Race Seat For Ke2x?

[Super Jamie]

anybody here put a race seat in a ke20 or 25 (or any corolla for that matter) that they were happy with? what was it? not too fussed about fixed or reclining, just comfy and supporting

 

i scored a cobra clubman for free a while back, and made some adaptors up out of 8mm steel strap, but it sits too high so my legs hit the steering wheel if i lift off the pedal, and my knee hits the gearknob in 5th. i even drilled all the holes so they line up first go too, rare for me :D

[irokin]

I have/had SAAS buckets in the celica. The adapter for me put the seat a little bit too high but it was enough to annoy me. And then the drivers seat broke so I swapped back to the stock one. Passenger still gets a bucket but :D

 

I loved it when it was in there. Saved you having to try and hang onto the steering wheel to keep you in place and you could concentrate on driving. I think something like a fixed back seat would go nicely because you basically sit on the bottom of it instead of a huge metal frame.

 

something like this \/ \/ \/

[irokin]

or this

 

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/noodles180sx...d0a.jpg&.src=ph

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/noodles180sx...85c.jpg&.src=ph

 

$400...

[Super Jamie]

mmm i need 400 dollars :D

[irokin]

haha hows this for timing. Dad just fixed my other bucket seat today. Now I have to decide if I wanna put it back in. (he was testing out his new workshop layout...)

[Super Jamie]

i think i'm gonna try score some datyonas like fook's, they're good enough for me and they're cheap. only sold in pairs. come here random $500 :D

[z|gen]

iv got a Racetech 4009, very comfy, its a fixed back bucket which cost me around $599nz, but it holds me in nicely and has good padding and is also FIA approved, easy to get out of as well, but hampered a bit with a rollcage in the car.

[demuire]

Jamie: Haha, maybe you could convince me to sell mine so I can buy something nicer. Oh wait, I have no money... Bah! :D

 

How did Rob mount his seats in Dwarf? They were a good height?

[Super Jamie]

sell yours so you can buy something nicer, mmm velo racing ae35 :D

[demuire]

Mmm, some of the Velo seats are really rather nice. I like the ones in Peter Stamfords awesome RS200 Esky... Actually, even the ones in Dwarf were really nice :D

[Super Jamie]

sitting in redwrf was more comfy than being in my bed. i'm not kidding! i could never buy velos, i'd sleep in my car at nights, then go to drive somewhere and suffer from driver fatigue :D

 

buy yourself some velos for your birthday fookie, treat yourself :D then sell me daytonas

Edited April 4, 2005 by Super Jamie

[demuire]

Birthday? What birthday? Isn't my birthday in October? No, I'm not getting old. Not yet anyway.

 

And unfortunately, more so because of recent events with Hal, I have no money, for anything really. So no, no Velo's for my birthday, whenever that is. In fact, geez I don't think I'm even doing ANYTHING for my birthday. Not that it's coming up anytime soon... Yes, it must be in October. 18th. Yes, that's when my birthday is.

[Redwarf]

Jamie, my nav bought a Sparco Sprint Jr for himself in the EVO2. I know he paid less than $500 for it. Mounts in well, and I don't think you will have height issues. I actually have more issues mounting seats in the 55 than in the 25. I'll take some piccies for you if you like. My Velo is a side mount, but the Sparco is a bottom mount.......

[Super Jamie]

AHH cos i was thinking of how the rails looked on those velos and how i'd bolt my bottom mount seat :D

 

one of the guys on oldrollas is running stratos recliners in his 25 with good results too. seems i'm going to have to pony up a few hundred at least to get a good seat, or two

[Redwarf]

This is the Velo GP90 in Bluey. In Red we still had it mounted to the standard runners, but we had to make the seat a bit lower in Blue, hence sitting on the floor.