What kind of lightweight/racing seats are everybody running ???
05-04-2010, 01:00 PM
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What kind of lightweight/racing seats are everybody running ??? need some ideas for some lightweight/racing seats, and weight reduction comparison...also how much is the leather interior out of my 30,000 mile camaro worth ? because i was wanting to shed some weight and someone is interested in my interior for 400 bucks so just give me some ideas....(dont really know if im posting this in the right spot)
05-04-2010, 01:47 PM
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Kirkey Pro Drag seat here and most people end up running them. It's a nice aluminum seat. What color is your interior?? I sold most of mine (black err ebony) to someone for about $700, that was seats, carpet, rear panels, etc. Only thing i kept was dash, headliner, and door panels.
05-04-2010, 01:50 PM
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my interior is black, just selling front and rear seats and its perfect condition only 30,000 miles on it, guy offered me 400 i thought it was worth a little more but im not sure.
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welll what's the purpose of the car?? isn't it a racing car?? If not that is my mistake. It's all in the eyes of the owner, i don't mind it but others will. I might think twice before a long extended road trip though haha.
Mine were priced at $500 for all the seats and well i'm still stuck with the passenger one actually haha. Problem is shippin is a pain so a local sell is prolly best. Also other people sell these things too so you get in price battles.
Mine were priced at $500 for all the seats and well i'm still stuck with the passenger one actually haha. Problem is shippin is a pain so a local sell is prolly best. Also other people sell these things too so you get in price battles.
05-04-2010, 09:20 PM
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i have a kirkey that i drive in every day, don't mind it at all. i don't expect a swedish massage going down the road but it isn't half as bad as you may think. i've driven in it for about an hour and a half and i just have to wake the legs up towards the end 
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I have the Kirkeys, and they are ok. You can buy high density foam and add it under the snap on cover. Thats how us old folks do it. They are actualy more comfotable then the Corbeaus that I had. Since I still street drive mine I mounted the drivers side with a stock non power seat track. I can move my seat back and forth and recline it up and down.
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05-05-2010, 01:43 PM
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who sells mounting brakets for the kirkeys ? Also whats the difference between th kirkey drags/economy/ect... ? how much weight loss am i looking at for swapping out kirkeys for my leather front electric seats and removing my back seats all together...?
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I just swapped from Corbeau Forza IIs to 17" Kirkey Pro Drags w/Racecraft brackets. I love the Kirkeys because they're suprisingly more comfortable and have more adjustablility. The Corbeaus with brackets weighed 28lbs a piece and the Kirkeys with brackets and covers weigh 17-17.5lbs a piece. Factory leather front/rear seats in good condition should easily be sold for $400-500 maybe more.
05-05-2010, 09:36 PM
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they are in perfect condition, i think im just gonna add up how much the kirkey pro drag seats, covers, and brakets are with shipping nad have the guy give me that much money, and pay to have my seats shipped to him ? i think that sounds fair
05-05-2010, 10:31 PM
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I run these plastic seats with black covers and they are very comfortable considering it's a light weight seat.
http://www.lonestarracing.com/shop/p...oducts_id=3081
http://www.lonestarracing.com/shop/p...oducts_id=3081
05-06-2010, 12:05 AM
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Kirkeys with the cover are great seats, I love mine I have the racecrafter brackets that bolt to the stock seat studs.
Some info here on them, in my build thread
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...itch-diet.html
2001 Z28 cloth seats nothing changer, removed and weighed
driver /power- 39.15
passanger /manual- 29.85
Kirkey 17" prostreet/drag with cover and racrcraft brakets 17.545 (each) ready to bolt in, unpainted seat
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02636.jpg
FINAL WEIGHT SAVINGS OVER STOCK
Driver- 21.605
Passanger-12.305
33.91 saving in the seats, And a LOT safer with the rollbar, and harnesses then using them with a stock seat.
Kirkey prostreet Drag 12.13 17inch pn-41700 no cover each
Kirkey seat cover- 2.455 17inch, black cloth/tweed, each
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02632.jpg
Racecrafter kirkey seat brackets- 6.045 Bolt In style, 1 driver 1 passanger (pair)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02630.jpg
RJS 5point harness, camlock 5.805 (each)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02633.jpg
front seat belts- 6.696 with the bolts
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02620.jpg
harnesses are 1.76#'s lighter then that stock belts
My roomate had some sti's, some evos, srts, all thosue stock seats, $900 spearco evo2 seats, corbue forza's. And thinks the kirkeys are the best. wante to get them for a tube front end 2500# race weight evo9 building now. but came with some lighter carbon fiber brides are somthing?
Some info here on them, in my build thread
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...itch-diet.html
2001 Z28 cloth seats nothing changer, removed and weighed
driver /power- 39.15
passanger /manual- 29.85
Kirkey 17" prostreet/drag with cover and racrcraft brakets 17.545 (each) ready to bolt in, unpainted seat
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02636.jpg
FINAL WEIGHT SAVINGS OVER STOCK
Driver- 21.605
Passanger-12.305
33.91 saving in the seats, And a LOT safer with the rollbar, and harnesses then using them with a stock seat.
Kirkey prostreet Drag 12.13 17inch pn-41700 no cover each
Kirkey seat cover- 2.455 17inch, black cloth/tweed, each
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02632.jpg
Racecrafter kirkey seat brackets- 6.045 Bolt In style, 1 driver 1 passanger (pair)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02630.jpg
RJS 5point harness, camlock 5.805 (each)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02633.jpg
front seat belts- 6.696 with the bolts
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11...n/DSC02620.jpg
harnesses are 1.76#'s lighter then that stock belts
My roomate had some sti's, some evos, srts, all thosue stock seats, $900 spearco evo2 seats, corbue forza's. And thinks the kirkeys are the best. wante to get them for a tube front end 2500# race weight evo9 building now. but came with some lighter carbon fiber brides are somthing?
05-11-2010, 08:34 AM
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Im also running Kirkey pro drag seats with covers on stock non-power sliders. I find them to be quite comfortable, I've sat in/driven my buddys car with the economy kirkeys and they don't compare which is mostly due to the thin nearly unpadded cover.