I've recent obtained a brand new front row car seat (picrel) that I plan to turn into an office chair.

I've recent obtained a brand new front row car seat (picrel) that I plan to turn into an office chair.

The problem is it is stuck in full forward position with the seat back tiled forward, assuming for shipping purposes.

With minimal tools, how do I go about getting power to this thing to move it to a comfortable spot?

I plan to weld (or otherwise) mount it to an office chair frame.

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    dude lmao

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      based. post an update later. i went to the u-pull-it and anything worth a shit was left open doored and no windowed. now i gotta look online

      https://i.imgur.com/t5MGEtG.png

      Bruh

      This is DIY, anon...
      So DIY a favor and just buy an office chair.

      bunch of ninnies itt

  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Bruh

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    This is DIY, anon...
    So DIY a favor and just buy an office chair.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      That's not fun though

  4. 11 months ago
    Kevin Van Dam

    Get a 12V source, whatever power supply or jumper pack or car battery. Hook it up to power input for the seat using jumper cables and/or alligator clips. Push buttons.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah actually I just found an adaptor for dewalt batteries ($15) which pretty much solves this problem lol

      Might even be able to mount the adaptor to the bottom of the seat to have a perm solution and adjust when I want.

      • 11 months ago
        Kevin Van Dam

        Look for an old 12V/ 2A-4A power cord with the brick for a cable box or something and you could probably wire the chair off that if you wanted it to plug in. I used one to hard wire some 12V LED spotlights that were made for automotive applications.

        Maybe stick one of the <$5 fuse holders from the auto parts stores to protect the power tool battery or power supply when you wire the thing up.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      When I made a sim racing seat out of an e46 seat, I used an Xbox 360 power supply brick, it outputs about 12V. Then just hook that to the power leads on the seat itself and you have full control of all the seat motors.

      If OP is actually using the picrel seat, he must wire up the headrest speakers as well.

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Find a power recliner base from one someone's getting rid of (they fly apart with an impact driver making the pieces light to move) and use that as a base on a dolly with locking casters (because nothing heavy should ever be hard to move). I did using some Ford passenger seat from the local salvage. Works great. No office chair is engineered as well as crashworthy car seats.

  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    For a guy who doesn't own tools you sure are confident about putting power to a seat equipped with a side air bag in the backrest that could detonate if you put power to the wrong pin
    Good luck

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      It would be moronic to leave the bag rather than remove and fire it for lulz. Where is the bag on that seat? I don't recognize it.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >car seat known to be comfortable, mainly because it's adjustable
      >remove adjust-ability
      I don't understand these sorts of projects, even if
      isn't true.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >I don't understand these sorts of projects
        Autism.
        Chance of ever actually doing it is very very low anyway.

  7. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Somewhat related to OPs project, I got this fridge for free on Craigslist, was planning to turn it into a gaming chair but wondering what's the best way to remove the rust without hurting the enamel. My gaming clothes are made out of Japanese lanterns and I don't want to stain them with rust while I'm streaming minecraft.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Don't remove the rust, coat the outside with recycled milk jug plastic you melted down in your oven and applied with a foam roller
      If your mom or country's laws don't allow the use of ovens, coat it with linseed oil, the only protective coating that should be legal for anything, and then to get the smell out wash your lantern pants in vinegar and line dry them on a clothesline made from emu feathers from your friends ranch.

      Also, lurk moar so you don't need your hand held next time.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Looked into foam rollers but thinking of making my own. I have a piece of a sun bleached pool noodle that blew in from my Mexican neighbors yard last year that I never bothered pulling out of the holly bushes, I'm considering using that with a wire hanger and a section of pvc pipe as a handle to build my own roller and save some money. How hot should I set the oven. Thank you for the advice.

  8. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I recently obtained this router, and want to convert it to a formula one race car.

    problem is it's stuck in reverse.

    with minimum tools, how do I put an LS in this thing?

    I have lots of JB weld.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      i recommend bolts and screws, ls is too much hp for jb weld

  9. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    this thread is lols.

    in all seriousness: i made a few of these chairs, op, they’re fun but not all that comfortable as desk chairs. they’re better as living room type seats, comfy for reclining in. you might think you want to recline at your desk, but trust me you don’t. in your desk chair you sit upright and do fine motor skill stuff. it’s pretty uncomfortable to try to do from a car seat unless you make the car seat look horrible by tilting the base way forward.

    all told it’s a fun weekend project. hit a junkyard a goodwill and a home depot. you’ll have everything you need by noon and the chair will be built by dinner. just don’t expect too much out of it.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I also use a commercial van seat (GM 3500) on a dolly as a desk chair. Works great, love it.

  10. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I recently acquired several square miles of spare tanks. I want to break them down to their component neutrons, protons, and electrons, then fuse them together into lithium. How do I do this?

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