will racing seats fit in a vert

[flypat34]

I am looking at putting these racing seats in my vert.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1i was wondering if racing seats fit in a vert and if the seat's shoulder bolsters clear the seat belt pillars. thx
Modified by flypat34 at 11:01 AM 3/18/2006

[Shift_Oversteer]

My sidebolters are hitting my seat belt towers, all i did was adjust the seat slide/recline until it cleared. Pretty soon ill probable cut chunks out of the towers though so they totally clear. To answer your question you would have to do the measurements with your stock seats and the new ones to be sure.

[flypat34]

wat is the width of your botsters? also wat seats do u have? thx for the feed back

[crappys13]

i have the same problem i found that you can just re drill your bracket like .75 inch more in to clear it

[donmeca2020]

just a quick warning, i read some where on here i believe those seats are not safe from ebay. one good hit and you will go flying back so becareful

[Shift_Oversteer]

Yeah that's due to a flimsy return spring on the recline handles. Already had it happen to me and fixed it. Im lucky I didnt crash or anything though...

[wirelessalpha]

In a previous car, I had two Tenzo-R rally style seats. Similar to the ones you see scattered around Ebay. Although safety was an issue, since these seats are obviously not truly race seats....my bigger concern was quality.

If you got the loot to spring for a set of seats - buy one name brand one instead. Not only will you feel the difference in quality, but you will be using a race - approved item. Not to mention, these items you spring for your car will eventually add up...and you will either have a mess on your hands...or a superb ride with great execution and foresight on your part.

Check the classifieds - even dare say, the classifieds of another nissan forum. I'd rather have a nice used sparco, then those Tenzo-R's again. In two months time, the fabric faded due to sun - and that was in a targa top del sol. Imagine what the cheapo seats will eventually be like with your top down.

- My two cents. To each his own though....

[wirelessalpha]

let me rephrase "buy one name brand one instead":

I mean, just buy 1 good seat.

[Red coupe]

Just wanted to expand...search around about eBay seats, and about harnesses with out roll bars...Both would be what I consider to be dangerous situations....Harnesses are designed to keep you upright, and will not let you move out of the way if your car ever flips...In other words, If your car flips you skull will be smashed into the ground and your spine shattered....(so maybe Im being a little dramatic)

Also remember that real seats are more expensive because of safety testing...random companies with no reputation don't have a name at stake if their product harms people. If some one is hurt by their sparco seat it could hurt sparco sales, so sparco pays extra attention to making sure they will receive no negative press. Nameless eBay companies are just their to make a profit and don't have reputation to loose.

[donmeca2020]

i dont know if anybody has seen the JC whitney catolog? but they have a nice set of seats comes in different colors wuuld be about 300 total for just the seats. not sure if they have been tested or what not. but obvisously be something decent if JC whitney sells them.

[crappys13]

Just wanted to expand...search around about eBay seats, and about harnesses with out roll bars...Both would be what I consider to be dangerous situations....Harnesses are designed to keep you upright, and will not let you move out of the way if your car ever flips...In other words, If your car flips you skull will be smashed into the ground and your spine shattered....(so maybe Im being a little dramatic)

Also remember that real seats are more expensive because of safety testing...random companies with no reputation don't have a name at stake if their product harms people. If some one is hurt by their sparco seat it could hurt sparco sales, so sparco pays extra attention to making sure they will receive no negative press. Nameless eBay companies are just their to make a profit and don't have reputation to loose.

i would definetly have a roll cage if running racing seats, for a few reasons in particular...

1) Harnesses are normally mounted to a harness bar and they are roughly directly behind your shoulders.

2) Harnesses are supposed to be no less than 90 degrees from your shoulders. Becasue it can collapse a seat and even worse compress your spine.

3) If you do run harnesses Red Top is right, yuou will not be able to move.

4) Aftermarket seats are FIA approved if you get most name brands, soem aren't even FIA approved from sparco.

5) You do get what you paid for.

6) Never mount to the floor, you might as well hit your head against the steering wheel now so you know what it will feel like if you crash.

7) Just save your money and get Sparco, Bride or Corbeau even recaro, however they run really wide.

I know i ran off topic a little but the facts shold be stated. Using a stock seatbelt with an aftermarket seat is an ok idea, hoever if you are gonna waste your money on seats, then i would put harnesses and a roll cage in there.

I put my harnesses in 3" with sparco circuits and a roll cage...total cost was around 2k, Not a bad idea for safety and what not. Whatever you do just be safe and realize eventually you will prolly have a harness cage and seats so be prepared to spend a pretty penny.

Goodluck though

[top_secret]

if you are gonna use crappy seats you should have a roll bar so you can bolt the seatback to the rollbar. its required by just about every sanctioning body anyway... most of them stateside don't differentiate between FIA and non FIA seats... its recommended that you use two seat back braces to provide more protection in a side impact.

And why waste time/money with reclineable seats? no one is ever actually going to ride in the back of my car (no rear seats anyway) and its not like I change my seat around at all. I'm going with fixed back. greater safety anyway.