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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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I want to know what you know.


Whats the cost effective race seat?
What do i need to mount the seat in my car?
Where do i get them?

I dont want to spend a ton of money on seats, but do i need to ?

I want light seats. Light as in weight. Black maybe with a little red.

What do stock seats weigh?

Can i use the stock seat belt, i dont like the harness.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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I don't know much about racing seats, but what i Can tell you is that you could use the stock seat belts if you want. You would have to attach your plastic seat belt guide from your stock seats onto your racing seats though. Any other way of "rigging" up the seat belt is usually unsafe.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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Well you asked alot of questions all at once there. The first thing you need to figure out is just how much money you are WILLING to spend on seats. That is going to decide just what you are in the market for. I see you said you dont want to spend a ton....but try to come up with a number.......500....1000....1500...

As far as mounting it in your car. I think every seat manufacture has a set of universal seat rails that they sale also....You will need a set of seat rails and then it shouldnt be a big deal. As far as weight.....if you have a power seat....then race seats will save you alot of weight...just removing the motor alone is a good weight savings.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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500 for a pair sounds ok. I care more about weight then anything. And yea my seat has a motor in it. I want to do the carpet and seats at the same time. i want very light weight. My waist is 36

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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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for 500 for the pair...your options are limited.....i would go ahead and look on ebay.....you arent going to find many other places with seats for 500 a set.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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whats a good set? where to get one?
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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what about seats from here


http://www.shophyperformance.com/cgi...FRk_awodUz5gaw
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:25 AM
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500 bucks will get you a nice set of racing seats..

racing seats range in weight from 7lbs or so all the way up to 25lbs each..

cost they range anywhere between 40$ or so a seat all the way up to 3-400$ per seat..

as far as mounting, sometimes you can buy brackets from companies, these usually run about 40 bucks.. or you can make your own custom brackets.. which isnt hard, i did this in my car..

some seats you will need slip on covers for, some you wont..

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...rm=kirkey+seat

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...hTerm=jeg+seat

those will be some of the lightest you will find... IMO the kirkeys will be more comfortable, but the JEGS are more budget friendly.. you can buy brackets or custom make your own.. and they both have slip on covers you can or can not buy.. your decision..

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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBenz
something like this is probably going to be fairly heavy, you wont see that much weight reduction from your factory seats.. they will be way more comfortable than most, but at the price of weighing more..

just depends on what you want.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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BTW.. you can go to autozone and get 3 rolls of their lite weight carpet and some spray adhesive..

the carpet will run you about 35 bucks and the spray adhesive will run you about 10 bucks..
takes about an hour to put in, looks good and is VERY lite.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Don't, under any circumstances go with that website! that's where i bought my seats from, they are nice any very light but the customer service is horrible. i waited two weeks after i paid for them to email them about why i hadn't received them or a tracking number and got nothing. finally, a month after i placed the order they called to tell me my seat would be on back order for ANOTHER MONTH!!!! but they would ship me an upgraded set at no extra charge. fine, i took the ugrade. two weeks later and no seats. called for three days and cursed and yelled at how unprofessional these ***** were and just give me my damn money back. he finally overnighted them, so two and a half months later i finally got some seats, the seat belts i ordered showed up two weeks after that. i think this is just some guy running a businees outta his garage or something. save yourself the hassle
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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Ive seen sets go for 2-3k. 400 for a pair is cheap.
How much do you drive the car? I would be careful about what you may buy, I would want to at least sit in the seats before buying them.
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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are you looking for drag seats? like as in lite seats? or are you worried about the appearance and stuff?

if so.. hell i have a pair of seats ill sell you, bracket and all... slide, recline... look good.. comfortable.
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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i dont care about looks i care more about weight. And as long as the seats dont push my prostate into my stomach ill sit in anything. post some pics of your seats. and the weight.
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kirkeys are the most popular for weight savings. you can take a hole cutter and take even more weight out of them...
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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whats the cost on those and weight. do they have ones that recline?
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search brother... check jegs, and no they don't recline
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Originally Posted by BigBenz
i dont care about looks i care more about weight. And as long as the seats dont push my prostate into my stomach ill sit in anything. post some pics of your seats. and the weight.
pm replied, and i left it out.. but the guy i bought them from said that they weighed in right at 15lbs...

Originally Posted by Magnet
kirkeys are the most popular for weight savings. you can take a hole cutter and take even more weight out of them...
yea but if you swiss them your talking about saving another 1 lb.. they arent as comfortable and if you go to resell them they arent worth as much..

Originally Posted by BigBenz
whats the cost on those and weight. do they have ones that recline?
kirkeys run about 135 or so a piece.. the brackets are like 45-50 bucks.. and the covers (I would HIGHLY recommend them) are like 85 a piece..
they do not recline, and are not too comfortable, i would not suggest DD them.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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does anyone use a kirkey seat for a non drag car. mines not a DD but i do drive it.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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also what size kirkey seat would i need. Im a 38 waist @ 5'10. And what type would you recommend.
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