What’s the deal with bride seats?
 

Hello, all!

I have a chance at grabbing a set of one of the higher tier “quality” BRAUM seats.

My upholstry shop is telling me that BRAUM is trash and I’ve been trying to do some research but I can’t really find anything as to why they’re bad.

Are they unsafe in accidents?

I don’t really mind the comfort ability of it as they’re going to be redone by my upholstry shop, anyways.

What’s your verdict on BRAUM seats? Trash or worth? What’s your reasoning?

I sat in a set of Braum seats not bride seats . Am 6’ 180lbs. The seats backs had way to much flex for me . There just cheap seats, I don’t know how the frames are or you’re shop can make them better. Jv

I have never sat in them but if this is the case, DON'T waste your money on them. You don't want your seats to have any flex in them and you do want them to be comfortable and most of all SAFE!!! :tup:

Title says Bride and post says Braum. Am I missing something?

Are we in some type of other parallel universe that's actually perpendicular at 45 degree angles? I mean, what's going on here? :ugh:

i mean, you get what you pay for. If you are tight with money, save some more and buy a decent pair from a good known company. It will be worth the wait

I wouldn't bet my life on an aftermarket seat that isn't FIA certified.

This

:iagree::iagree:

I thought FIA certified seats are almost always fixed back seats? For street safety, I think you want TUV (more stringent than DOT) approved seats.

And Braum does advertise some of their seats as FIA certified.

Last time I checked, there were a very few reclinable FIA certified seats. It's been years since I looked though.

Pretty sure all of Braum's FIA certified seats are fixed back. Not to mention they are pretty much always out of stock from my experience.

I was just trying to say, our oem seats aren’t FIA certified either, so are many other much more expensive aftermarket seats.

So everyday, almost all of us are actually trusting our lives in non FIA certified seats.

I am just speaking to the general idea, I have no clue as to the internal constructions of Braum seats.

True, but there's millions of dollars and countless cars destroyed during comprehensive crash testing of the OEM equipment. I don't think many aftermarket suppliers are doing the same, so you just have to buy the best you can.

Personally, I wouldn't do aftermarket seats on a street car. I've done it, but I was always a little uncomfortable since I'd deleted side airbags and didn't know how well the aftermarket stuff would fare in an accident. Now that I'm old, it's either full cage, harnesses and FIA seats, or a completely OEM setup.

:iagree:, especially the last sentence.

100%

Yeap, I am leaning toward this also. Either I have a street car or a track car. No inbetween. Especially since my neck injury.
I will need cage, 6 point harness, helment, Hans device, Halo seat, etc.

Guy has a set of Factory Recaro's in the for sale section. That's what I did.

I found a vendor to "sponsor" me and sell a Bride seat @ cost = $1200 + rails

Never felt cheap, great on track days, fits my back side (I'm 200 lbs)

Warning tho, any more than 2 hundo and you won't fit!

The seat is such an important safety component i would never cheap on it, AND if you're driving the car on the track it makes a significant difference to the driving ability.

Ever have to brace your weight with your knee against the door or center console? It takes away from your ability to concentrate on the track and control the car. Being solidly in place lets you focus physically and mentally on the actual driving. Plus . . . you wanna be comfortable, to the extent possible

On a daily, a bucket is stupid and pointless because you need proper harness setups to actually let the system save you, as you are losing an airbag at least

Recaro's Sportster CS is a similar model to what the 2015+ Nismo uses and comes with an airbag. Its cheaper than the Nismo, at least from the factory. It looks great and is reclineable as well, thats what i would go to if i needed a better daily.

Bride is great because of the quality, but you should DEFINITELY test fit one before buying. The regular/smaller sizes are for smaller bodies, so you must know if this is something that works for you before going for it

My buddy had a Miata and he took his seat to the fabric shop and he took some measurements. And re did his factory seats with special foams and reshaped the seat . it came out great high bolsters top and bottom it looked like a custom race seat and he used factory airbags but they were$$$$ so any nice and safe seat cost money jv

what about bride seats that arent FIA certified? like GIAS or STRADIA, which are good seats structually, but because they aren't buckets, they're not FIA certified

I daily drove a BRIDE Stradia II for 2 years.

Was only occasionally annoying on road trips.

Had no issue with a non FIA seat. I wasn't running a harness anyway.