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In a recent flurry of purchases i have found myslef with a spare race seat.

Its a new fibreglass Velo Espirit race seat (no rails), yellow trim with back of seat painted black. Has lumbar and thigh supports, and if you are real mad punter then you can even buy the optional head restraints for it (ala Touring car style seat)

Seat is FIA and ADR approved, seat retails for $700-800, without rails Price change - $520....and im in Melb.) :D

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Hey Roy,

Can you give me the measurement of the bottom of the seat (fabric side) to the bottom of where the rail would go (floor)

I need to get as low as possibly cause my bloody head hits the bloody sunroof which is crap.

I think you may remember, didn't we swap cars at Eastern Creek Moto concepts day?

I think you may remember, didn't we swap cars at Eastern Creek Moto concepts day?

Yeh that was me, i remember the head clearance thing too. :P

I have a set of MOMO rails for my other seat, they look similar to the Velo mounts...so ill use them and give you some measurements.

My thinking is that you will sit lower, even if you use the std rails with the Velo side mounts,

The mounts go up the sides of the seat, so in essence you are almost sitting on the rail itslef, with the bolts going into the side of the seat at about the mid point of your thigh when you are sitting in the seat??? Making sense?

Their website is down at the moment, bu tif you look at the top right of the front page you see an Espirit seat with the rails, a pic should help decipher my rambling

http://www.velo.com.au/

Ill post up the dimensions on Monday

Ok, so if you are using std R32 GTST rails, then the height of the bottom of the seat (fabrioc side where our bums contact) to the top of the seat rail is approx 35-40mm.

So the floorpan height to the top of the rail, (can measure on your own car) plus 35-40mm is the height you were asking about. (Floorpan to where your bum contact the bottom of the seat)

If you use aftermarket rails then you may be able to cut a few more mm from the height, but even modding the std rails to accept the Velo mounts/brackets, you are saving at least 3-4 inches (i dont have my car at the moment so cant measure up for you...otherwise i would)

Any help???

Oh and the seat actually weighs less then the carbon/kevlar Momo race seat i have, its not quite as rigid, but i was very impressed by the fact that its lighter then a $3,000 Momo race seat as was used by HRT.

Hey Roy how wide/big is the seat? You know me. . . im a big sorta fella and having trouble finding a seat that will fit me in, let alone sit me deep enough (the R32 GTR stock seats are nice, abit snug around the shoulders but the rest is fine).

Can you take a measurement on the inside where ya bum sits ?

The thinnest part of the base is 275mm, which is where the backrest meets the base.

Up towards the front of the base (under knees) is 380mm wide.

You would have to be pretty big not to fit the seat accross the shoulders...its normally the seatbase that causes dramas (or so i found)

....and if you EFT the money to me by COB Friday 21st May, then you can have the seat for $550 + postage....

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