wthx100

Are there any comfortable fixed nonreclining seats that you'd want to do a 4 hour road trip in?

BLUE TII

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wthx100 Are there any comfortable fixed nonreclining seats that you'd want to do a 4 hour road trip in?

It all depends on your shape and the shape of the seat.

If they happen to match together well it is very comfortable (more supportive than stock seat).

I was worried about this with my race seats because I usually scoot around a bit in the stock seats to stay comfortable on a road trip and there was no room to do this in my race seats.

Luckily for me, my seats fit me great and I forgot about the seats until I arrived at destination; apparently there had been no urge to scoot around.

wthx100

Thankfully I have lost a shitload of weight and i'm sitting at a very jdm 5'9 140. Tough trying to decide between reclining or not. I do prefer a more upright less lean sitting position. However I have a sunroof and need lots of head clearance for helmet.
What are some of the more comfortable non jdm seat models that fit?

Valkyrie

If you're 5'9" 140 you can pretty much choose anything. Even Bride.

Why just buy a generic knockoff from eBay? I'd get something with narrow shoulders though, because FD.

wthx100

I plan to do real track days and one lap of america type events. So I want to be comfortable going long distances and fia and other certification would be EXTREMELY important.
Can you make some suggestions? Bride eeeeh not sure I want to wait months for seats to come from over seas.

Lord Bro

I think the overall message I've received is that pretty much any bucket seat can be comfortable if it's a good fit for you.
The real key seems to be that you've got to go sit in as many seats as you can so you can find the right one that "fits" for you. I went and sat in a couple different seats so far: the Cobra Sebring/Suzuka GT, and an OMP seat. The OMP one didn't feel that great to me, but the Cobra seat felt awesome. I could easily see myself doing the regular 6 hour trips I plan on in a Cobra Suzuka, but it seems like nobody can really get them to fit properly in the car.


If there's somewhere close to you where you can go sit in some Sparco or Recaro seats or something, that would be your best bet.
OR, if you have Amazon Prime, are really daring, and want to stretch that service to the limit, you can ship and return several Sparco seats for free.

speedjunkie

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Wompa got his Suzuka to fit, I'm not sure how though because mine wasn't even close haha.

I swapped out the OMP HTE-R XL for an OMP HTE-R 400 today. It actually fits with zero modification, but it's super tight on me haha. They said the seat will wear in and fit better though. The leg bolsters are skinny enough to fit between the door panel and tranny tunnel cover, and depending on where the seat is the shoulder bolster just barely touches the door panel, or it just barely has enough room. But the halo is slimmer and doesn't even come close to hitting. When I took these pics I had already pulled the tunnel cover out so I could lean on the tunnel to get out of the seat haha. Also keep in mind it's not bolted down, and I think that's going to be the most difficult part when trying to get it on the floor.

Valkyrie

Hmm... Does it fit on the passenger side with the tranny tunnel?

speedjunkie

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I haven't checked that yet but I'll let you know. I'll be checking it tomorrow night most likely, if not sometime before the end of the week.

o2_jockey

Hi guys I just had a general question. Picked up the recaro pole position. Due to my height I couldn't fit with a helmet. My question is what rails would you reccomend I'm 5'10.

wthx100

Is there a place in the pacNW that has a selection of bride/recarco/sparco etc seats to sit in for testing?

wthx100

The atomic rex rails

Valkyrie

FWIW, those aren't rails, they're brackets with a fixed seat mount.

I'm pretty sure rails means adjustable sliders.

speedjunkie

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I test fit the OMP in the passenger side tonight. It touches the door panel at the leg bolster and the shoulder bolster, but that might be because my wiring harness running down the tranny tunnel was pushing the seat over. My interior is a mess right now. Anyway, keep in mind that I don't have these bolted down, I'm just doing a preliminary test to see if they fit. I figure if they fit at all, then they can be moved around on the rails to fit while bolted down.

I believe I'm also going to tinker with the stock seats to see if I can make the leg and shoulder bolsters more pronounced to hold me in, change the bottom cushions, maybe make provisions for a 6 point harness, maybe see if I can add a tilt for the bottom of the seat, just see what the limitations are. It won't be FIA approved obviously, but it will still have sliding rails and the stock seat actually sits really low already and it's easier to mount into the car.

Valkyrie

But this seat is not particularly designed for wider or taller drivers, I take it?

I wish someone would make something reasonably priced, wide, tall, and low but with narrow dimensions... Tillett seats have the dimensions down, but they lean too far back and aren't really tall enough. Plus they're $$$$. Not counting aluminum seats because they aren't FIA approved and they look like sh.... garbage.

Xtalic

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Anyone know if these guys will fit in an fd? If so what rails? Thanks guys!

BLUE TII

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Nooooooooo way in hell.

The max limit for the seat bottom is 470-480mm depending on how far forward and back you want it to be able to slide and how smashed against the seat or center console.

The shoulder width is plenty narrow though, so if you went with a flat door panel and offset the seat center 30mm Left of the steering wheel it might fit.

