So, as I was warned by the prior owner/builder, having just returned from a short tour from San Francisco to Monterey (for the Concourso Italiano and other events) and back and realized that the Ultima GTR seats require either re-upholstering or replacement. Although I am investigating repairing/re-padding, I am principally considering a pair of carbon fiber seats as replacements. I remember sitting in one type of them and they were perfectly comfortable without padding. And the light weight adds a bit of un-needed value to the car.
So I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for a brand/model of CF seat, in particularly for a GTR. I understand that Tilton has a B4 model that appears to be proven to fit, but are there others? Either in Tilton catalog or another brand? Perhaps the seats made by Reverie?
And of course, if there are any used CF seats for sale, I'd surely consider that option instead.
Any help would be appreciated.
Many thx,
V

You have headroom problems in the CanAm?
My impression is that the B4 (in reading their catalog) is the more vertical seat compared to others. I tend to like sitting reclined however so I suspect that the B4 will be fine. The fact that the other seats seem to be even more reclined implies that the B4 will be OK. Here in CA, I don't know of any dealer that would enable me to test-sit them so it is a bit worrisome - to purchase two of them without a 'test sit'.
If anyone out there is 5'10" and 155lb (sorry, no translation to meters and stones) or thereabout and has some B4's, I'd like to hear from you.
Ideally, I'd like to find a larger (read wider) seat for the passenger side so there would be no limitation for potential passengers who may be a bit, um, larger, that would be nice.
V

Yes the top of my helmet is 2 inches above the roll bar!!! I am only 5 10. Car does not have lowered floor. You seem to contradict yourself by saying that the B4 is more upright and then you say you like a reclined position??

As part of my interior renovation, I just had the stock seats reupholstered. I never liked the extra side height as it interfered with my elbows, so they were cut off as part of the job. Turns out they added a bit too much foam, as I am sitting to high for a comfortable fit under the dash, so they are going to remove some thickness off the bottom. They are black leather, alcantara insert, and yellow piping.

Quite beautiful. Very nice job. And cutting the side-bolsters is a good idea as they conflict with my elbows as well. Thanks for the pic as it provides something to show the upholsterer.
V

Great job on the recovering of the seats. I also hit my elbows on the bolsters and I'm not fat enough to even use that area of the seat in the corners. Tempted to cut them on many occasions but wonder what effect this will have on the integrity of the seat.

Thanks for the kind comments guys. I am sure if you also reupholster the existing seats, you will need to test fit with the foam on the seats to get a comfortable level of support without limitation of your leg movement for effective use the pedals. We had to remove some foam from my driver's seat to lower myself to a comfortable level under the steering wheel, for example. Also, my fabricator had to reinforce the side fiberglass of the existing seat when the side pieces were trimmed to maintain its strength. Here is a screen shot of the interior almost completed. I will get better pics soon.

More pics of my seats/interior...

CNC aluminum custom panels with Silver metallic paint. Thanks.

If money is no object then Reverie is good if it suits you.