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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:11 PM
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I'm going to buy these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW
well i think i am going to buy these here coming thursday... hopefully...
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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you get what you pay for. good luck.
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:45 PM
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They look like they are basicaly Recaroout of the evo just with mazda speed in the headrest, im not willing to pay tonsof money for seats n e way.
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:47 PM
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19lbs is pretty light for that cheep. let us know what you think of them when you install them
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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A seat is something I would want built right and safe. Honestly I would not be suprised if the ebay seats are not built with high standards. spend the money on something else. thats my recomendation.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 12:19 AM
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the shipping costs is like the same price as the seats!
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 12:34 AM
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paradox...thats ebay for ya
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 12:38 AM
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"carbon fiber cloth"

That's all I have to say.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 12:53 AM
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i actually like it. go for it and tell us what you think about them when u get them in your car.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 12:58 AM
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:05 AM
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'nother **** traditionalist??

for the price, you can't beat that most especially since the bolstering is much improved. i don't get how's that rice when function comes first then form follows. if you dont like the look, just get it reupholstered again.

so what's your good reason of not liking them?
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:39 AM
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ahhh those are the ugly ones...keep looking. similar ones without the stupid carbon fibre cloth...and cheaper....look at the mazdaspped oenes in vinyl (simulated leather)
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 03:26 AM
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Or just get some Turbo II seats that fits directly into your car, and spare yourself the hassle of fabricating frames for the seats..
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 07:11 AM
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those will fit fine with minor modding of the rails.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 07:24 AM
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Shipping alone would kill me.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 07:42 AM
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150.00 shipping for 40lb.....i must have mised the part where he talks about the reach around you get while he is fu#King you.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 07:49 AM
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It is not the weight that makes the shipping expensive it is the size to, plus insurance
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 08:04 AM
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I have sat in some seats just like these. padding sucks, stiching sucks, strength sucks. oh and shipping sucks. and then there are the corbeau cts seats in my father's porsche. if you want seats spend the extra for something that will last. BTW those are just like the tenzoR seats not recaros.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 85gsl2ndtimearound
150.00 shipping for 40lb.....i must have mised the part where he talks about the reach around you get while he is fu#King you.
Hahaha. 'nuff said.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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Hahaha. 'nuff said.
yeah have you ever tried to ship something that big ? it does cost a pretty penny
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:07 PM
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This is the seat from Summit that I'm looking at. You can get it in a few different colors, and the quality looks pretty good.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...UM%2DG1159&N=%

This is an RX-7 seat bracket from Summit. I'm not sure what seats it fits, though I assume it works with the Summit racing seat.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...er=1&part=SCA%

I'm also looking for good 4-point y-type harnesses. I think I'm going to go with a Simpson, but I'm still looking around.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:33 PM
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im not spending $500 for to seats. I like these seat sand im buying them... Nuff' said.
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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Easy, I was just showing what I was interested in.

By the way, why do you want two seats? The passenger sure as hell doesn't need the extra bolstering, not to mention the passenger side seat bracket is weird and would be hard to match.

I think I just found the harness that I'll be getting. It's one of the few with a retractor that I've seen, which is obviously very important for street use.
http://www.soloperformance.com/defau...&productID=188
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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Because i want it matching...
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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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You get what you pay for is right. My friend bought a set of apc racing seats before I could get them(thank god). It was almost a year ago and now the look like ****. The padding is badly worn, the stiching is bad(3 rips in the driver side, one in the passenger, he weights about 240), and the fabric is wearing pretty bad. I do not think the fabric is fire resistant either, he dropped a cig on the seat and it kept burning(the seat). I have seats out of a later toyota mr2 and mine still look nicer and are more comfortable than his new ones and they are almost 10years old. They are really light also, maybe 20lbs with brackets. His seats were about the same price at a local import shop.
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