Seats

[Junior2552]

Does anybody have any experience with aftermarket seats in our cars? The suede/power seats weigh almost 90lbs, and that seems like a good place to lose some weight and put something a little sportier in. I've heard Corbeau's bracket for their seats raises the height to the point where a lot of people are hitting the ceilings in their cars with helmets on, so I was thinking about some other brands. Does anybody have some suggestions?

[M3TA5IN]

Might want to move this to the track/autox section. Those guys would probably have the best suggestions for seats in the e46.

[derbo]

I run a Recaro SPG with macht schnell brackets for the driver side. I did not mess with the passenger side due to the airbag light and I didn't want to deal with the seat occupancy sensor mat at the present time. I actually sit lower than the factory lowest position. The armrest is in the way when its lowered.




Bcleaver has some Racetech seats in his I believe.

[Junior2552]

Derbo, that's a nice set up. Thanks for the input man. I'll look into some Recaros and the brackets!

[derbo]

Seats aren't cheap...


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[UdubBadger]

nice what is the weight savings there?

[M3TA5IN]

nice what is the weight savings there?

Approx 15 lbs each seat.

I don't know exact weight of a zhp seat though, that's assuming they weigh 40lbs

A recaro pole position and side mounts, no sliders is right about 24 lbs


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[brettbimmer]

Does anybody have any experience with aftermarket seats in our cars? The suede/power seats weigh almost 90lbs, and that seems like a good place to lose some weight and put something a little sportier in. I've heard Corbeau's bracket for their seats raises the height to the point where a lot of people are hitting the ceilings in their cars with helmets on, so I was thinking about some other brands. Does anybody have some suggestions?

Greetings Junior2552:

You may find this discussion helpful. http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...ghlight=sparco

We did have a short discussion going on various seats. Interestingly, I believe that the racing/performance driving seats are all very close in their overall dimensions, so they do have a fairly universal fitment, excluding the base brackets and slide rails. That is what I learned when fitting Sparcos into my E30. Yes, there are certainly exceptions, but overall the seats are close.

[derbo]

I weighed my Recaro SPG + Macht Schnell mounts since its out. It came out to 36.2lbs. Now I don't know what the weight of the stock seat is, but its definitely more than that.

[UdubBadger]

Juniors original post says close to 90lbs