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Well, after a lot of umming and arghing, measuring etc I have bought new seats for the car. I was quoted around £750 to have the originals recovered.
I took a trip up to Demon Tweeks last weekend and I have to say they could not have been any more helpful, well, Elliot was.
It has taken some jiggery pokery but I have used the original sliders which fitted onto the new seats which are side mounted rather than base mounted.
Unfortunately being rather tall I felt a little high in the car so the original seat cushion was taken off, it was on Velcro so not difficult and I have bought some seat foam which is to be covered, this makes me at about the same height as the original seat.
The good thing is that the new seats are hip hugging and give very good side support, if you have a girlfriend or wife with wide hips, forget it, or get a slimmer woman.
I took a trip up to Demon Tweeks last weekend and I have to say they could not have been any more helpful, well, Elliot was.
It has taken some jiggery pokery but I have used the original sliders which fitted onto the new seats which are side mounted rather than base mounted.
Unfortunately being rather tall I felt a little high in the car so the original seat cushion was taken off, it was on Velcro so not difficult and I have bought some seat foam which is to be covered, this makes me at about the same height as the original seat.
The good thing is that the new seats are hip hugging and give very good side support, if you have a girlfriend or wife with wide hips, forget it, or get a slimmer woman.
I like the M400 seats very much, but on track they dig into my legs, a full race seat resolves this, but the sides are too high would be a pain to get in and out on the road.
My solution is to get a race seat and just use it for track days.
But I'd be interested to see what you have come up with.
Pete
My solution is to get a race seat and just use it for track days.
But I'd be interested to see what you have come up with.
Pete
Ive fitted a 3 different seats in my car... the original of cause and 2 different cobra variants both of which were larger and more dished than the M400 (which is a copy of a popular aftermarket seat manufacturers seat) and are also side mount.
Most comfortable was also the hardest to get in and out of... but it does prove a large number of seat will comfortably fit with the correct lower bracket.
Having sat in a huge number of seats there is only 1 that I really wanted and found most comfortable... its a reverie one and its 2k each seat.... so I've decided to design and make my own lol.
One top tip, its VERY important to try getting in and out a number of times with the seat of choice, also with the door only partly open (as per car parks and thus most of the bloody time lol... as I say the Cobra suzukas I have in there now are extremely comfortable and suit the car very well and give you a lot of room behind the seat... BUT due to their deep bucket they make it very difficult to get in and out of the car elegantly
Most comfortable was also the hardest to get in and out of... but it does prove a large number of seat will comfortably fit with the correct lower bracket.
Having sat in a huge number of seats there is only 1 that I really wanted and found most comfortable... its a reverie one and its 2k each seat.... so I've decided to design and make my own lol.
One top tip, its VERY important to try getting in and out a number of times with the seat of choice, also with the door only partly open (as per car parks and thus most of the bloody time lol... as I say the Cobra suzukas I have in there now are extremely comfortable and suit the car very well and give you a lot of room behind the seat... BUT due to their deep bucket they make it very difficult to get in and out of the car elegantly
Back when I was at Fluke MS we had these made up, the reverie seats are lovely but as Andy say's £2K.
I think we sold ours for about £500 Mog Racing in German have the molds now.
They were aimed at the 7's market nicer than the Tillett seats, but they were very slim, we even had some
"No Fat Chicks" stickers made up too...
I think we sold ours for about £500 Mog Racing in German have the molds now.
They were aimed at the 7's market nicer than the Tillett seats, but they were very slim, we even had some
"No Fat Chicks" stickers made up too...
The devil said:
Are the harnesses you bought road legal if they are quick release
Yep they are road legal Fia approved far safer than the ones supplied with the cars . There a 4 point locking harness with a metal quick release buckle no plastic components in these hence over 450 quid each new 
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