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by spetz » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:09 pm
Hi guys,
Does anyone know how much a complete FTO seat weighs?
I have Type R black suede seats on Evo rails and they weigh in at 20kg each
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by Bennoz » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:37 pm
Thats masssive!
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by spetz » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:42 pm
Yes they are extremely heavy.
I think Bride seats on average are half that.
I had FTO seats before on Lancer rails but never weighed them
They were nice, and looked good, but ultimately lacked the support of the Recaros which are fantastic
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by Shane001 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:39 pm
Passenger seat inc rails - 17kg
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by spetz » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:47 pm
Thanks Shane,
It's a bit heavier than expected with only 3kg per seat difference.
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by Shane001 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:56 pm
Relatively they're probably not that heavy.
My sparco race seat is 10kg & bride rails 6kg, so only 1kg less than a stock seat.
I'm gonna piss of the bride rails soon though so that'll shave off 5kg
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by spetz » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:24 pm
But then your seats will not be adjustable?
Which I assume would mean you'd need to remove rear seats and register it as a 2 seater?
Do you know how much those bride carbon back seats weigh?
I always thought 20kg for the Recaros was a lot but it seems maybe it's only a handful of kg more than "good"
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by Shane001 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:31 pm
my FTO is not registered, dedicated race car, runs in Production Sportscars.
Check out the motorsport forum for event write ups and vids
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by spetz » Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:23 am
Will go do that now