite a bit of measuring to get the seats level and in the correct left/right orientation. Overall I have 7 or 8 hours in these brackets, but the end result are level seats exactly where I want them that are in the correct left/right location and look great. 

I was afraid the side bolsters would be a bit too much for getting in and out, but initially they don't feel too bad. We'll see how it works out.