Has anyone fitted bucket seats into a 993

[bubster]

Oh, another question, well you lot are so helpful

Has anyone done this, I aleady have a cage fitted and harnesses now its time for some seats, any recommendations are welcome on seats and runner purchase.. I'm a big chap at 6'2" and 18 stone! I know I should diet but beer taste sooooo nice!

Thanks

J

[Lurking Lawyer]

I think tertius and verysideways have both replaced the OEM 993 seats with bucket seats.

I'm sure a search will throw up the relevant threads, if they don't see this first

[RSPhilip]

you sound a bit like me....i replaced the comfort seats in my RS with the extra wide recaro spg's...excellent seats

[ACEparts_com]

GT3 seats go straight in with a little bit of fiddling. Anyone who says they sit up too high or foul on something or other clearly never played with enough lego.

A gt3 seat runner is actually the same as a 993RS runner but turned around 180 degrees. To pop a 996 seat (gt3) in to a 993 you unbolt the seats, unbolt the sides from the runners, rotate the runners 180 degrees and flip them over left to right and bolt it back together using the REAR seatbelt buckles in the front.
You will also need to drill out a couple of holes but 2 hours with a file and an 8mm drill will see you sitting comfortably.

[tertius]

Lurking Lawyer said:

I think tertius and verysideways have both replaced the OEM 993 seats with bucket seats.

I'm sure a search will throw up the relevant threads, if they don't see this first

That is correct - VS sourced a pair of carbon fibre buckets and we have one each.

I swap mine in and out for track days and the like. I did find the adjustable runners made the seat too high, so I had a pair of non-adjustable (once-in) mounts fabricated and I use these, the seat can be fixed in a number of positions, but once its in, its in and you only have about 15mm fore-aft adjustment. I'm circa 6'4" so with a helmet I want the seat very low.

When the mounts were made a seat belt "button-end" was made up to suit, bolted directly to the tunnel-side mount.

Happy to take some pics if it'll help, but it won't be 'til next week, when the seat next goes back in.

[bubster]

Tertius, some pics would be great if you can. I've found some seats I can fit in, shame the Recaro's are just too small, and this is is something I am keen to do in the very near future!

Thanks for all your help.

Jay

[phelix]

ACEparts_com said:

GT3 seats go straight in with a little bit of fiddling. Anyone who says they sit up too high or foul on something or other clearly never played with enough lego.

Or is taller than you and/or has a sunroof!

I'm just over 5' 11" but long in the torso and had to resort to thin sliders and mounts from Brey Krause to get enough headroom with a GT3 seat in my sunroof-equipped 993tt. The 996 GT3 brackets would have raised me 1.5 to 2" higher. Mind you I still don't have enough room for a helmet at present.

[tertius]

bubster said:

Tertius, some pics would be great if you can. I've found some seats I can fit in, shame the Recaro's are just too small, and this is is something I am keen to do in the very near future!

Thanks for all your help.

Jay

OK, will try to do it tomorrow - I'm planning to fit the seat then anyway.

[tertius]

Sorry, "tomorrow" actually meant Wednesday.

Anyway do these pics help?

Its the first time I've used this gallery generation tool, so apologies if its a bit crap ...

[bubster]

Thanks alot, they will really help

Cheers

Jay

[ACEparts_com]

phelix said:

ACEparts_com said:

GT3 seats go straight in with a little bit of fiddling. Anyone who says they sit up too high or foul on something or other clearly never played with enough lego.

Or is taller than you and/or has a sunroof!

I'm just over 5' 11" but long in the torso and had to resort to thin sliders and mounts from Brey Krause to get enough headroom with a GT3 seat in my sunroof-equipped 993tt. The 996 GT3 brackets would have raised me 1.5 to 2" higher. Mind you I still don't have enough room for a helmet at present.

I don't know how much room no sunroof makes; 1"-2"?
I'll admit that i'm vertically challenged but my mate who's well over 6ft manages fine despite me setting it to 'booster' position so that I can see over the clocks