fcdrifter13

Old thread was not showing any kinds of pics or information and I am in the market for some new seats that wont hit the doors too awful much. I am looking for racing seats but other things may be helpful to other people.

K!NCH

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Bride Zeta II. Comfortable, done six and eight hour trips in it. Great for drifting/racing and track days. Fits with no issues on stock rails and side mounts. It's an older seat so finding an original (and in good shape) can be tough, but there are plenty of good replicas out there.

fcdrifter13

What is your weight and height. Ive been looking at some seats but I am simply too much of a fat bastard these days to fit in any JDM seats, although I did squeeze into a Brix and im 6'1" and 260lbs it was tight but doable.

NoMorePoison

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Here are mine: authentic Bride Vios LowMax Fit great with side mount rails, but you cant put them in the lowest position or they wont slide. Im 5'10" around 165 or so and fit very comfortably in them. A buddy of mine is about the same height but around 200 and cant fit in them at all.

clokker

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I'm very comfy while driving my desk:

archaphil

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^^ this guy... But I am glad to see a resurgence of seat questions lately, as they have been on my mind a tad.. Keep em coming boys.

welfare

is that grey s4 interior with black s4 carpet?

K!NCH

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I'm about 5'10" 170, and it's snug for me with a minimal wiggle room. I would say look at the Sparco Evo L or XL since you're a bigger guy.


Nope all original S4 blue, the color in the photo is just off. Going to swap to black one of these days.

wankelgrandfather

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I guess you need to sit in the actual seat to know if it fit you. Personnally I think that Statüs are doing amazing seats, plus they are doing it the color of your choice.

GeenIdee

Got fake bride's

But they sit very well. I did ordered bride seat frame's, but they are made for tiny japanese people, so I rebuild them to sit lower. First few pictures are non modified frames.









drivers side frame rebuild

archaphil

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which knock off is that green? I like it

welfare

ot, but i like how you didn't use pods for the a pillar gauges. if i didn't have a pod that sits over the cluster, i was gonna set mine up just like that
nice car, btw. needless to say

K!NCH

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On the topic of seats, does anyone else have really stripped seat rail bolts/nuts? If so how'd you fix it since I know the nuts are welded onto the frame?

LargeOrangeFont

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Here's mine. Custom fixed mount on the passenger side, driver side custom mounted to factory slider. The Sparco seats are getting swapped for Kirkey series 47 seats in the next couple weeks.

LargeOrangeFont

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Try re tapping the threads. As a last resort you could retap them to a slightly larger size. That might require drilling the threads out to make the hole slightly larger.

GeenIdee

Not sure, just got them at a local shop. The fabric changed colour in the sun though.

K!NCH

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Thanks, I'll try that.

rxtuner79

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I just re-tapped my driver's side from M10 x 1.25 to M10 x 1.5 last week. I ruined a couple bolts and holes installing Mazdaspeed 3 seats into my vert. I also had a hell of a time with the passenger side so I bought new bolts, they go in and out a lot easier.

clokker

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After you've successfully dealt with boogered threads, make future life simpler and put studs in the two rear mount holes instead of bolts.
The front bolts are easy to get right but I've found the rears are cranky- especially with the fine threads, using studs eliminates the problem.

OniFC

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Momo Start with modified Planted seat bracket on oe rails. I'm 6'3, 240lbs and a perfect fit.

younG_Gunner

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Might sound stupid but is there anyway to integrate the stock sliders onto an aftermarket seat? I've looked at wedge engineering's page and I feel like the selection is very limited.

welfare

^^heck yes. i used stock rails on my bride brix. i think it cost me about 8$ in 3/8" flat bar. or maybe was 1/2". can't remember now. but yea it's super simple. i basically just cut the flat bar, drilled holes in it, bolted my 4 sections together to form a square, then bolted the oe rails to it. then bolted it to the base. sits nice and low too.
however, my seat is bottom mount though, not side

p0tat0s

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i did something similar to that welfare except i think i used 1" wide x 1/8" thick flat bar but just welded it onto the sliders

welfare

Yea, I was gonna weld it. But decided against in case I want the stock seat back in

celbii

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Bride gias replica seats. Modified stock rail on drivers and bride rail from japan(expensive) on the passenger. passenger seat sits considerably higher.