FIA approved seats?
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FIA approved seats?
Im looking for your opinions on FIA approved seats. Im looking for competition seats at a grassroots price. I dont want to spend $800 per seat for my track car. Comfort and safety are the number one priorities right now. I have looked in the the Sparco print 5 seat as an option. what do you guys recommend?
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Sparco, OMP, etc are all really nice and look cool, but dollar for dollar you cant beat a properly installed aluminum race seat. I also feel that most bargain Sparco type seats flex too much to be useful in a track car. The Sparcos also weigh more
Sparco, OMP, etc are all really nice and look cool, but dollar for dollar you cant beat a properly installed aluminum race seat. I also feel that most bargain Sparco type seats flex too much to be useful in a track car. The Sparcos also weigh more
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When a FIA seat "expires" all you have to do is add a seat back brace... I sprung for a FIA composite seat for the new build, but I have run Kirkeys and UltraShield seats in the past, and I have also liked them a lot.
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Oddly most race organizations do not require the seat to be actually bolted to the brace, which again IMHO is a mistake, and you NEVER want to bolt a composite seat in unless it was designed to be in the first place.
I guess the line to be drawn is if it is a race car, or a car you occasionally drive on the track and want some cool looking seats in it.
I guess the line to be drawn is if it is a race car, or a car you occasionally drive on the track and want some cool looking seats in it.
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In most cases, you either get a FIA approved seat and deal with the expiration; or you get a non-FIA approved seat and use a back brace.
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One of the recent SCCA FastTracks was asking for member feedback on requiring them on FIA seats next year...