I'm looking for some racing seats for my camaro
they need to be cheap.. but look good in the car, anyone have ideas?

 

I was at the new Summit Store in McDonough, GA a couple of weeks ago they had some for about 180.00 a piece. Don't know about the quality though. My self I would like a set of Corbeau Seats for my Z. Nice

 

save your money and get some worth getting...

if you dont care to have a really nice car or anything than yeah go cheap and get some from summit but you pay for what you get

 

the Yonaka Ronin seats may be worth considering. They're quite a bit more tasteful in appearance than other affordable seats, and they're better built too:

 

I have some Dynamic Auto design seats(aka DAD). Got them on Ebay for $300 shipped.

I used the stock sliders(as the holes are the EXACT SAME WIDTH) and just drilled new holes in the sliders about 1 1/4'' in on each side and bolted them on. The UNIVERSAL sliders that came with the seats I did not use at all. Here are some pictures










They fit really nice and arent hitting the cage anywhere as much as it looks. These seats are also very comfortable!

 

I actually heard that the summit ones were pretty good quality. With our cars you're pretty much going to have wear on the bolsters of any seat you get because of how low the car is getting in and out....just keep in mind that alot of aftermarket seats require some modding to the tracks to fit with our cars, though some companies sell tracks made for our cars as well

 

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Alright, I'll check out ebay and stuff.. and I wana get racing seats to whoever posted that they wernt worth getting

 

I bought a set for $280 from ebay that look just like that first pic on this thread. I installed mine the exact same way an I like mine also even if they are CHEAP!

 

got a link?

 

one as an example - Corbeau seats

...I think sparco makes brackets too for our cars though Ive heard that they are taller than they should be, and may need to be cut down

CORBEAU USA LLC - Master Bracket Guide

 

Yeah the summit ones are nice but pricey....400 for the pair without shipping is not cheap in my opinion....I wouldnt mind the kind that nufnuff28 has...

does anyone if you find tan ones like that for that price??. only summit seems to carry tan

 

I have a set of A.P.C. black tweed super sport seats I am willing to sell. P.M. me for more pics if you are interested.

 

Actually, I've heard the Summit seats are good quality. They aren't, however, the most comfortable ones out there. Again, you get what you pay for.

 

The company I got mine from did have tan also, and besides drilling 4 new holes in the stock rails for the bolts to to bolt them to the seat was a direct fit.

Here is the website

Dynamic Auto Design


I have the touring style.

 

the apc carbon fiber units are probably the best i've ever seen in person that are cheap. you get what you pay for though. unfortunately the nicer quality seats are so much more.

 

im picking up a set of apc's this week from a friend for my car. hopefully im going to recover them but idk how the seat cover comes off with the slots for the 4 point belts i have to look at them.

 

are racing seats good on your butt cause they only have like three inchs of padding

 

OK well, here are mine: Tenzo R racing seats. Real comfy. Got them off ebay $400 shipped to my door. I thought it was pretty cheap. I mean considering it is the one thing in the car that you are ALLLWAYS using, no matter what you are doing in it.









Here is a walk through with pics of how to install them. It is just a page off my car's cardomain site.

1991 Chevrolet Camaro - Dennis's Chevrolet


I really likes these cuz they had the holes on the sides too, not just on the back/ the price was right/ they where not all one texture, give a better feel/ The area that is going to get a lot of wear, bolsters, are made with tougher material cover.

Great seats.

 

that's a prime reason why i spent the money on my recaros. my corbeau's began to hurt after 1 hour in them.

 

my corbeaus are VERY VERY comfortable... i LOVE em.


only downside is the seatcovers suck.. the leather doesnt fully cover the bolster wearpoints.. so its wearing out there, and the black sun fades too quickly

 

i loved them too at one point... it's all preference but you get what you pay for in either case.

 

thats very true.

and boy, am i going to pay.. lol

i got a few quotes for custom seat covers (im talking really good ones) to replace whats on there..... absolutely crazy prices....

 

most def get what you pay for. I had to drive my car for an hour to the body sho to get it painted. It felt just like I wanted it to, a cockpit. Love the Tezos.

They come in a bunch of colors too. and I think leather, if that is you thing.

 

damn you!!! i always thought that seats like that look rather out of place in a 3rd gen but the more i look at your seats the more i feel i'd fit in them... i do need new seats for a restore project and the Tenzo seats you have look like they are about the same as the DAD seats except the tenzos look thicker...

do you think they sit up higher than the factory seats? one thing i like about 3rd gen factory seats are that they sit low.. my 4th gen felt higher and i didn't like that...

 

Nope. they sit about the same height. Maybe a tad higher, but I really don't know. Search through my whole cardomain site. There are 26 pages.... there might be a page with the angle you want, that will better answer your question.

If not, I can take some measurments. Like distance from the roof or something... Let me know.

 

i doubt there is a person on this site that has not spent a lot of time looking at your cardomain page but i'm going to go back and look again.. thanks for the info!

 

jkicak:



If you need me to take a pic of the top of the seat/roof, let me know. I got no problem helping fellow thirdgenners.

 

dont mean to highjack - but anybody had any luck find tan race/sport seats for cheap??...only ones ive found is summits, and thats 400 for the pair...im sure someones been looking for this.

 

So is $400 too much?

If so, what price range you looking for?

Don't go too much less. Just save up to get good seats, your @ss will thank you in the end.

 

screw my a**- I dont drive for long periods time. What i mean by cheap is the seats i see on ebay - 200-300 shipped to my house for race seats...I just cant find squat as far TAN goes. Im sure someone on this board has had this problem.

 

What's the weight on those bad boys? What's about the lightest seat for a 3rd gen?

 

The Tenzo Rs? They weigh maybe 4 or 5 lbs. I would guess. I have no idea, but I had to carry them from my basement to the car at least 6 times, during the build of my car and I could allways do it with just about no effort. And I am no hulk either.

Minimal weight. Less than a stock seat, easy.

Hope that helps.

 

for cheap no... but every nice quality seat manufacturer makes them in tan. usually the cheap models like apc and the rest are in the colors they are to be the most generic as possible so they can fit a vast array of applications bringing the cost down.
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adjustable or non? depends on your options. my recaros are roughly 12lbs lighter a seat then my corbeaus were. a little heavier by a few pounds then the sparco comparable model because of the design.

non adjustable the carbon fiber cobra, recaro or sparco are all very comparable at just a few pounds. you can pick them up with your pinky.

but you pay at over $1400 a chair.