I'm after some new seats for my car to replace the squabs I currently have, which give no lateral support in corners. What I am after is either GRP or Carbon full length seat that will fit inside a seven cockpit. I know that westfield do some and martin sportscars, but does anyone have any experience of actually sitting in these seats for a reasonable period of time and how comfortable they are as well as the amount of support offered by the seat. My current problem is that when you are entering a corner at speed the squab allows your bottom to move sideways which gives the impression that they car is starting to slide, which it is not.
All help would be greatfully appreciated.

Mike

Stuart Taylor do some nice GRP ones, I have just bought one.

Adam

MK do some GRP style seats.

The MK r500-a-like grp seats are nice..
...and good value

Ned.

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Originally posted by quadra
the squab allows your bottom to move sideways

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ditto ned
Would go for the mkr500-a-like

Thay look the part


Drew

Being as we have them too - I'd ditto the previous comments about MK R500'ish seats.

If we're talking about Seats - I quite like the Leon Cupra (1.8T, goes like stink!)

I like the Superb, lots of leg room and comfortable seats (which is more than you can say for the MK R500ish ones)

Adam

I bought the Richfield RX777 bloomin comfy seats, you have to have a bit of comfort.
Tim

I agree that some of these seats look good, but how good are they in practice i.e. do they flex alot, are they comfy for more than 30 mins driving, overall finish quality etc. Sorry to be so questioning but I don't want to buy a seat that just looks good its got to work.

Mike

Having made my own seat for my last car, I can say that getting a seat to be comfortable is dead simple, and very complicated, at the same time!!

Dead simple in that if it fits you perfectly, you don't even need padding at all, bare grp or metal is fine, you won't get uncomfortable or bruised.

Complex in that to get to fit perfectly it really needs to be custom made for you!

(that's why I made my own!)

The thing to look for is that the seat takes your bodyweight on the underside and sides of your thighs and not on your a*se. If you can feel all your weight transferring through your backside then it will not be comfortable over long distances.

As another guide, a seat needs to be much narrower than you think! As with a correctly fitted helmet, you need to be a snug fit (almost bordering on tight fit). A seat which is too big is very uncomfortable as again all the weigh goes straight through your bum and none through your thighs!

There we go. my opinions on seat design!!

Ive just been out for a demo drive in Mac#1 Motorsports demo car fitted with their shell seats. Admittedly the trimmed the extra bits were fitted but i found these to be very comfortable on a 40 min run out. (I do admit however to have been ever so slightly thinking about everything other than numb a**ses!) Ive ordered a pair with the kit - v. impressed. I was concerned that my wife would not be impressed by the visual lack of comfort - im sure there wont be a problem. I now have the option of comfort with the pads for Sunday jollies or raw GRP for trackdays.

Darren.

cobra roadster 7's are also popular, but one of hte heavier ones imho.

intatrim odysey's are nice (see jasper's archive for a pic) and available in many colours, nice and lightweight, though a tad pricey imho.

i've heard fibreglass seats are only good for upto an hour of driving (if taht) on the road, track is a bit different..

Ned.

I picked my seats at donington - a little bit pricey but seem comfortable and well made

Also a perfect fit for extremely narrow Avon!

Steel framed, high backed and with harness holes

Some of you may have seen them actually coz they were on the YKC sportscars stand....

like I say £300 was maybe a bit more than I wanted to spend but they do look good in the car

I will try to get a piccy when my camera is fixed.

>> Camera fixed :

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Steve (Tadltd) has a seat in the LMP that does the business, but the upholsterer finds it a twat to cover, ask him for a phot if your interested troops, were rethinking the bit for yer bum to make it easier to produce, a word of warning not for lard *$ses, I think the word is snug. The current shape works alright with GRP but aint to hot to build in carbon which is also why we are thinking of compromising. Will have a look at the plug to see what I can do to improve it if anyones interested? It copes ok with 3G

Shug.

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i've heard fibreglass seats are only good for upto an hour of driving (if taht) on the road, track is a bit different..

Ned.

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