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Sparco Speed Seat

Postby JSE » Fri May 04, 2007 6:39 pm

http://www.sparcousa.com/pseats_street.asp?id=192

I have been looking at these seats for my car. From what I have heard and talked to people about the Sparco Sprint fits in without any real trouble on the standard rails.

Now from what I understand these Sparco Speeds are exactly the same seat, they just have a bit more foam in them to make them a bit more comfortable. What I'm wondering is will they fit directly in like the Sprints or not? And has anybody had any experience with these \"Speeds\". I don;t hear about many people using them.
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Postby kula » Fri May 04, 2007 8:24 pm

sounds like an improvement!
the side bits are also covered in a stronger material, which is a good thing..

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Postby zoomzoom » Fri May 04, 2007 11:20 pm

The drivers rail just needs two new holes drilled and are the right width. The passenger side however has the wrong width too, I made up some adapters for them but have not got around to making some more which use slightly thicker steel and higher spec bolts. The ones I am making are going to have grade 12.9 8mm high tensile cap bolts as the law here for some reason requires you use 8mm grade 10.9 as a minimum.

http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=24726

Thats where I fitted them

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Postby ringo » Wed May 09, 2007 12:47 pm

you will want to make sure you are slight.... I have one at home and a couple o my friends have to struggle to get into and out of it... that being said, i've never had a problem getting into or outta the seat!

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Postby zoomzoom » Wed May 09, 2007 11:44 pm

ringo wrote:you will want to make sure you are slight.... I have one at home and a couple o my friends have to struggle to get into and out of it... that being said, i've never had a problem getting into or outta the seat!

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Very true, I have no problems but some of my taller more built mates struggle greatly!


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