Aftermarket Seats
 

Hey everyone - looking at buying aftermarket seat for track days as I am likely buying a HANS/etc this spring. I am looking for something to help lower me in the car as my helmet will scrape the headliner with the OEM seats. What setup are you running, did it lower you in the car? I am 6'1" and about 225lbs so need to find a seat that fits me, and the car. Need to work on the last part, but most of us will say that.

Post up your setup, pics, and what you are using for brackets!

You can go with a Corbeau FX1 Wide setup ( I am 6'6" 250) if you're looking to save some money or you can go as far as a Sparco ergo or an EVO 3

Virtually any bucket seat will lower your head relative to the headliner if the seat rails are side mount.

-alex

If you can, go sit in a bunch of them to see what what you like best. I was looking at either a Racetech or Recaro Pro Hans but ended up with an OMP HTE-R as it was by far the most comfortable and best fitting for me. The wide Recaro was a bit to big but the normal was painfully tight.

Good luck.

I really wish I could find somewhere to sit in all of these options. It is tough to buy a seat with never sitting in one. I live in the middle of nowhere, I think I might know about 10 people in reasonable driving distances with quality seats to try out.

Got any pics of the OMP, they are so comfy!

My biggest concern is finding a seat that fits me, that also fits the car. I know it can be hard to fit "wides" in some chassis.

I went with the Sparco Pro 2000 II which is a fairly wide seat. I really like it. Keep in mind you will not retain the use of factory seat belts with a lot of seats. So, you need to consider a roll bar/cage with a bar for the harness. You can get just the harness bar but you risk your safety in a roll over (stock seat belts allow your torso to bend to the side, your harness will not). Some people think bolting in a race seat is a simple affair, but a lot of times it involves adding a roll cage, and harness.

I have the Cobra Suzuka Pro GT which is pretty wide and fits the car perfectly.

What size are you? That looks like a decent seat. Any pics of your setup?

Yes, the rest of that is all implied, looking to start using a hans device, need to get the full setup figured out. The seat is the key thing IMO, the rest is "easy".

I am 5' 11" and about 200 lbs. There is some wiggle room in the seat, but I use the removable bolsters to adjust the fit. I don't have any pics on hand. I could probably snap a few soon. If at all possible, I would give the same advice as previous posts and sit in as many as you can. I went to a local store (RallySport Direct) and sat in quite a few before I pulled the trigger on the Sparco.

Ya, we have no shops locally that would ever consider stocking seats. Even in the Minneapolis area. There is one guy, but he only has 2 OMP seats. Just have to find seats in cars somerwhere. The joys of the Midwest!

^^^ I sat in his seat. You need a pit crew to help you get back out. :bellyroll:

I'm 6'2" and about 225 as well. I have the Sparco Ergo Large and if it was any bigger, it wouldn't fit in the car. The seat fits me perfectly though. I have side mounts with sliders. If you can get away with not using sliders it will put you almost an inch lower in the car.

Sparco Ergo Large, Planted base, Sparco slider, Sparco side mounts with seat on the 2nd holes from the bottom which is the lowest you can mount the seat with a slider.

Ignore the mess in the pics... the car is undergoing some pre-season changes.

Do you have any pics of the setup?

I am 6'1 235lbs longer torso I was concern with seat and the helmet to. I installed the recaro spg and nagasi rails and work great. I put it to the lowest setting and I have like 3 inches of head room still.

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PHIL is my absolute hero.

I just bought the FX1's too, non-wide edition and my fat 275lbs fits... It's a bit snug but as I lose a bit of weight it'll be perfect.

They're really light and I'd venture to say they are better then the FIA/SFI approved Corbeau Forza.

sorry i dont mean to hijack your thread but, will removing one seat disable BOTH front airbags? or just the one associated seat?

Im planning on removing my passenger seat, and it would be great to know. Thanks in advance!

I believe it's just one airbag but I could be wrong.

Running a Recaro Pole Position on a Planted seat base, no sliders. Sits a little bit lower then the OEM seat height but not by much (or at least it doesn't seem like it). Can upload some pictures later.

*edit: for reference, I'm 5'8 and roughly ~150lbs

I am running a Bimarco futura, FIA approved for larger folks, upp to 200cm long and 75-110kg in body weight, it's a little bit large for me :)
But it fits in the twins whi out any hassle and the price is under 400$ for a 8kg seat.


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Thanks

I've been trying to figure out what I think is the same thing. With the OEM Seat, my helmet is very close to the roof, I would like to find a way to get a tish lower.

What mounting hardware did you use to mount the seats? I'm actually looking to get these exact seats for my brz. Can you snap some pics inside the car PLEASE!!??

Yes off course, can do that later today.
If I remember correctly I did use side montes that fits sparco, it's the exact same bolt pattern as sparco on this seats.

I was thinking sparco side mounts would work and great i would love to see them in the twins I'm pretty sure these are the seats I'm getting.

Thank you!

Sorry forgot to take some pictures of the seats :(
But will try to remember that tomorrow when I am at the garage :thumbsup:

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Thanks brother! They look great and looks like they fit really good. How comfortable are they on the street or on longer drives?

I run bride zeta 3 with oem belt , modify the buckle to a belt type like you did . Take some time for the job but it work great, easy to buckle up and tight enough for track day . I have the belt go over both harness tunnel .

Hello, can you tell me more on the belt type buckle? I am on a Bride Vios and the buckle sits abit too low for me to clip the seat belt in easily. This looks like a good alternative method to go about.

They are not that bad actually, but compared to the oem seats the are not that comfortable.
I did let the wife make me an extra seat cushion, for those longer drives :thumbup:
But now days the car is a track only, so it spends most of its time riding trailer too and from the track.