Interior/Exterior Racing Seats
#51
05-21-2008, 04:31 PM
5th Gear
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.
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.
#52
05-21-2008, 04:39 PM
5th Gear
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.
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.
I do wish I could sit in these exact seats though.
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06-08-2008, 07:43 PM
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Thanks to PGT's advice, I spliced in 4, 10ohm, 1/4 watt resistors, in parallel to the yellow plug for the airbag on the floor. This took care of the airbag light. I haven't had an issue yet.
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06-08-2008, 07:44 PM
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#66
06-10-2008, 01:32 PM
It's slightly pointless to say, as different people fit different seats, but I'm very happy with my Cobra Imola II so far. I've been on a few 4 hour drives in it, and no real problems. Yes, the base of the seat could use a little more padding for long interstate drives, but it's not bad. And on the track it's proven to work very well indeed.
I haven't ridden in the passenger's seat (a Cobra Monaco) yet, so I cannot say how painful it would be. But, from sitting in it for just a few minutes, I can tell it's nowhere near as comfortable as the Imola.
I haven't ridden in the passenger's seat (a Cobra Monaco) yet, so I cannot say how painful it would be. But, from sitting in it for just a few minutes, I can tell it's nowhere near as comfortable as the Imola.
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