URGENT!! FTO Seats

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Sun May 16, 2004 5:50 pm

Ok I hopped in my car thismorning all excited ready to head off to the track day, I adjusted my seat and bang, my seat fell back, the top half disconnecting on one side to the bottom half. Its a bit hard to describe how its come apart, but it doesnt really look repariable. Now this means I cannot drive my car at the moment (and i need to get to work and uni !) So my options are.
Find anyone here who has replaced their drivers side seat with recaros or any other after market seat. ANYONE GOT SOME 4 SALE ??
Or (B) Get an Aftermarket Seat, Now there is no point replacing the comftable sporty bucket seats with crappy ones, and I have had a little look through my local shops for aftermarket ones, but it looks fairly expensive to get a new seat + rails, and While i dont mind spending around 400-500 on a nice seat, Attaching it in the car is going to be a big hassle.
Basicly what im asking is has anyone got stock seats for sale, or has anyone replaced their existing seats with aftermarket ones and reccomend a kit (including rails to attach the seat in the fto) which is affordable (obviusly that rules out recaro

).
The final option i guess is to repair the current ones which may be possible with a welder, but i dont know how long this seat would support me or how safe it would be if it were repaired.

Post by **smorison** » Sun May 16, 2004 10:51 pm

ah that sucks man

i'm sure there are a few floating around.... take a few pictures of it maybe it is repairable....

Beme007 · Post by **Beme007** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:39 am

I got a stock one.
but the condition is not good ..
will give it to you really cheap.

But I am from NZ..

Beme007 · Post by **Beme007** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:46 am

arr.. forgot to add this :

Aftermarket seat is not good at all if you are fat and need to drive 1.5 half to work each day .!!~~~~

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Mon May 17, 2004 6:29 pm

thanks beme, i wish i read your email earlier, i could of taken the bracket off your spair seat and repaired mine. I ended up picking up one from jsut jap this morning for $350. Mainly Cause i need my car tomorrow. Thanks anyways dude.
intresting note, the seatbelt that came with it was an australian made one, i would of though just jap would source their parts from japan !

Post by **smorison** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:46 pm

G_A_V wrote: intresting note, the seatbelt that came with it was an australian made one, i would of though just jap would source their parts from japan !

Jap seatbelts can not be used in Australia. All seatbelts are replaced during compliance.

just a bit of trivia i thought you like to know

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:03 pm

yeah i knew this, but what i ment is the enw seat i bought from jsut jap must of come out of an australian fto cause it had been complianced with an australian seat belt (i didnt ask for a seat belt or anything to be installedo n it)

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:51 pm

for those who are not aware, all post 96 imports (regardless of make and model) must be fitted with ADR approved seat belts... This was the one thing that I was not told about and I was charged freakin' $650 extra to have these suckers fitted!

But glad to know you've found a spare!

Post by **kazbah** » Wed May 19, 2004 12:40 pm

Sorry to hijack the post - but on the subject of seatbelts, should a new seatbelt be fitted to my car (if it's not written off - still waiting to hear) after my accident??? Does anyone know if this is covered by insurance cos I'm sure I heard or read something to the effect that seatbelts must be replaced after an accident..