Wedge Seat Brackets
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Wedge Seat Brackets
Anyone using the Wedge brand seat brackets in their 4th gen? I'm having some Evo Recaro seats reupholstered and was wondering if their is any real benefit in ordering the Wedge seat brackets to use with the Recaro sliders.
I know I can fab up a little piece of plate to attach the seats to the stock fbody brackets just wondering if the seats would sit lower or any true benefits in attaching the seats to the Wedge brackets.
I know I can fab up a little piece of plate to attach the seats to the stock fbody brackets just wondering if the seats would sit lower or any true benefits in attaching the seats to the Wedge brackets.
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I have a Wedge bracket currently in the car with my POS, fell apart after 3 years, Recaro SPD recliner seat.
I could only WISH that the Recaro garbage was 1/1000th the quality of the Wedge bracket it is mounted onto!!
I could only WISH that the Recaro garbage was 1/1000th the quality of the Wedge bracket it is mounted onto!!
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I bought brackets for my seats through a vendor but they are wedge, after several emails and 6 weeks I got my brackets, with NO HOLES in them. Had to drill all holes by hand in what seemed like kryptonite steel.
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From Andy's autosport, wedge brackets. Maybe were talking about different ones, mine were the square flat steel part that bolted to the factory studs, and then aftermarket sliders attach to them. There were no holes, even though I sent measurements of exactly where I needed the holes. So 8 holes total in each bracket needed drilled, 4 to mount to car, 4 to mount to seat sliders, total 16 holes, through kryptonite with a hand drill lol. Lesson from this, buy all together as a kit, not pieced together like me.
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But it WAS their (shitty, but they claim very durable) 'Avus' cloth material, and not leather, like I guess everyone else gets.
I've TOTALLY lost faith in the company (their top Profi racing shell seat recently LOST it's FIA homologation/certification as well), and IF I were to ever get a 5th gen Z28, I would probably replace the factory Recaros with Race Tech shells, or a set of Status suede leather recliners.
They also REFUSE to warranty them, OR sell me replacement covers, or cushions.
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The wedge floor bracket I bought was contoured to fit the floor correctly, however a blind man drilled the holes from the factory and they were all sorts of fucked up. After re-drilling all the holes, they fit properly.
Daily, the material on the SPD is THE WORST! I have one of those limited edition ones with the sub belt hole and the red stitching. You can't clean anything off that damn material. It's a comfortable seat, and it's not a daily so the material didn't wear out, but I can't keep the thing clean. It used to be on the drivers side and I moved it over to passenger and threw in a sparco pro 2000 and never looked back.
It's funny though, people go ape **** over that recaro and always offer to buy it.
Daily, the material on the SPD is THE WORST! I have one of those limited edition ones with the sub belt hole and the red stitching. You can't clean anything off that damn material. It's a comfortable seat, and it's not a daily so the material didn't wear out, but I can't keep the thing clean. It used to be on the drivers side and I moved it over to passenger and threw in a sparco pro 2000 and never looked back.
It's funny though, people go ape **** over that recaro and always offer to buy it.
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The wedge floor bracket I bought was contoured to fit the floor correctly, however a blind man drilled the holes from the factory and they were all sorts of fucked up. After re-drilling all the holes, they fit properly.
Daily, the material on the SPD is THE WORST! I have one of those limited edition ones with the sub belt hole and the red stitching. You can't clean anything off that damn material. It's a comfortable seat, and it's not a daily so the material didn't wear out, but I can't keep the thing clean. It used to be on the drivers side and I moved it over to passenger and threw in a sparco pro 2000 and never looked back.
It's funny though, people go ape **** over that recaro and always offer to buy it.
Daily, the material on the SPD is THE WORST! I have one of those limited edition ones with the sub belt hole and the red stitching. You can't clean anything off that damn material. It's a comfortable seat, and it's not a daily so the material didn't wear out, but I can't keep the thing clean. It used to be on the drivers side and I moved it over to passenger and threw in a sparco pro 2000 and never looked back.
It's funny though, people go ape **** over that recaro and always offer to buy it.
I'd sell it in a heartbeat to someone hung up on the 'status' of the German name.
I am going to try those NRGs that Sam is using in the STU class C5 he is building.
They look GREAT for the price, and they even have a decent recliner available in an alcantara suede-like material for Scat/Procar price points!!
Yes, the only drawback is they are generally known as a 'ricer type' of company.
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I'm happy with my Wedge bracket. I had zero fitment problems and the quality of the bracket IMO was excellent, I also bought my sliders from them. It took them 3-4 weeks to make the bracket and I received it in May '14, oh yeah I've heard of Andys autosports being a PITA so I went directly through Wedge when I ordered it.
This is the bracket with a Recaro SRII I bought while I lived in Japan back in 2004. I actually had it in my R33 Skyline while I was there and finally got around to getting a bracket for the SS.
This is the bracket with a Recaro SRII I bought while I lived in Japan back in 2004. I actually had it in my R33 Skyline while I was there and finally got around to getting a bracket for the SS.
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^^^That seat looks EXACTLY like my SPD, BEFORE it starting falling apart/disintegrating.
Is that the 'Avus' material, or something else?
Do they make different 'grades' of seats for the Euro/Asian markets (hence the different name for the SAME seat)?
Was that seat daily driven in your Skyline, and now in your f body, or was/is it a weekend only use ride??
Is that the 'Avus' material, or something else?
Do they make different 'grades' of seats for the Euro/Asian markets (hence the different name for the SAME seat)?
Was that seat daily driven in your Skyline, and now in your f body, or was/is it a weekend only use ride??
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As far as the different grades I'm not really sure, I do know that the Japanese market SR seats were a little more narrow due to the fact the majority of Japanese are smaller. *edit* as it turns out they are Avus material
I bought the seat used and then used it in my Skyline which was my daily driver for about two years, the seat has held up great considering its probably about 20 years old. The Camaro isn't a daily driver.
As far as the height it is a bit lower than the factory seat but it doesn't really bother me
I bought the seat used and then used it in my Skyline which was my daily driver for about two years, the seat has held up great considering its probably about 20 years old. The Camaro isn't a daily driver.
As far as the height it is a bit lower than the factory seat but it doesn't really bother me
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You're 'suspension belts' under the bottom cushion did not rip/tear, and drop the bottom cushion even lower (like mine did, besides the cover/cushions disintegrating)??
You are LUCKY, and must had gotten one of the 'Wednesday built' seats, OR they really do use better quality materials for their Asian/Euro market products(?).
You are LUCKY, and must had gotten one of the 'Wednesday built' seats, OR they really do use better quality materials for their Asian/Euro market products(?).