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Old 04-16-2006, 02:01 AM
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Default Best Lightweight Seats?

Looking around and searching on here is coming up with little to nothing.
Here is what im looking for.

The Best lightweight seat for:

Money
Daily Driver
Comfortable
Lightest
And a little bit of look.

The Economy Kirkey doesnt look to bad, nor do some of the seats Summit/Jegs sell.

If you have a Lightweight seat were did you get it and how much?
Also how did you go about mounting them and what seat belt system are you using in conjunction with the seat?
Pictures are Welcome!!

Tony.
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anyone ever weigh any of the import cloth manual seats...honda or some kind of j@p cr@p???
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For the prerequisites you've outlined, I'd say the Corbeau Forza's. Comfy, look good and at 19lbs and around $220 per seat they work for me-

Got mine for $208.00 a pop, sliders were $78.00 per side, upgraded to the chrome harness slots.... $645.00 shipped from AutoMod in Atlanta. Your shipping may vary-
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i have the Corbeau ForzaII seats with the Corbeau brackets. the seats are like $260 new each and the brackets are about $50 new each. they're actually pretty comfortable for daily driving.
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Do you guys have any pics? Do they match your interior decent? What color is your interior/seats?
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I run the Corbeau A4's.. they are a little wider in the shoulders, they are light and are great for daily driving..





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I would love to run those ^!!! Unless i have a cage i wouldnt be able to use those seat belts, correct?
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I've got the Corbeau Forza seats (16 lbs.) with the matching seat belts. No back pain at all on 200 mile round trips to the drags.
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I have a cage..no problems at all.. swingouts help though

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I actually like my Pro street Kirkey's better then the forza II's.
I had the forza's and change to the Kirkey's.
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I had the Forza's (same as the forza II but narrower) and they are comfy. I switched to Kirky economy drags this year and they are rough lol. My *** and back are sore after a 3 hour cruise yesterday. Main reason I switched out the Forze was to keep my head under the roll bar, I'm tall and the economy drag is the lowest seat I could find - and you can feel it lol. No way would I put these in a daily driver..
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I put a granny cusion under the kirkey cover and it makes things SOOOOOO much nicer
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i have a single kirkey economy that i run every now and again just for the weight savings, definatly not comfortable for any extended stay.
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Can you run a stock seat belt with any lightweight seat?
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Originally Posted by chpmnsws6
I put a granny cusion under the kirkey cover and it makes things SOOOOOO much nicer
haha, yea that what I am going to do next time I go for a long ride
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I have the Forza II's in my Mustang they look good, were cheap but the shitty fake leather they use on the sides has ripped up on my driver side seat.

In my Camaro I have a Kirkey Economy Layback seat for my driver seat which I like better than the Pro Drag cause it has the sides that wrap around the rib area which keeps me much more secure than the Pro Drag. I also have a Pro Drag on the passenger side which is comfy as well but I like the protection the Economy Layback offers.
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Where's a good place to pick up the Forza II's?
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I got mine from Speed Inc. when they had them on sale.
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thunder racing carries the corbeaus also...i got mine for free from a friend...
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My Corbeau's with sliders and brackets weighed the same as my stock cloth seats in my Camaro. (the driver's was lighter but the passenger combo was heavier - the net result was the same weight for the pair - to the 1/2 lb.)

I'm using Ultrashield aluminum seats now.


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