They look pretty kicka$$. Too bad about the weight, though. I doubt I'll get them if there is no weight savings.

 

ya know, all these seats discussed are nice and all, but I don't think I can fit my fat **** into any of them. damn

 

Word of cation for those interested on the mazdaspeed seats on ebay. They are knock-offs and you get what you pay for. They WILL fall apart in a matter of weeks. Rather spend some money and get some real seats.

 

So you have bought a pair and they fell apart for no reason within weeks or is that just your opinion?

I view this stuff almost like the strut bar issue, my $24.00 strut bar does the same thing as the $169.00 ones, only I may be missing a cool name on mine and I saved money. I do believe that the $1000 seats from major brands names are better but for 99.9% of us the cheap ones are just fine. And forget safety, if you bolt them down good they as safe as factory. Even factory seats BTW will cave in in an accident. They are not meant to protect you, just to comfort you. For $290 shipped I will be just fine with my seats.

Just my .02

 

Just another update, I installed my passenger side seat this morning. Only problem (if you want to call it that) is that the seat is tilted slightly towards the passenger side door. This is caused because the mounting holes in the floor on the left side on the tranny tunnel are angled slightly, and the stock seat is angled to match. With these seats, there is no angle, so the seat is tilted. Its nothing noticable really, no one would ever know if I didnt tell them, but it is slightly closer to the door on that side.
(and yes I know I need to finish my interior and put my black passenger side doorpanel in )

 

they really look pretty good

 

did u end up weighting them?

 

Yes, on my scale they were right about 27lbs. A far cry from the 14lbs as advertised, but still a pretty nice seat. I noticed that the brackets these came with were a bit heavier than the stock brackets, so I may haev shaved off a pound or 2 when I swapped them out.

 

I had the same problem I just did my passenger seat first and I am moving onto the drivers side next. Just take a hammer and beat down those two areas of the floor a bit, then the seat will sit level. Mine was hitting door in my vert and it was noticable as hell, now it sits about as low as factory and looks straight.

To mount them I just drilled holes through the floor and used 5/16" bolts that were 3" long with a fender washer and another thicker washer then locking thread nuts for a secure safe and rattle free install.

 

not a related auction, but check out this guys vert seats

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33725

 

I hope any of you guys getting harnesses have a rollcage. The 2 go together...get in a crash in a harness with no roll cage and see what happens. BTW the best "cheap" seats are DAD seats available here for only $400 a pair:

http://www.cbwheels.com/dadseats.htm

They are exactly the same as expensive Sparco seats.

-Joe

 

i bumped into those lastnight just surfin... i like the designs...but suede... that makes for an ugly *** seat.. its not a set color and it always looks dirty.. suede is for shoes and pimp-obiles. but thats just my lowly opinion id be getting the suedeless ones...OOOOOOH and still nobody cares if these seats are safe at all:-)

 

Do you have experience with this, or are you just barking???

As following 2nd gen section rules... you best not be posting info, if you don't know for sure!

 

Not the suede ones...they suck as far as looks go IMHO. I mean the cloth ones.

-Joe

 

where can I buy 16 awg steel sheets?

 

theres a few forum members with these seats installed, and ive heard nothing but praise about them, after the install is done of course. seems like the stitching is decent, dont know about crash safety tho. but they look good and at 27lbs theyre a good 8-13 lbs lighter than gxl seats, 15 lbs lighter than vert seats and 5 lbs lighter than stock se buckets.

 

they only cost 160 now too, with 150 shipping tho

 

Yeah, but I woudl expect s/h to be pretty spendy on those. They gotta pay for the packaging, the labor, the shipping... Add it all up, I'm sure it does get pretty expensive. I dunno about $150, but I really wouldn't be suprised if it were above $100.

 

what do you think about those?


they are probably fake since they are only 600
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7923187593

 

Those look to be very nice seats, just wish they didnt say bride on them. I have "knockoff" racing seats, but they dont say anything on them, they are just blank. Saying a companys name that they really arent just seems tacky to me. KInd of like buying an Integra LS and slapping Type-R stickers on it....

 

These are the ones im going to get, but with a regular black outside and grey in the center. They are Bride rip offs, if you get them with the word "BRIDE" in them you can get 2 for $300 (+shipping)

 

I think Im gonna get Sparco Sprints.

 

Which ones on ebay are the bride rip offs?

 

check these out only $119 plus $110 shipping on ebay.

 

Ah... someone is barking out their ***...

The GXL and Vert seats are the same seats... so if the seat was 8-13 lbs lighter than a GXL seat, how can it be 15 lbs lighter than a vert seat.

And the 27 lbs weight of those aftermarket seats are without the sliders or brackets. If you use the factory sliders and a simple steel bar as a bracket the seats weigh exactly the same as the 35lb Vert/GXL seats (which are weighed with sliders).

Please don't make stuff up and post it. Too many newbies don't know better!