What aftermarket seats have you fitted? now with pics

EGG80X · Postby **EGG80X** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:12 pm

bigdog wrote:It won't work Matt... You'd need to be under 170cm tall to fit under a BD bar. Go to Mania and have a sit in their race cars and do some measuring from the top of the seat belt tower to the top of your head - this will tell you how much lower their various race seats are than your existing seat. I would be very surprised if you could get under the BD bar by 50mm in any seat. Your only possible solution would be to get a custom bolt in bar made that had enough height, weld in the mounting plates and nuts so you can unbolt it for daily use, then bolt it in for CAMS events. Don't forget to include a forward brace to the passenger's floor/tunnel too.

wooot i'm 167cm tall

being short has its advantage after all lol
My Sparco sits a little bit lower than the stock seat too......

ASE05 · Postby **ASE05** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:36 am

bigdog wrote:How did it mount ASE05? can you supply some measurements across the lower part of the back (between the side wings)? I looked at Cobra seats and had settled on the Imola II - is the Monaco smaller or larger?

Looks great and is obviously better made than the OBX in mine... I'm jealous!

I mounted a 6mm alloy plate to the base of the seat and used another couple of 6mm plate strips as spacers to mount to the rails. Unfortunately I'm at the same height I was before if not a lil' taller. I'm gonna rip it back out though and mod the plate so I can remove the spacers. If that works out OK, I'm gonna order the 1cm lower rails.

As for how big compared to the others you have mentioned......wouldn't have a clue!

Dims are here:

http://www.cobraseats.com/motorsport/monaco.php

If that's noty enough lemme know and I'll get the tape measure out on the w'end.

adamjp · Postby **adamjp** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:52 pm

Using the OBX designated measuring points on my Cobra Monaco S seats.

You can see the offset that I used to fit my Monaco S drivers seat in the attached photos.

By offsetting the back a bit towards the trans tunnel, I was able to get the seat to clear the 'B' pillar area of the car. And the seat still goes back and forward to adjust between myself and the missus.

Love the Monaco S, great seat, very comfy and fits my big ass with room to spare.

Philip Lee · Postby **Philip Lee** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:21 pm

here is my promised pic:

this seat is for my little one :mrgreen:

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Postby **Okibi** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:33 pm

mmmmmmmmm

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:46 pm

I love that booster seat
:lol:

smiles · Postby **smiles** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:55 pm

Philip, How old's your little one?
My son is just a few cm's to short for the regular seatbelt and most other booster seats I've seen raise him too high.

Where can I find one like your Recaro?

Oh and I like the Bride!

Philip Lee · Postby **Philip Lee** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:01 am

smiles wrote:Philip, How old's your little one?
My son is just a few cm's to short for the regular seatbelt and most other booster seats I've seen raise him too high.

Where can I find one like your Recaro?

Oh and I like the Bride!

my little one is too young for this booster seat (she just turns 1 and this is made for 2 yo+).

my friend imported a few for his friends so i just tagged onto his order.

you can find more info here (japanese tho)

dorifta · Postby **dorifta** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:28 pm

sorry to bump an old thread, but 3 years on, how are these seats holding up?

can we establish which are the best 'cheap' seats?

also sorry if i missed it but what exactly is needed to make these seats fit in? eg aftermarket rail or just a modification of the factory rail?