mine? sitting in my garage, awaiting a new owner

 

Does any know where to buy the JCW sport seats?and price?
Please provide me the on-line shop.TKS<

 

They don't sell them in the states. Liability issues concerning the lack of airbags. Sparco Milano are the seats they use for JCW.

 

The sparco seat that was used by JCW was called the Sparco Demon, a little different from the milano.



JCW now uses a seat similar to the Recaro Sporster CS



Victor

 

I stand corrected. I don't believe those were released for sale to the public when I did my interior (2004). I was always under the impression that the Milano was the seat used. Learn something new everyday.

 

Damn! Those seats are nice. I really want something like that for the twisties. Do you have to switch to a five point belt with these, or is it still possible to use the stock 3 pointer?

 

I still use the three point (stock) seatbelt with my seats.

 

Does the Recaro Sporster CS have Airbag?
and who know the price?

 

it does, recaro sites claim a 'universal' airbag, whatever that means

last time i've seen them i think they go for about 1500 EACH

 

OK. SO I have officially decided to commit to buying racing seats. The last question is exactly which ones to buy. I'm rather certain that I want fixed back. So far these have been the seats I am looking at:

Sparco Fighter - (In all black though)


S68 Bucket


I'm definitely leaning heavily towards the sparco's.

My only remaining concern is the install. When I get the seats, I'll see if the dealer can "deprogram" the side airbags, and weight mat, so that I will not have any lights, and still have the functioning passenger airbags, without having to do the resistor mod. (<-A great suggestion by PGT-thanks!)
Hopefully that will workout well.

Then I just need to have a harness setup fabbed up. Due to my rear section of the car being a bit occupied by an audio setup, I don't think I'd be able to get a bolt-in harness bar back there. We'll see though.

I can't wait. I've always wanted racing seats and harnesses.

 

Sparco Fighter - http://www.racing-seats-usa.com/952rs.html

S68 Bucket - http://www.memoryfab.com/products/detail_accessories_2/#

I'm just not sure about the s68 brackets, as I emailed them about whether or not they had the right bracket and slider setup for the Mini, but no response yet.

The sparco's have the all the corresponding brackets, sliders, and new hardware.

 

i like BRIDE seats but cant afford them

 

Bride are not that comfortable. The guy who I bought my seats from removed them for Brides and hates them, though they look hot

 

i just finished installing my Cobra fixed back seats. it wasn't easy. it took a tool/die maker, a MINI tech, myself, a 12-pack, and some forbidden words to accomplish. worth every bit of it, however. if using Sparco's, check out http://www.livermoreperformance.com/...html#autopower, for some nice fitment options. if you can buy a direct bolt-in bracket, get it! my wide *** required the GT version of the cobra seat and fabrication was inevitable. now off to Race Car Builders of South Florida for a roll/harness bar, harness anchor points, etc.....check fitment carefully. i did and it was still very tight. i have more adjustment than required fore and aft. i'll post some pics when i have a chance.

 

Read the WHOLE thing, I'm not longer ignorant about the seat thing:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=65934

 

Begin picture thread NOW. GO!!!!

 

u can always have a shop fabricate up a bracket for ya... if not, wedge can get you a base that would bolt in, then its just a matter of lining up the holes to the sidemounts, and then drilling

my setup:

Sparco Rev driver side, Sparco Evo 2 passenger side

 

I've been looking at getting these seats for a long time...

 

i've read this thread entirely as well as the link provided....what are your conclusions?

 

For one thing, in the two years that have passed since that thread was active we've seen a lot more seats available that are affordable (somewhat) and pass FIA specs. Often the lower grade models of the same seat design that passed FIA approval are covered in a cloth that does not offer the same flame retardant capabilities but the basic shell is the same.

Not only are Sparco, Racaro, Corbau (sp) and othere expanding their range but they are expanding their seats. Good for us less then svelte drivers.

 

I have the Sparco Modena seats and love them. They are very comfortable and offer great support. Also, they don't require a lubricant to get in and out of. If you are going for a mixed use seat (street and track), I would suggest a seat with some sort of adjustability. Fixed back seats are great for the track, but would drive me crazy after a while.
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as much as I liked my stock EPL seats, there's just no comparison with a proper Recaro or Cobra seat. I'm MUCH more comfortable on road trips and of course, they hold me better and look flippin awesome and I'm no little guy either.

 

Whoa! Those are beautiful!

I'm definitely going with the Sparco Fighters.

 

You can also take another approach that is guaranteed to fit, retains the stock adjusters, airbags, and seat heaters, and won't get the car stolen...

Take the car to your local Kustom Upholstery Shoppe and have a discussion about reshaping the stock seats to suit your interests.

They will remove the skin, add foam to what's there (or remove it) and shape it to suit you. Then you go in for a "fitting" to make sure it's just right.

Once you approve the changes in the foam, they cut out the outside fabric panels, cut new replacements to fit over the new foam, and put it all back together looking like a much-better-shaped OEM seat.

My local shop quoted me $500/ seat for the bolster changes I wanted, to narrow the back of my drivers seat for much more lateral support. It's going in next week.

 

Please do not buy a seat without sitting in it first.

The name might be right, the look might be right... but if it doesn't fit you, who cares?

There have been two seats I was all set to buy, and both of them were wrong for me. Thankfully, I have a somewhat local (3 hours away) shop that has lots of seats set up for you to test-sit. It would have been a very expensive mistake to buy before trying.