where to buy Sparco seats

SOWTZ · Post by **SOWTZ** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:53 pm

I got leather seats, love the standard seats, adjustable in every way, what’s the point of having non adjustable seats?
Don’t see the point in getting that kind of stuff innless your using it as a track car.
Then you need the full racing harness and shit too, you going to get all that stuff as well?

CussCuss · Post by **CussCuss** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:15 pm

only time ive found factory seats to be any good is a set that were freshly reupholstered and rebolstered in velour i think it was (black) the matrial and side bolsteres that were nice and firm meant that they worked well around the track. IIRC it was dirty sanchez's starion. You just tend to slide around on 23 year old leather. Im looking at getting some OBX buckets soon.

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:22 pm

Entaran wrote: To my knowledge there is not a single "fixed" bucket seat (ie: non-reclining) that is ADR approved.

The OBX daytona is a fixed bucket seat and has an ADR approval.

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:24 pm

SOWTZ wrote:I got leather seats, love the standard seats, adjustable in every way, what’s the point of having non adjustable seats?
Don’t see the point in getting that kind of stuff innless your using it as a track car.
Then you need the full racing harness and shit too, you going to get all that stuff as well?

You dont really need a racing harness to get the benefit of a fixed bucket seat, with bigger side bolster you wont slide around like you would in the standard seat.

GADGET · Post by **GADGET** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:03 pm

what about seats from an evo lancer or 3000GT?

factory designs that would be approved and do a great job of holding you in place

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:49 pm

GADGET wrote:what about seats from an evo lancer or 3000GT?

factory designs that would be approved and do a great job of holding you in place

Evo lancer seats are recaro arent they, they would cost a bomb just to buy and i think they would be in high demand. Also im sorry buy the OBX daytona isnt ADR approved, but actually complies with ADR.

DonnVito · Post by **DonnVito** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:15 pm

originally i was going to get some sparco seats. but after considering price and style. the ones that i wanted that looked nice were 880 each.
i settled on a pair of OBX Forza's

its certainly a different kind of feeling when you are sitting in these mothers. cornering feels totally new. no lateral movement no sliding on the seat and my ass is nice and comfy too. :P

tmz_99 · Post by **tmz_99** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:55 pm

RiceThief wrote:
GADGET wrote:what about seats from an evo lancer or 3000GT?

factory designs that would be approved and do a great job of holding you in place
Evo lancer seats are recaro arent they, they would cost a bomb just to buy and i think they would be in high demand.

yeah, I have evo recaros in mine, the rails didn't fit at all and weren't aviable to fit, so had to be modified (read: costly excercise)

Donny: Looking good man.. no probs with the fact they can't recline?

DonnVito · Post by **DonnVito** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:10 pm

nah its all good, i have heaps of room, still on factory rails so i can slide back and forth, a little lower than stock seats, and im just the right size if not a smidge bigger from being wrapped in them, i'd say a snug fit.
im guessing if i get pulled over, i will have to go through the process of changing my registration to two seater. however that works. do i need to remove the rear seats?

CussCuss · Post by **CussCuss** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:37 pm

thats exactly the kind of seats i wanna get, they look great.
What did you have to do to get them onto the factory rails, was it a bolt in job?

regoing as a 2 seater involves taking the rear seats out and seatbelts but you will have to put ALL the bolts that you took out back in after everything has been taken out otherwise it leaves holes exposed. Then take it down to your local engineer and he take some piccys and sign off on it and charge you something rediculous (~150 i think mine was). Then you take it to the rta and they keep a record of it (i did mine when the rego was due so dunno if it has to be done straight away) you will more than likely get pulled up when you re rego the car so it will have to be done anyway.

DonnVito · Post by **DonnVito** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:17 pm

ok, for the fitment of the seats. two 480mm lengths of steel from left to right front and back high tensile nuts/bolts. then drilled holes and high tensile bolts into the buckets, then a little modified seatbelt bracket. dont know how it would go passing the engineers cert.
the seats actually go so far fowards that a rear passenger could easily get in, but they dont recline.

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:06 pm

DonnVito wrote:ok, for the fitment of the seats. two 480mm lengths of steel from left to right front and back high tensile nuts/bolts. then drilled holes and high tensile bolts into the buckets, then a little modified seatbelt bracket. dont know how it would go passing the engineers cert.
the seats actually go so far fowards that a rear passenger could easily get in, but they dont recline.

Can you post pics of the how u mounted the steel to the rails. Cheers :beer

DonnVito · Post by **DonnVito** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:35 pm

no worries i will take out my passenger seat and get some pics and post them tomorrow.

ProZac · Post by **ProZac** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:05 pm

I must say, its a breath of fresh air to see threads in which progress is actually made! Good shit DonnVito, im not a fan of your styling tastes, but good on ya for making your car really your own :).

PS: You must have money to burn!!!!!

gotrice? · Post by **gotrice?** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:12 pm

PS: You must have money to burn!!!!!

Thats what i was about to say!!! you've achieved more in 6 months then half the members on here!!

All it'll take is one yellow sticker......

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