Seats large man ready info/opinion requested
10-22-2007, 05:24 PM
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I can hlep a little, I'm 6'3 and and weigh in 270 to 280 depending on the day.... I'm running a kirkey 17in prostreet seat, part # 41700. You might be a little too big for this seat, but one thign you can do is bend it out some, a bottle jack will spread the seat out a good bit to help. The 20 inch one you are talking about might just be right though.
One thing that you can do (what I did anyway) is mount the seat right on the floor on the 2 back factory studs, and attach it to the rollbar. I have pic's of how mine are mounted, this will probably help you alot. Putting them on the floor got me back and lower so my head isn't so close to the roof and my knee's not on the dash anymore, I'm actually alot more comfortable in the car now then I was with the stock seats.
Hoep this helps, and if you need the pic's lemme know I can send ya a link to them.
One thing that you can do (what I did anyway) is mount the seat right on the floor on the 2 back factory studs, and attach it to the rollbar. I have pic's of how mine are mounted, this will probably help you alot. Putting them on the floor got me back and lower so my head isn't so close to the roof and my knee's not on the dash anymore, I'm actually alot more comfortable in the car now then I was with the stock seats.
Hoep this helps, and if you need the pic's lemme know I can send ya a link to them.
10-23-2007, 02:33 PM
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Men my new Kirkey 20" just came in...maybe i should say "the couch" arrived. Pix asap. Thanks for the help.
Congratulations of the weight loss. I've been on the old diet for a short while myself and i'm around 310. I'm shooting for 50 lbs by 2/15/2008. The joke around our shop was always that I losing weight would be the easiest, cheapest and best way for me to gain a few 10ths. Honestly, I got tired of hearing **** like that. Seats are cheap money wise. I'll be glad to buy another one if this one becomes too wide! Sometimes it feels good as hell to be a loser.
I'm 6'1 and was 325 (on a diet and currently down to 285) and i'm running one of the regular plastic Jegs seats with the cushioned cover and that thing is more comfortable than the stock seat!!!! It fits my big *** perfect, haha, the stock seat my *** used to sit on the side bolsters and it ruined them (smooshed them all to hell)!
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10-23-2007, 03:48 PM
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I'm at 277 as of yesterday, goal is to be at 230 by april 1st. If I get there then I should have the raceweight down to 3200 even, if the weight loss from the plans with the car get me what they supposedly will.
Then I'll end up adding another 40 lbs of chromoly to get the car legal again LOL.
Then I'll end up adding another 40 lbs of chromoly to get the car legal again LOL.
10-23-2007, 06:35 PM
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Men my new Kirkey 20" just came in...maybe i should say "the couch" arrived. Pix asap. Thanks for the help.
Congratulations of the weight loss. I've been on the old diet for a short while myself and i'm around 310. I'm shooting for 50 lbs by 2/15/2008. The joke around our shop was always that I losing weight would be the easiest, cheapest and best way for me to gain a few 10ths. Honestly, I got tired of hearing **** like that. Seats are cheap money wise. I'll be glad to buy another one if this one becomes too wide! Sometimes it feels good as hell to be a loser.
Congratulations of the weight loss. I've been on the old diet for a short while myself and i'm around 310. I'm shooting for 50 lbs by 2/15/2008. The joke around our shop was always that I losing weight would be the easiest, cheapest and best way for me to gain a few 10ths. Honestly, I got tired of hearing **** like that. Seats are cheap money wise. I'll be glad to buy another one if this one becomes too wide! Sometimes it feels good as hell to be a loser.
10-24-2007, 07:40 AM
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I wasn't kidding about how wide the 20" seat is. It is too wide for me even with cover by a couple of inches. It is literally fiills the seat well area of the 2000 Camaro and the door bar has some interference as well does the door panel. This will fit, and would work, but it's just to wide for me. I need to be held into a good driving lateral position. I'll order an 18" today and return the 20".
10-24-2007, 09:25 AM
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I'm at 277 as of yesterday, goal is to be at 230 by april 1st. If I get there then I should have the raceweight down to 3200 even, if the weight loss from the plans with the car get me what they supposedly will.
Then I'll end up adding another 40 lbs of chromoly to get the car legal again LOL.
Then I'll end up adding another 40 lbs of chromoly to get the car legal again LOL.
I don't see how you guys this big fit in a 17" Kirky. I bought one to put in mine and it is not a very good fit for me. I am still using stock seats now.
10-26-2007, 07:23 PM
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i have the 20" kirkey, i'm 6'3 320 but i had got he seat a long time ago, and was waiting to get the cage installed, well i am geing the 8.5 cert cage installed next week BUT i dont think the seat is going to fit. looks like the 20" is jsut too wide for an f-body. has anyone installed on of these seats with a cage?
10-27-2007, 09:21 AM
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i have the 20" kirkey, i'm 6'3 320 but i had got he seat a long time ago, and was waiting to get the cage installed, well i am geing the 8.5 cert cage installed next week BUT i dont think the seat is going to fit. looks like the 20" is jsut too wide for an f-body. has anyone installed on of these seats with a cage?
