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Best type of racing seats for a 98 rolla with a black interior?

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    trdracing2005 New Member

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    Best type of racing seats for a 98 rolla with a black interior?

    I cant figure out what kind of seats to get, Im really under pressure because my car looks like total crap because the interior is stained, holes, and cut up carpet
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    JspeXAE102 Well-Known Member

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    anything from recaro or bride is fine. Just stay away from sparco, they use bullshit material for their seats.
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    heck if you cant afford those, memory fab makes great seats based on recaro's design.
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    im working on getting this site from the guys who make sparco, recaro, and other seats but dont have a name on them. so basically im tryin to get a recaro seat with no name for hundred less........
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    JspeXAE102 Well-Known Member

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    I worry about the safety of those noname seats sometimes. They usually have no crash testing done to them whatsoever.
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    there supposedly recaro seats but before the name gets put on them, there from a company who makes them and sells them to recaro.
    when recaro wants a new design these people custom make the seat for them and recaro puts the name on them....
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    that seems kinda okward though, but yes i would recommend a set of Recaro, but i've also been seein things about some new MOMO Racing seats that are supposed to be good to not sure though i'll look into it...lol
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    I'm finding that hard to believe because Recaro designs and manufacture all their seats, including OEM seats for the auto and aeronautic manufacturers in-house.
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    anyone selling celica seats?
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    reupholster your seats with vinyl or leather...
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    reupholster your seats with shag carpet.
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    rainbow_star New Member

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    X2 :D
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    I love Red/Black for seats.

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    They are comfy too. You can find them for around $150 each on eBay. That is where I got them.
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    James Bullshit Police

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    someones trying to trick you into buying their knockoff recaros, beware. and for a hundred less than recaros for ebay seats? no thanks....
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    barnacules, what brand racing seats are those and are they good quality for every day driving?
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    They don't have a brand on them :) And they are great quality and very comfortable for every day driving. However they do hug your shoulders just a little tight if you are a broad dude like myself. I picked them up off eBay for $300 a pair. They even come with sliding brackets but you need to weld your own adapter to get them in to the car and that can be tricky.
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    what about 4 point harness ho do yo install them?

    what seller has them?
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    eBay has tons of sellers that are selling 4 way harnesses. They usually attach to the floor behind the seat and then to the sides of the seats. But you can install them a zillion different ways and I have no clue which is the best so you may want to ask someone else. I chose not to do the 4 point harnesses because I don't want to draw any more attention then I already do from the COPS. They are really going to start picking on me if they see those 4 point straps because that is basically saying "I'm a race car" :) In my opinion anyways.
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    what seller has those seats?
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    ok cool thanks you took alot of find off my book of to dos lol
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    trdracing2005 New Member

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    are your seats vinyl?
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    Yup, pretty heavy Vinyl.
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    Being from an off-road racing background I have learned that you can't skimp out on seats and harnesses or you will wind up with a broken back or worse, although I don't think any of the cars on this site see the hard hits and bumps that I am used to, but this site, http://www.subesports.com/home/ has a lot of higher end seats and harnesses, if anyone decides to go that route.
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    Whatever you dont bolt the harness to the floor behind you, bolt it -behind the rear seats.
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    Barnacules 100101101011011

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    Anything is better then the OE seats in the Corolla. I actually snapped the back clean off my seat accelerating, that is why I got new seats. The new ones seem much more stiff under acceleration. The other seats basically had potmetal holding them togather. But I would not attach the harnesses to the seat, I would always attach them to the floor or support member.
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    ok thanks for the replys guys this really helps me out!!!:thumb:

    what about dad racing seats? I only have 400 to spend on seats
    I want seats that look like the ones barnacales has

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