Anyone have bride seats I could sit in?

[jeremy5000]

I'm looking at ordering some bride fixed back seats for my car, but before I spend 2k on them I'd like to sit in them. Anyone near west chester have bride seats I could sit in just to see how I fit?

[OutToWinPAHC]

if you are 33 waist or more you might want to reconsider a wider option

[jeremy5000]

I'm roughly a 31... I'm open to other options, but all of the guys I know either have sparco evo 2+ or recaro pole position which aren't right for me. The 2+ is obviously too big and the pole position harness slots are too low behind my shoulders.

[davin]

Just to give you a heads up, I only think the FIA approved seats are the Zeta seats. But yes, I've sat in many and if you're bigger than 34" in the waist, then you might want to look at other options.

[jeremy5000]

Yea I was only looking at fia cert seats. Car isn't meant to be a show car by any means since it will have a stripped interior, 6pt harness, and a custom half cage, but I love the bride gradation pattern.

[Got Insulin?]

ry OMP and Cobra if you are having some trouble getting the harness slots lined up. If you are legitimately performance minded and not just interested in how some fabric looks, Cobra right now is the best bang for the buck with Kevlar (like 30% lighter than other composites, strength/weight ratio is awesome) based FIA seats that are available with custom seat pads to get the perfect fit and breathable fabric and decent price points. Make the trip to check seats out. VAC Motorsports in Philly carries Cobra and Racetech (both awesome), JSC Speed carries OMP and Cobra, and Stable Energies in NJ (a haul even from Philly) has probably the most comprehensive seating showroom locally and is worth the drive for the knowledge they have alone with building race ready cars (VAC, too. ESPECIALLY if you have a bimmer). Do yourself a favor and go sit in every seat you can.

Bride is just the hot JDM thing right now, and like Davin said, most of their seats will not pass any sort of FIA testing so skipping them is not a bad idea either. The PPs are old news and, similarly to the Brides, are a hot item with Euro guys, so they become a hot item for "car guys" but the design hasn't really changed since their introduction and are really quite dated at this point. The Sparco Evo series are awesome, but some people don't find them nearly as comfortable. If you ever get into the Philly area on your search, drop me a line and you can check out both the Cobra Imola I have that is a few years old and out of FIA spec and the Suzuka Pro that I'll be ordering to replace it in the near future.

[jeremy5000]

I'll be heading to elite jdm. Most likely gonna end up with the sparco pro2000 for driver and sparco evo for passenger. I don't do business with vac, but that's a different subject. I've sat in the cobra suzuka and wasn't a fan. I have some back issues so I'm very particular about comfort.

And just to reiterate, this is not for looks the car is used on the track... Well I guess the bride idea was, but the purpose of this whole project is purely so i can have all the required safety equipment to start doing hill climbs.