Seat questions

[Philbar71]

So, its no secret that the stock seats suck. Very uncomforitible for me. I'm about 6' and 135lbs. Now I'm looking for something that will give good support during cornering. Not leather. And something that I can attach a harness to. And I'm only looking for the drivers side atm. I don't want anything fancy or uber expensive either...

What kind of modifications are involved in swapping seats?

Any suggestions?

[jawa]

i have recaro knockoffs in mine i found them at a swap meet when i was living i florida, i was suprised to find that they bolted right up to my power seat frame

check craigs list in your area and swap meets

[Philbar71]

Originally Posted by jawa

i have recaro knockoffs in mine i found them at a swap meet when i was living i florida, i was suprised to find that they bolted right up to my power seat frame

check craigs list in your area and swap meets

Link? Pics?

Jeebus, you must be really frickin' skinny. So you'll fit in just about anything.
Check E-bay; you can usually find some decent deals there for not a lot of dough. Personally, I couldn't buy seats without auditioning (sitting in) them first.
Most aftermarkey "sport" seats will accept a 4-point harness, but you usually have to look to higher-dollar seats to get a sub-belt hole.
And harnesses must anchor to a harness bar/roll cage, not the seat itself or the floor.

[Philbar71]

Originally Posted by mfuller

Jeebus, you must be really frickin' skinny. So you'll fit in just about anything.
Check E-bay; you can usually find some decent deals there for not a lot of dough. Personally, I couldn't buy seats without auditioning (sitting in) them first.
Most aftermarkey "sport" seats will accept a 4-point harness, but you usually have to look to higher-dollar seats to get a sub-belt hole.
And harnesses must anchor to a harness bar/roll cage, not the seat itself or the floor.

Yeah people say that im skinny lol

So i need a roll cage to attach a harness too? -__-

Originally Posted by Philbar71

Yeah people say that im skinny lol

So i need a roll cage to attach a harness too? -__-

That's the proper way to do it.....but there are some that chose not to do things properly.

[JLw7123]

you can use this http://www.andysautosport.com/pontia...ness_bars/nrg/

[Philbar71]

Originally Posted by mfuller

That's the proper way to do it.....but there are some that chose not to do things properly.

So for if i wanted to autocross would I need a harness?

[kwhauck]

No your stock seatbelt would be fine. However if you don't put in a roll bar I would not reccoment a fixed back seat as if you were ever to roll over your car it could have less than friendly results.

[Philbar71]

Originally Posted by kwhauck

No your stock seatbelt would be fine. However if you don't put in a roll bar I would not reccoment a fixed back seat as if you were ever to roll over your car it could have less than friendly results.

Yeah I'm not a fan of fixed back seats anyways.

Anybody have seat suggestions?

[kwhauck]

I love my seats!! Ark Design by Sparco. They are a mid-grade sporty seat that perform well for the money.

http://www.arkdesign-us.com/online-s...ad-series-seat

Some pics here. Don't have any installed pics yet.

http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showt...t=34400&page=2

[Philbar71]

Good lord. $400 is a bit much. I was thinking more around the $200 mark lol

[kwhauck]

$400 is a medium low price. A lot of high end seats are $700 plus and only go up from there.

For $200 its either gonna be a used medium range seat (such as mine, but used) or its gonna be a cheap ass seat that will be comfortable for 3-6months then break down and be a really shitty seat.

[JLw7123]

Originally Posted by Philbar71

Good lord. $400 is a bit much. I was thinking more around the $200 mark lol

400 bucks is CHEAP you are not going to find anything good for 200 bucks unless they are used.a bride, momo, sparco seats can be over 1,000 bucks.
http://www.andysautosport.com/oldsmo...seats/corbeau/
http://www.andysautosport.com/oldsmo...ing_seats/nrg/
http://www.andysautosport.com/oldsmo...g_seats/bride/
http://www.andysautosport.com/oldsmo...seats/tenzo_r/

[Philbar71]

Good god. I would have thought they would be somewhat affordable lol

[kwhauck]

No, its a very important part of a car, and driver safety so you don't want to cheap out.

Another option would be to get a factory recaro out of a cobalt ss, or mitsu evo. They don't have quite as much side bolster but are still really nice.

[JLw7123]

ya rode in my buddies evo and they are some good seats.
http://smd.craigslist.org/pts/2797750270.html

[kwhauck]

You can get them for WAAYYYYYY cheaper than that......

[CrazzyCavanaugh]

does anyone know if the Grand prix gt seats, would swap in to a Alero??
or any links to some cheepie seats

[Redog]

I think that's been asked before. W Body seats are too wide.

Grand Am seats should swap in pretty easy