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Originally Posted by PanzerSD
Well, I guess I should tell you guys WHY I asked that.
I have a really nifty pair of Audi 8-way power heated seats.
they're in the car now but they are too high at the front.
I need to remove a section of this crossmember to give my seat tracks room to slide when I mount the front to the floor not the crossmember.
I'm an autobody technician. It is my belief that if I cut this section out, cap the ends, and weld a 1/4 think flat bar across where the member was and bolt my seat to that that it will be as strong as if I hadn't cut anything.
I'm not going for any stock appearance here as you might have guessed  |
Awhile back, I purchased a length of 1" x 2" hollow rectangular box-section steel tubing from a local metal shop.
Something like this might be ideal to lower your seat crossmember, while still maintaining the required body stiffness. This tubing has a 1/8" wall thickness, so welding it to the thinner steel of the existing car structure might still pose a problem, as someone previously mentioned.
Happy Motoring, Mark