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TOMAS
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   12th Oct 04 at 12:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote





Cobra Suzuka's - Had to make my own subframes for them as they are sidemount FIA motorsports ones. Soo much comfier than my old Monaco's which just didnt wrap around enough or have enough cushioning. These are a GT width which are suited for bigger blokes and boy are they a tight squeeze between the B pillars! Wanted to run them REALLY low to the floor, ideally ON the floorpan but the width of them ment they had to go higher to clear the transmission tunnel

Anyhow anyone that ever wants some advice on fitting sidemount seats in a Corsa B gimme a shout. Can go round corners sooo fast and you dont budge an inch!



[Edited on 12-10-2004 by TOMAS]
welshdude
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12th Oct 04 at 13:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What are your seat belts fastened to?

I really like the look of blue seats in an Arden blue Corsa but I'm not sure how the seat belts go together.
Richie
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how much they cost ya tomas?

im a fat fooker and need some
CorsAsh
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12th Oct 04 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Look lovely Tom, well done mate

[Edited on 12-10-2004 by CorsAsh]
ajscorsa
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lol, u dont realise how big a difference bucket seats make until u get them, make driving so much more fun lol
LukeGSi
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Schweeeeet
TOMAS
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Seatbelts are fastned to eye-bolts which pass through the car shell with welded-in reinforcement plates (not really rear passenger friendly although can comfortably fit one in the middle with the lap belt.

They cost me £500 for the two from my mate who owns his own modifying business but I think they retail at about £630. The side mounts are Sparco steel ones at £22 per pair (MUCH cheaper than any others) and the best bit is the steel strips for subframes cost me £7.50 from local engineering place and assortment of M8 bolts nuts and washers was £5.00.

Cant believe how much difference their is between Monaco's and Suzuka's. I took a trip across to Demon Tweeks where they have about 50 diffo race seats on display so tried them out, and found out that I could only fit in the 'GT' or 'deluxe' versions of seats which narrowed it down to about 6 seats (im about 5' 11" and 14 stone). The only downer is how tight room is for the gearstick.
mav
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loo_goblin
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i am worroed that my shoulders wont fit into whateva seats i get
TOMAS
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Whats wrong with your shoulders?
loo_goblin
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i hav quite bbig shoulders, i aint the lankiest of people
TOMAS
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Im fairly broad and have no probs with the GT versions... Just try some before you buy. I'd never put money down on a set of seats i'd never sat in...
Adam-D
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oooo fancy seats

how heavy are they?
Nath
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They look awesome
mentalcorsa
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lking good tom seen them when they wereround hsi house lk even better in the car
the_legend_of_yrag
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looking good!
goldfish
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I hate buckets. can't adjust em and the harness's mean you can't move forward. waste of time fitting them in a road car
MarkM
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12th Oct 04 at 19:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Also they are very uncomfortable on long journeys....
Adam-D
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i had them on a road car

i now dont have them and miss them
i dont feel safe w/out them

getting a set soon
TOMAS
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These can adjust... OK so you need to unbolt them to adjust them but they can go forward/backward and tilt forwards/backwards also higher lower so when you say cant adjust them...

Havent had these on a long journey yet but the crap cheap buckets hurt on long journeys yes but the amount of padding these have and the fact that they fit MUCH better around your body than the cheap steel frame ones should me they are very comfy.

Adam D - they are around 6.5 - 7Kg each I believe but TBH weight isnt an issue really for me...
ajscorsa
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i miss my buckets and harness's so i went and bought these bad boys



dont fit the astra tho so had to sell them on they were soooo comfy lol
Adam-D
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very nice
a little heavy for what i need but they look ace

loo_goblin
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are ur frame diolen or kevlar????? am thing of buying my self a pair, am goin try seating in sum first
loo_goblin
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i might try the imolas aswell
Robertio_uk
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looking good tomas

 
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