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wptrx7 01-04-07 11:27 AM


Originally Posted by wan
any updates on the FD fitment?

Bump, wondering the same.

f1spec 01-08-07 02:25 PM

sorry about the late response about the fd fitment,. but we are still working on that and getting ready for the TAS.

Valkyrie 01-31-07 05:43 PM

I was FINALLY able to install the seat I bought at Christmas after waiting 4 weeks for Wedge Engineering to send my the brackets I ordered, and it turns out that the headroom is WORSE than stock if you use the sliders they provide...

Which don't have the same bolt hole positions as the Sparco sliders, despite the fact that I was guaranteed they would...

soooo... I had to drill up the 110-dollar WE brackets to make the sliders (which are too damn thick) fit...

I guess I could try the Bride rails, but I get the feeling they aren't any better.

The stock sliders are fairly thin, but the mounting surface on the top wasn't flat, so I can't bolt them up to the side mounts without taking a dremel to them.

Otherwise, the seat's quality isn't bad, but be careful on how you spend your money trying to install them...

I thought about just bolting them straight to the WE brackets, but I'm gonna have to widen one of the holes on the side mount (I need another 2mm or so of room)...

and I really don't want a seat that can't move...

wptrx7 02-01-07 07:17 AM

Pictures?

Pimp Hand 02-01-07 10:15 AM

Yes pics would be nice please

Valkyrie 02-01-07 12:04 PM

I already put my stock seat back.

I'm gonna get some Bride FG rails... I think they're designed to let the seat sit *between* the sliders and the sidemounts instead of *on top* of them, so theoretically you should be able to get just as much headroom as having it mounted to the floor (not the floor directly, but to the two crossmembers)... so long as nothing keeps the seat from going into the bottom setting.

Although, if anyone wants a seat bracket they can drill up to make an adjustable but non-sliding seat base, I'd sell my WE bracket for a good price... it would be useful so long as you're looking for a fixed seat base, and have some drill bits and taps for hardened steel.

The seat itself looks just like their pictures, except it has the F1Spec badge on the front cushion (...kind of wish it didn't).

Also, they say they can get Bride FG rails for 150, which is a bit cheaper than other places in the US (although they cost 130 in Japan... and hopefully I'll be IN Japan in a few months).

GOTBANNED? 02-07-07 02:58 PM

so they do fit in the fd. I plan on buying these seats so what rails do you recomend than? Im pretty short guy 5.5-5.6 so i dont mind the seat sitting a lil higher, just nothing lower than stock.

PimpyHand 02-16-07 10:31 AM

Bump

Any one got pics of these installed?

wickedrx7 02-18-07 10:36 PM

Updates on FD Fitment or is this dead? Did this company fall by the ways side already.

TonyG2 02-22-07 07:30 PM

I see them on eBay, but I dont know why this company wouldnt have info for FDs with some pics...thats really not a lot to ask.

RISEN 06-22-07 05:18 PM

anyone try out the reclineable f1 spec seats in their fd?

f1spec 07-18-07 06:35 PM

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/...f960c8.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/...42ea55.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1217/...433da9.jpg?v=0

pics of the seat in the 93 RX-7 FD

Juan 07-20-07 12:31 AM

Thanks for that picture but that doesnt show that it actually fits on a 100% street car. The owner of the car says he doesnt have door panels installed so he doesnt know if it will fit properly on a car that has them. While the picture shows that the seat is actually installed, it doesnt guarantee us that it will fit with the door panel in place.

Heres a link to his thread: https://www.rx7club.com/interior-exterior-audio-26/my-fd-f1spec-gias-reclineable-seat-671937/

f1spec 08-08-07 05:27 PM


Originally Posted by wan (Post 7156193)
Thanks for that picture but that doesnt show that it actually fits on a 100% street car. The owner of the car says he doesnt have door panels installed so he doesnt know if it will fit properly on a car that has them. While the picture shows that the seat is actually installed, it doesnt guarantee us that it will fit with the door panel in place.

Heres a link to his thread: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=671937

update that these will fit with door panels

f1spec 08-08-07 05:28 PM

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1337/...5c8e13f0_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1078/...23f5f721_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1031/...c6ef9abd_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1019/...b13f2382_o.jpg

Trout2 08-08-07 08:55 PM

Is that seat all the way back in those pictures? It looks like its pulled forward to where someone like myself at 5'6" with short legs would sit.

Jack

RISEN 08-08-07 11:58 PM

Yes, the seats are pulled forward (They can pull forward a little more). I'm about your height.

Juan 08-09-07 12:18 AM

How does it fit with the seat all the way to the back? I'm pretty tall at 6' 4" and I usually slide my stock seat all the way back and then 2-3 clicks forward. The last picture gives the illusion that the seat wont fit if it's slid back. Is this correct?

f1spec 08-14-07 03:13 PM

the seat is actually pushed up so you would have more space for it in the back

XxMerlinxX 08-14-07 05:14 PM


Originally Posted by f1spec (Post 7234905)
the seat is actually pushed up so you would have more space for it in the back

No, it'd be the opposite. My car's not with me at the moment, but IIRC, the cockpit kind of slopes backwards, meaning you have less space for a seat the farther back it gets pushed. So if a taller person had those seats and they needed to have them pushed back, they'd probably rub the door panel. Just to confirm that, we should ask the person who posted those pictures since it's one of the members on here.

Juan 08-14-07 10:23 PM


Originally Posted by XxMerlinxX (Post 7235352)
No, it'd be the opposite. My car's not with me at the moment, but IIRC, the cockpit kind of slopes backwards, meaning you have less space for a seat the farther back it gets pushed. So if a taller person had those seats and they needed to have them pushed back, they'd probably rub the door panel. Just to confirm that, we should ask the person who posted those pictures since it's one of the members on here.

Way ahead of you. I asked RISEN for pictures of the seat all the way back. He's going to take some in a day or two if time permits. Heres the link: https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=671937

XxMerlinxX 08-16-07 07:51 PM

Oh good. I couldn't remember whose car that was.

f1spec 09-13-07 04:01 PM

he has updated the pics

f1spec 10-29-07 02:44 PM

who has the case of the mondays

f1spec 11-26-07 03:35 PM

ttt


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