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Old Jun 23, 2020 | 10:09 PM
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RECARO Pole Position (ABE) seats in FD3S???

Looking to install a set of these seats so I can fit my tall *** in an FD3S....... I know they fit but i cant find any seat brackets.... anyone have any suggestions?
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Old Jun 23, 2020 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 2tallfor7
Looking to install a set of these seats so I can fit my tall *** in an FD3S....... I know they fit but i cant find any seat brackets.... anyone have any suggestions?
https://www.rx7club.com/interior-ext.../#post12381499
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Old Jun 24, 2020 | 08:20 AM
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How tall is 2tall?

I'm 6'6". With a smaller steering wheel and adjusting the throw on the clutch pedal I fit great. Also helps I don't have a sunroof and I have an R2, the leather Touring seats seem to sit a little higher.

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Old Jun 24, 2020 | 08:48 AM
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I'm 6'2" and driving my sunroof FD with stock seats sucked. You add a helmet to that mix and some sticky tires on a cone course and you're gonna need a back-iotomy.

I would recommend garage star brackets/rails. I used garage star brackets to get a recaro profi spg as low as possible and it is one of my favorite upgrades ever. Bolted the seat belt receiver to the stock location and use a 10" belt extension.

To get it as low as possible i had to install the rails first and then the seat on them which was a pita, but worth it. It's because the seat blocks the rear bracket bolts.
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Old Jun 25, 2020 | 06:04 PM
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6'2" here. Running the garage start seat bracket with a Racetech RT1000. Have a decent lean on it so I can fit comfortably.
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Old Jun 29, 2020 | 09:41 AM
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From what I've read, the ABE's do fit. They are a bit wide in the top for when the interior curves in so they can't go all the way back, however, garage star rails seems to have the best reputation for quality and LOW-ness.

Also Dale.. 6'6" in an FD?! Mama mia!
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Old Jul 10, 2021 | 03:21 AM
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bumping this... I checked that garagestar rail are out of stock now. Is there any alternative rail that fit the pole position?
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Old Jul 13, 2021 | 07:14 AM
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Planted has rails for Recaro's, I'm pretty sure Garagestar is no longer around judging by social media comments of people wanting there money back.

https://www.plantedtechnology.com/pr...application=72
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So I received my pole positions, I’m 6’2 and like others am looking for the lowest brackets I can and I had found a used Garagestar set for my driver side and picked up a planted mount for my passenger side.

The Garagestar brackets don’t seem to fit very well at all and maybe new pole positions are wider then the seats the brackets were developed off of. I’m going to try again for the third time to make them work and I’m also not impressed with the thickness of the material when compared to basically everything else on the market when I’m able to bend them by hand. When braced to the floor and the seat they will work but I wouldn’t feel comfortable having anyone else other then myself using a seat in my car with these brackets in a hard impact.

The Planted seat brackets are a higher quality part but when compared to how they mount to the floor and to the seat they sit considerably higher and I would only recommend them for much shorter people as an option.

So I’m also still looking for alternative rails that fit the pole positions

Last edited by krackerx7; Sep 12, 2021 at 12:40 PM. Reason: Updated
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Old Apr 25, 2023 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by krackerx7
So I received my pole positions, I’m 6’2 and like others am looking for the lowest brackets I can and I had found a used Garagestar set for my driver side and picked up a planted mount for my passenger side.

The Garagestar brackets don’t seem to fit very well at all and maybe new pole positions are wider then the seats the brackets were developed off of. I’m going to try again for the third time to make them work and I’m also not impressed with the thickness of the material when compared to basically everything else on the market when I’m able to bend them by hand. When braced to the floor and the seat they will work but I wouldn’t feel comfortable having anyone else other then myself using a seat in my car with these brackets in a hard impact.

The Planted seat brackets are a higher quality part but when compared to how they mount to the floor and to the seat they sit considerably higher and I would only recommend them for much shorter people as an option.

So I’m also still looking for alternative rails that fit the pole positions
https://www.roninspeedworks.net/inde...product_id=106
I'm still looking to see how far back the abe seats will go in the FD... I found a nice video on youtube https://www.google.com/search?q=pole...fPuJWEdmMtGBFM but its unclear how far back they can go.
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Old Apr 25, 2023 | 04:37 PM
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The ronin mounts are garbage on the ABE seats
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Old Apr 28, 2023 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by R-R-Rx7
The ronin mounts are garbage on the ABE seats
How so? Should i make custom mounts? is anything else available? I prefer a fixed mount for the lowest position possible.
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Old Apr 28, 2023 | 07:54 AM
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Adam Griffith (Afgmoto on the forum) made some nice seat mounts and i am going to try them next.
I did explain part of the issue with the Ronin mounts in my build thread.
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