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FireDan50 08-28-2012 09:26 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to purchase/install some seats to replace my electric seats. The difference in side/bottom mount seats is confusing me. So with these side mounted seats you have the side brackets....what do these attach to? What other pieces do you need to install a side mounted seat? Do I need to get 370z specific bases, tracks, sliders, etc? I'm looking at either a side mounted or bottom mounted sparco.

Reaper42 08-28-2012 05:38 PM

racing bucket seats need side mounts brackets, and sliders if you want to adjust

bullitt5897 08-28-2012 05:44 PM

Reaper,

How do you like the harnesses? I have two red ones I have not installed yet.

Mike

tommyguns 08-28-2012 07:07 PM

I was reading through this and just had to say "all the furniture is in the same room" :bowrofl:. On another note is there any issue with the seat hitting the door when it's closed, I have read that this is an issue with other seats.
Regards,
TommyGuns

Reaper42 08-28-2012 07:28 PM

I sold the seat a long time ago, yet I did enjoy the harnesses, edconline now has my seat and harness.

Yes the seat DID hit the door, make a dent in the material, had the seat for a lil while and although it did dent the inner door it was not wearing on the seats leather or stichings whatsoever, it is a nice quality seat.

Note this was the ring GT seat so wider seat hence why it probably hit door, other thing tho is that the seat base is outsourced by STATUS to another company, I had called that owner up to bring up the issue about the seat base needing to be redesigned to bring the seat closer to center of car in order to not dent door but he LITERALLY told me to go **** myself and that im out of luck and didnt have time for my phone call...so thats that.

seat was fantastic, probably best quality you will possibly find out there in aftermarket racing seats, only a couple problems. My seat wasnt FIA approved and not many of their products are, I had harnesses strapped to rear stabalizer bar which was extremely unsafe, and it would have been another $1800 to get the passenger seat, so I decided to sell and wait till the car got built up more before racing seats.

Now I will most likely go with sparco this winter since they are cheaper and safety approved for the track racing i do.

But for the hard parked, weekend show car owner, i highly recomend these, quality of cf is best I have seen on ANY cf THING i have ever seen before, leather is great, ablility to custom stitch, color, materials, for all no extra charge is fantastic, and for a leather carbon fiber luxury seat you CAN NOT beat their pricing.

bullitt5897 08-28-2012 08:09 PM

The amuse bar has a really good mounting point and there are a few guys who had custom ones made for their harnesses.

Amuse370z 08-28-2012 08:15 PM

The seats do look good, how much was it?

Cheaper than $4k? For $4000 i can get a pair of Bride Stradia IIs in Kevlar + Rails.

Reaper42 08-28-2012 09:13 PM

I think I spent $1900 for carbon fiber, leather, alcantera middle, custom stiched, base, side mounts, sliders, AND 5 point harness. and that was shipped to my door.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amuse370z (Post 1891254)
The seats do look good, how much was it?

Cheaper than $4k? For $4000 i can get a pair of Bride Stradia IIs in Kevlar + Rails.


FireDan50 08-29-2012 07:02 AM

I'm just asking because I have no experience in this area, but why is strapping harnesses to the rear bar unsafe? I know something about the angles in relation to the shoulder points is an issue when mounting, but what makes our rear bar unsafe?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reaper42 (Post 1891157)
I sold the seat a long time ago, yet I did enjoy the harnesses, edconline now has my seat and harness.

Yes the seat DID hit the door, make a dent in the material, had the seat for a lil while and although it did dent the inner door it was not wearing on the seats leather or stichings whatsoever, it is a nice quality seat.

Note this was the ring GT seat so wider seat hence why it probably hit door, other thing tho is that the seat base is outsourced by STATUS to another company, I had called that owner up to bring up the issue about the seat base needing to be redesigned to bring the seat closer to center of car in order to not dent door but he LITERALLY told me to go **** myself and that im out of luck and didnt have time for my phone call...so thats that.

seat was fantastic, probably best quality you will possibly find out there in aftermarket racing seats, only a couple problems. My seat wasnt FIA approved and not many of their products are, I had harnesses strapped to rear stabalizer bar which was extremely unsafe, and it would have been another $1800 to get the passenger seat, so I decided to sell and wait till the car got built up more before racing seats.

Now I will most likely go with sparco this winter since they are cheaper and safety approved for the track racing i do.

But for the hard parked, weekend show car owner, i highly recomend these, quality of cf is best I have seen on ANY cf THING i have ever seen before, leather is great, ablility to custom stitch, color, materials, for all no extra charge is fantastic, and for a leather carbon fiber luxury seat you CAN NOT beat their pricing.


theDreamer 08-29-2012 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireDan50 (Post 1891828)
I'm just asking because I have no experience in this area, but why is strapping harnesses to the rear bar unsafe? I know something about the angles in relation to the shoulder points is an issue when mounting, but what makes our rear bar unsafe?

The bar is not designed to support a harness, it is cheap material and hollow.
Under a crash or hard brake it will bend or even worse snap.

madeinjapan 07-20-2016 01:37 PM

what ended up bein the total weight savings?


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