Well here's what I've done - after reading your note on the seat height I pulled one seat out, sat the foz seat in to compare seat base heights. The foz seat was well higher than the L series stock height!GOD wrote:On my first attempt at fitting new seats, I did as you describe - drilled out the weld and rivet holding the mounts onto the Lib seat rails, then bolted (and welded?) the L mounts onto the new seat rails.
That put my head too close to the roof, so I redid the driver's seat by pulling apart the whole assembly and fitting the L lower seat frame into the Lib seat cushion and back, and sat it on original L rails and mounts.
So I went into looking at cutting as much out of the seat height as possible. The best I could get was 15mm without then changing the floor pan mounts themselves.
I got a set of other rails from a parts car to compare the rails. The outside rail of each seat is detachable so I got these pics to compare:
The rear is a fair way out, but a grinder and welder can sort that out, this is one of the outer rails.
Best bit was that the width of the foz rails are pretty much the same as the L series - so no need to worry about the width. Bonus!
So after cutting the L series mounts off their rails, I then took a further 15mm out of them. Most I cut, the Inner rear mount I welded the original hole and moved it 15mm up the bracket.
This is how they turned out before spraying for rust and to make them look purdy:
The rear mounts were drilled out then welded onto the foz rails. Due to one of the rails being permanently attached I had to be very careful to cover the fabric with a leather protective sheet to avoid burning holes in my lovely new seats.
This is the end result, please excuse my dodgy interior, it's got character, at least that's what I keep telling myself:
The verdict:
After all the work was done and the seats were in I drove her home to M&D's, I found the ride height too high and wasn't real happy with that. But the quality of the seats are second to none over the L series seats, I can't believe I just compared the two different seats as the foz seats are light years ahead!
Now that I've had a bit more driving time (about 12-15 hours) I'm pretty happy with them and I'm now used to the higher seating position, 4wd'n will be interesting. My only real concern is now I find my rear view mirror is in the way when panning to the left or trying to check out an intersection as I approach. Also, I'm 186cm so not a short fella to start with.
Best bit now: 1) this mod has the other half's approval and 2) the gucci arm rests that aren't actually made by gucci.
Once the paint has dried on them they'll be going back in and I can forget about them for a while
Cheers
Bennie
make sure you take some panadol for your headache 
Can't wait, I can tell you that!!
