What lighweight seats do you all recommend?
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I know lightweight and reasonably priced don't generally go hand in hand but my seats really do weigh too much, so was just wondering what seats were out there that are lightweight for about £400-500 for a pair.

I'm looking to save about 7.5kg each over the cobra monacos I have at the moment, otherwise its really not worth it and the money can be spent on other things.

Thanks
James

Edited by minimole23 on 27th Apr, 2009.

My Elise S2 seats i have in the mini are very light, fairly comfortable and fit in the mini like they were made for it.

7.5kg EACH?

So that puts the new seats at around 3kg?

Do elise seats have harness holes?

kirkey seats r nice!! gota get the padding for them though!! nice and light and look propa hardcore racing!!

Ive got the cobeau Sprints...love them! really comfy seats even after a near 2 hour drive. lol

I'd go for the race series if I had the money though, as they are slightly better.

Sportseats4u is a really good/cheap place to buy seats from. Great service.

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i can recommend the cobra imola pro's, very similar to mattys corbeau sprints, although the corbeau's seem to hold you in tighter on the thighs, oi oi!!, the cobras are 5kg each (so the stricker on the side tells me anyway) but are quite expensive at 275 quid per seat from merlin motorsport, or for the homosexual in you, demon tweeks.

What about some fibre glass ones from tritonraceproducts.co.uk.

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Go for Cobras over Corbeaus then are CNUTS see my avoid thread!

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

i have cobra imolas, tight fit but comfy

Am sure si p has elise seats in his mini, look extreamly light and like they was ment to be there.

Rick

wonder if these suckers fit in a mini?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Porsche-GT...A1%7C240%3A1318

internationally known as "big" swede

Nice, but leather = heavy.

Im either going for some elise/exige seats or some Imola Pros personally. I was going to go for some Kirkeys but i dont want to do some driving in my car so im not sure how comfy they would be.

IIRC they are not all that much lighter than Imolas either.

I want harness holes though so its either the Imolas or Exige if the Elise ones dont have holes.

Thanks, I think what I'm gonna do is spend the money on stuff that will loose much more weight for the moment, lighten the roll cage with t45 tube, alloy brake drums, plastic windows, cutting metal out etc.

When I have more money I will change the seats, as whatever I do I will be strugging to loose much more then 8-10kg off the overall wight of the car.

I do like the look of those imolas though - one day.

loose as much weight of the top half as you can. lower the CofG.

i was looking at some westfield seats on ebay the other day looked perfect for a mini... Might be worth a search.

I've got Suzuka's in mine, got a spare set of side mounts too.