Racing Seats

[glennerd87]

My driver side seat just broke recently and i was interested in installing racing seats in my car. i dont have a huge budget so i was looking at the 3A Racing seats at pepboys on sale for $129.99 i was wondering if anyone had experience with these seats.

Also, what do i need to install them in my car. And do i need a racing harness?

Thank you,
Matt

 

[babiebluboi]

You're gunna need a racing harness (unless you plan to drive without a seatbelt) and some seat brackets. I think Kragen sells 2 leather racing seats for $200 and they come with brackets.

 

[alex]

The only thing bad about getting racing seats is that you can damage your back really bad. The only time you should have racing seats is when you have a roll cage. The roll cage helps support you. I've heard that you can damage/break your back.

Funny, I was just talking about this on the way back from getting my head resurfaced....

 

[eclipsegsx1736]

Ive _never_ heard about someone hurting their back just from a racing seat, unless it was damn uncomfortable or something. You should be able to use the stock belts with a racing seat.

 

[IHeartTurbo]

Ive _never_ heard about someone hurting their back just from a racing seat, unless it was damn uncomfortable or something. You should be able to use the stock belts with a racing seat.

I think he's talking about when people install racing seats and harnesses then bolt the shoulder harnesses to the floor.

 

[eclipsegsx1736]

Possibly. You shouldn't have anything to worry about if you mount the shoulder harnesses to the rear seat bolts, or to a harness bar.

 

[alex]

Sorry, I didn't think he was going to use the stock seatbelt. I'm sorry.

 

['98 AWD DSM]

As long as you get the brackets the seats will fit. I do not know of any company that makes harness bars for teh Eclipse, does anyone know? Yes if a harness is bolted to the bottom of a seat and you are invovled in an accident the belts will pull you down rather than prevent you from a forward motion, thus hurting you like possibly breaking your colar bone(s) or something not so nice.

 

[numlock666]

Ouch, so where would be the safest place to bolt the harness to? *Shudders* broken colar bones. V_V

 

[Bigglesworth87]

These are the seats that I have.

http://www.prostreetonline.com/buy/weapon_r_tsukuba_racing_seats/

These are the brackets that I used. With minimal modifications to the bracket.

http://www.prostreetonline.com/buy/weapon_r_seat_brackets/

I didn't need to get any sort of harness. I still use the stock seat belts. These brackets will work for sparco seats as well. Good luck on your quest for seats.

 

[jeramie]

When installing the racing seats with the new brackets, do you sit higher than the orginal one?

Thanks,

 

[FORMONTOYA]

The only thing bad about getting racing seats is that you can damage your back really bad. The only time you should have racing seats is when you have a roll cage. The roll cage helps support you. I've heard that you can damage/break your back.

The problem is without a cage during a rollover acident.
The harness will not allow you to move around, which is what you want in a racing application, and you will get crushed along with the roof.


Jim

 

[FORMONTOYA]

[QUOTE='98 AWD DSM]I do not know of any company that makes harness bars for teh Eclipse, does anyone know?[/QUOTE]

http://www.dvdtfab.com/

But again, refer to previous post.

Jim

 

[glennerd87]

allright i couldnt find any racing seats in my price range, so i found some leather GSX seats. but the driver is power and my stock seat was not. Will i somehow be able to hook them up?

Matt

 

[FORMONTOYA]

I know on my GS-T the power wires are already under the seat even though I do not have them. I don't know about the RS/GS. Just look under the seat and check. It might be as simple as hooking it up and putting a fuse in the proper location.

Jim

 

[dsmgrimreaper]

i personally didnt like the ones at pep boys just cause there uncomfortible but if you like them buy them

 

[GSTBlack95]

The seat at checkers/kragen/Shucks is like 119 I think, I am 5'11 and I sit above the seat a little bit the holes are like below my collar bone about a inch or so.