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[Dammit]

Apologies for this - in a recent thread we discussed seat height and one poster mentioned a set of sliders that he had used to get a bucket seat as low as it could go (grazing the carpet IIRC), but I'm buggered if I can recall which thread it was in - and hence can't click on the link that was provided.

Does anyone with an actually functional memory fancy helping me out here?

[Cunno]

https://www.bbiautosport.com/products-1/bbi-seat-b...

https://shop.gmgracing.com/collections/all/product...

These are what I mentioned in the other thread, you need to make sure they work with the seat you intend to use.

[Dammit]

Thanks!

[Dammit]

187cm/82kg- Recaro SPG or Pole Position, or something else?

[Cunno]

Dammit said:

187cm/82kg- Recaro SPG or Pole Position, or something else?

Check their web site for seat compatibility, both those seats seem to be covered. I'm a lot bigger (well wider) than you so use the XL version of the SPG seat. These seat bases allow you to set the rails further apart and let the seat base come between the rails. Make sure you get the spacers in the kit to allow this to happen.

[Dammit]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try to find somewhere that has both a PP and an SPG that I can sit in.

[Dammit]

Went to MSAR, sat, bought the SPG.

[Dammit]

Does anyone know where I can source the Porsche crests seen on these?

[Dammit]

Ordered the BBI base/runners/side mounts. Emailed them with what the seat is - lets hope I get the correct one!

[dvshannow]

Interesting can you use this base with the 991 carbon buckets (folding ones) and how much lower ?
One of my small niggles with the GTS is driving position could be lower

[Dammit]

BBI Autosport have still not shipped my seat base, and can offer me no confirmation of when they are going to.

Really not impressed with this.

[Slippydiff]

Dammit said:

Does anyone know where I can source the Porsche crests seen on these?

Drop me an email Neil, I may be able to point you in the right direction

[Dammit]

The BBI seat-base finally arrived today, getting it out of the packaging and looking it over I'm assuming that there are two factors that make it suitable for mounting the seat as low as possible - lots of holes in the side mounts, and the ability to mount the sliders outboard of the mounting points in the car in order that the seat can be dropped between the sliders, rather than above them. I'm assuming I'll need to use spacers to connect side mounts to seat, also.

Is this correct?

[Slippydiff]

Dammit said:

The BBI seat-base finally arrived today, getting it out of the packaging and looking it over I'm assuming that there are two factors that make it suitable for mounting the seat as low as possible - lots of holes in the side mounts, and the ability to mount the sliders outboard of the mounting points in the car in order that the seat can be dropped between the sliders, rather than above them. I'm assuming I'll need to use spacers to connect side mounts to seat, also.

Is this correct?

Can you flip one or both of the side mounts so no spacers will be required ? Would be far, far preferable to using spacers.

[Dammit]

According to this the distance between the side mounts should be 395mm:

[Dammit]

Runners on the outer row of mounting holes:



Too far apart to mount the seat:



Flip the base, look at the mounting holes:





I moved the runners to the middle position, so they're inline with the mounting holes in the car:



At this point the seats would mount using the supplied 5mm spacers:





Or I can move the side mounts inward, which would mount the seat to the side-mounts with no spacers (which does strike me as better).

However, what I'm struggling with is what this gives me over mounting the Recaro side-mounts on the OEM sliders.

The BBI side mounts do have more mounting holes:



Than the Recaro:



Which as long as the seat doesn't hit the base suggests that ultimate mounting could be lower, but I have to count the thickness of the base plate in the total stack height.

[Slippydiff]

Have emailed you Neil.
When you said spacers, I had something much chunkier in mind. Those should be absolutely fine.

[Cunno]

The spacers you have Will do the job fine and are what I used. Try fitting the seat you will find that you can get lower than you do in the standard mounts. What seats did you buy?

Edited by Cunno on Monday 25th March 20:10

[Cunno]

The spacers you have Will do the job fine and are what I used. Try fitting the seat you will find that you can get lower than you do in the standard mounts. What seats did you buy?

Edited by Cunno on Monday 25th March 20:10

[Dammit]

Cunno said:

What seats did you buy?

Edited by Cunno on Monday 25th March 20:10

Recaro Profi SPG.