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Originally Posted by Hanakuso
Is a bucket seat more dangerous compared to stock when everything else is stock? i know the stock seat has an airbag, but with an exception to that. Lets assume the seat and mount is FIA approved.
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It can be. Reclining seats often collapse when a rollover occurs, by then the body has moved down and towards the inside of the car as well. A reclinding aftermarket bucket is basically the same as stock (minus airbags of course). A fixed back should, IMO, only be used with the supporting equipment (5/6/etc point harnesses, 4 point rollbar min).
Also everything should be mounted with CORRECT backing plates. I've had people try to pass 3/8" washers holding in seats and harnesses as a large enough backing plate before... don't do that.
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