jcc0016

Able to obtain a drivers recepticle, thanks Paolo! Still could use the mounting hardware if anyone has a set lying around. Thanks!

Asmig

Is there really a Euro bucket seat specific belt receptacle? 996-803-183-09 appears in both parts catalogs for GT3 and Turbo.

jcc0016

Something that one would think would seemingly be easy, has been nothing but a complete nightmare. From getting the rails to align, to finding hardware to lining up the mounting holes to the floor and they are still not installed properly.

Right now, there just simply isn’t enough room between the seat belt receiver and the tunnel and now the seats won’t slide either enough or at all so that I can put the torx screws back into floor.
And if I do, I still don’t think the seats will slide.

wross996tt

When my Euro GTS seats were installed, there was no change to the seat belt receptacles. Also no issues with rails. This was also a long time ago...

powdrhound

Sounds like you are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Why don't you actually post a few pictures of what you are trying to install in the car? As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

jcc0016

jcc0016

powdrhound

Remove the seat assembly from the car and take pictures of both side mounts and the underside showing the rails. Something doesn't look right on the tunnel side but hard to tell from your pic. Dismount the seat and see if you can bolt in the rails to the tub WITHOUT the seat for starters. If that check out OK, measure the spacing between the side mounts and compare to the seat. Take pics. Everything appears to be OEM but hard to tell for sure. It should be a direct drop in without any issues whatsoever. Good luck..

jcc0016

Previously I was able to line the rails up and bolt to the tub. I removed and then bolted to seat and put them back into the car which is where I am now.
I can bolt the seats in by there’s not enough room between the tunnel and the seat belt receiver bolt for it to slide. All is own with the exception of the receiver bolt.

jcc0016

powdrhound

Nothing jumps out. Everything looks normal. The only thing I see is the aftermarket bolt used to bolt down the seatbelt receptacle. The OEM one is much lower profile which give you more room on the inside between the bolt and the carpet.

Bernard IV

It seems like it needs to be extended. I don't know how you guys are installing these without extending the factory Turbo recepticle.

powdrhound

That receptacle is perfectly fine. It need to sit just below the seat side bolster which is does. It just needs to be rotated forward from where he has it now.

jcc0016

Is the a difference between drivers and passenger sliders?
what about the part number , correct for a 996? Not sure how different they were from year/year.
Thanks.

powdrhound

The only difference between the driver and passenger side is the slider release T handle which is side specific. The sliders are the same. The sliders were made for both the 986 and 996. They were the same. The "GT3/Cup" sliders had slightly longer front mounting studs to accommodate the crotch harness sub bar. I believe these sliders were also used in some BMWs.

I don't have any sliders handy, other than the ones mounted in my GT3 to visually compare to yours. You can Google 986/996 sliders or look on eBay and there are usually tons of them for sale. You can make a pretty good comparison from this pics.