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11-19-2022, 01:36 PM | #1 |
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Bucket seat or not?
I don't feel good in stock seat, my shoulders are wider than the support and I slip outside in hard corners.
I tried many Recaro and Bride seats in Japan, and the best one to my body was the Pole Position. As I daily drive my car, how much difficult is to enter and exit the car with a bucket seat compared to another sport seat, like the Sportster CS? |
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This is going to heavily vary seat to seat.
It is worth noting that a lot of bucket seats do not work properly with the stock seatbelt - some people run the lap belt over the sides, some people need seat belt extenders that sit inside of the bucket area and take up a lot of hip room (and are uncomfortable), a lot of the times the lap belt no longer runs over the correct area of your hip, some organizations require all or nothing in terms of bucket means 5/6pt plus roll bar, etc. Bucket seats are the first step down the path of starting to hate your car on the street, at least in my experience.
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I have two bucket seats in my FRS.
FWIW I'm about 210 34 waist 5'11 The driver seat is a Buddy Club P1 "regular" size with a Bride FG rail. Pros: I like how it holds me, sits low and looks great. Cons:
I recently put the passenger reclinable seat in the reclinable is on a Bride FO rail. It sits much higher and doesn't move far forward to gain access to the rear seat because the top of the seat hits the headliner near the visor area. It doesn't move far back because of the thickness of the upper seat part hitting the back seat. This isn't my only car so daily drivability isn't as important as it once was when I was younger.
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The Recaro Pole Position ABE has specific holes for passing the stock seatbelt.
I'm just debated on how much difficult is to enter and exit the car with that seat and how much it is with another reclining seat. Getting a removable steering wheel is not an option, as it's illegal in my country. |
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I was under the impresioon the car only came with bucket seats up front.
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so the words matter, but not the spelling?
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So I vote sportster CS for sure DD use. There is also the sportster gt: |
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Thanks for your answer. I don't have another car to choose...
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Reclinable Recaro or Bride for the street IMHO. |
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I can't fit any Bride, they are too tight for me. Pole Position is almost perfect, a little tight at the shoulders, but this is the expected behaviour. Sportster is too wide, but not bad in alcantara version. The side of the cushion are really high, much more than the Pole Position, so I don't know if it's so comfy to sit on it...
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you left the door wide open, i couldn't leave it!
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11-22-2022, 02:45 PM | #13 |
The Pole Positon ABE is probably the only fixed back I'd consider for street driving, but I'd still much prefer a Recaro Sportser or SR7 (JDM market seat).
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SR-7 is very beautiful and really, really comfortable! The lateral support is not so different from stock anyway... Sportster is a little more sporty (more stiff and more shoulder support)
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