Fitting Sport Seats?

[Tricky-Ricky]

Has anyone fitted aftermarket sport seats to their 350GT? i have the velour sets and i am getting sick of being shocked every time i get out of the car, so i am thinking of fitting something else.

Just wondering if anyone has done this and if its possible to keep the electric options, had a look at the manual and it looks to me like the seat cushion part is on top of the motor/rail part so i was hoping i could fit to this and retain the full electric adjustment?

[rb26stagea]

I have Chargespeed seats in mine: just looking at selling them in favour of a set of recaros...

[Tricky-Ricky]

I have Chargespeed seats in mine: just looking at selling them in favour of a set of recaros...

Are they fitted to the original sub frame? or did you remove it all first?

[manda23]

i have some recaro's in mine it sits really low. Im 6 foot and just see over the steering wheel.

[Tricky-Ricky]

What I'm after is info on whether you can use the existing subframe with the electronic adjustable bit with an aftermarket sport seat, and preferably some how to's and pics etc

[rb26stagea]

I doubt you'll be able to it: I have changed the seats in a few of my cars now, and in every instance, it has required a change of rails to suit.

Have you considered getting a trimmer to rebuild your seats?? It'll cost similar to a new set, but you can specify the shape/design etc... Got my last set of recaros customised, and they're great....

[Tricky-Ricky]

I an mainly trying to find if the sub frame (part that holds the motors etc) has a flat top that the seat bolts to, without having to dismantle mine, if it has then its no problem for me to fabricate adaptor mounts for a new seat, as if i do need to remove the lot then i will still have to fabricate higher mounts as the sport seats would sit too low, so its will require some work in any case.

As for getting the existing seats rebuilt, here in the UK it would cost considerably more to do that, if i was going that route i could probably get a replacement leather interior for the same price.