GoodfellaFD3S

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Just looking at the base of the seats in that picture I can tell they won't fit, not even close.

FD3s has a narrow floorpan for the seats to bolt to, Homies

Xtalic

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So what are general dimensions that'll fit? 470-480mm deep or wide? I'm only 5' 10" weight about 200 pounds and would say my waist is 34. I was looking at bride vios 3 but am a little skeptical because from what I read they are a snug fit for people with 32 waist

BLUE TII

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The stock seat bottom side bolster to side bolster is 480mm wide.

You can see that the stock seat bottom bolster extends all the way to the door panel and the center console depending on seat position.

If you extend the sides of the stock seat bottom bolster up you will see that they might now hit the door panel depending on the seat position.

If you extend the stock seat bottom bolster up and make it rigid...

things start to not fit!

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Xtalic

So what are general dimensions that'll fit? 470-480mm deep or wide? I'm only 5' 10" weight about 200 pounds and would say my waist is 34. I was looking at bride vios 3 but am a little skeptical because from what I read they are a snug fit for people with 32 waist

Yes, 470mm to 480mm bottom is about all that will fit and 560mm at the shoulder bolster.

Anything bigger than that and you have to get creative moving the seat toward the center console more, tilting the seat or removing interior components.

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I am not trying to tell you what seat to get, but on the other hand I only have experience with the Bride Vios III Japan and they have a guaranteed fit into the FD.

I am 5' 8" and 200lbs and just fit the Vios III Japan, so you might or might not fit.

I'm skeptical about using waist size to match a seat since that is where I keep my fat and that fat squishes out of the way. It is more the width of your hip bones and *** fat I would worry about.
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The Bride Vios III Japan is definitely a bit bigger than my friends old old Bride and I believe the Bride rip-offs are based on the old Brides smaller sizing.

I can squeeze into an old Bride/replica, but it isn't comfy and my bum isn't firmly planted with all my weight as I am wedged in the sides too tight.
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You would 100% want to sit in the seat and make sure it fits.

It is hard to tell an old Bride from a fake, but all the new Brides will have FIA sticker (except the Sport C and Reims models), so you will know if someones Bride Vios III is real/right size (they all think they are real Brides they just got a super bargain price on).

speedjunkie

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Actually it's pretty good for tall drivers, but that also depends on if your height is in your torso or your legs. These seats have pretty high harness holes (they were a tad higher on the XL). I'm 6'3" and while most of my height is in my long legs, I still have an issue fitting in my sunroof car with a helmet. Take that as you will. So while I would say these seats are good for tall drivers, I'm not sure about wide drivers. I've put on weight, but as BLUE TII said, it's your hips you really have to worry about. Obviously there is a limit to how fat someone can be, but I'd say for most of us it really just comes down to how wide your hip structure is. I think I measured mine at about 15" across IIRC, maybe a little more. So convert that into mm and you can get an idea. It is tight on my hips for sure, but as they said, you don't want to move side to side at all if possible, and this seat definitely meets that requirement. Now it will just come down to if it wears in a little and how long I can stand to sit in it before it starts hurting, IF it starts hurting. It's still not as tight as my buddy's fake Bride buckets, I don't believe.

This seat is kinda expensive, but it looks like it will fit with zero modification. I'm actually somewhat interested in the XL but trimming the halo and sides so it fits (better). Either way, I think they'd both be a PITA to mount directly to the floor.

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shashiseb

Hey guys looking for some advice, I'm looking to buy Either the Sparco Evo 2016 seats or the Corbeau Forza Sport. Which one will fit better and also will feel better? I'm 5'9

BLUE TII

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Sparco Evo-

It looks like the Sparco Evo 2016 (new cover) shoulders are 610mm or 50mm too wide to fit in the FD with the door panels.

If you remove the door interior panel or go with a flat one it might fit (you need 25mm more space per side).

You could tilt the seat top toward the center of the car to try to get it to fit with the door interior.

The base is 520mm or 30mm too wide, but looks like some of that is squishy padding. It *might* be able to squish in the FD.

You could try to leave the door interior panel and try to move the seat 25mm offset from the steering wheel toward the center console. It might squish up against the center console and fit or you could modify/remove the center console.

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Corbeu Forza Sport-

It looks like the Corbeu Forza Sport shoulders will fit centered to the steering wheel with the interior door panel at 558mm.

It looks like the base *might* squeeze in at be able to squeeze in at 521mm centered with a little bit of squish on each side.

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So Corbeu Forza Sport appears to be a more likely fit in the FD.

ALPSTA

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I found some Sparco Pro2000 seats. The shoulder part is 580mm wide and the bottom looks like 480mm wide. I recall someone fitting Sparco Evo seats with a bit of trimming from the shoulder area. Would these work and which rails/mounts are my best bet?

BLUE TII

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Like you say, the shoulder area is 20mm too wide so should fit the stock interior with a 10mm solution.

I don't know anything about other brand sliders besides what I used, but they all have to go between stock rail mounting points and hold a side mount bracket.

I can't imagine there is much difference between them.