What aftermarket seats have you fitted? now with pics

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:23 am

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.

ASE05 · Postby **ASE05** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:18 am

Woooooo Hoooooo!

Just finished the fitment of..........

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:54 pm

Pics didn't work for me ASE, anyone else have the same problem?

Boags

Philip Lee · Postby **Philip Lee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:00 pm

works fine here.

looks good!!

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:42 pm

Worked for me too

Richee · Postby **Richee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:45 pm

Boags'MX5 wrote:Pics didn't work for me ASE, anyone else have the same problem?

Boags

cant see pics

EDIT : even if I copy and paste the properties of the image I cant see the pic ... seems to have moved or doesnt exist anymore ???

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:51 pm

If you can see them try here:
http://pics.aus-cartalk.com/qldclub/ASE05/

Richee · Postby **Richee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:54 pm

can see those OK !

Derek, I bet theres not too much lateral movement when sitting in those seats

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:54 pm

The originals don't work for me either Richee

Seat looks the goods though.

ASE05 · Postby **ASE05** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:54 am

Pics should be OK now. It helps if you don't delete the photos off the host server :oops:

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:53 pm

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!

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.