Topic: After market seats

[snaponbob]

Has anybody installed an after market seat in their Kappa?

[DirtyMike]

compression on SF has some in his car, i belive they are bride

[Gunnys GXP]

MadMods I think has a set or one going in also.

[DeepBlueGXP]

Speaking of Madmods, I'm suprised he isn't a member here yet.

[chuckdoc]

I sent him a PM a long time ago.  He will show up eventually.  All the good ones do.

[lil goat]

I looked very seriously at the Sparco Steel, they are small and very comforable and inexpensive, the guys from Sparco said they would fit in the Solstice easily when I talked with them at Englishtown and they measured my car.

They are only $289 each
http://www.sparcousa.com/pseats_street.asp?id=644

[snaponbob]

CAREFUL !!!!!!!! They have two styles of mounting systems. One is the side mount which they have at 11.42" apart. Our seats are 12.5". The other requires using their universal seat tracks.  ..............................

JUST got off the phone with Sparco. Our seat tracks will NOT work with their "side mount" seats. And to make matters worse the bottom mount universal tarcks have no provisions for our seat belts - which mount to out seat tracks. Check mate !!!!!!!! OOPS.

[DirtyMike]

JPM also sells some seats. Bride & Recaro, ask if they fit.

[lil goat]

I talked with someone who made the Sparco seats work in the Solstice, I can't rememeber who it was it was a while back they had the Torino, must have fabbed the brakets. I abandoned the idea long ago, at least the Sparco's won't fit with my style bar. Looks like you are correct about the mounting

[Critterman]

Didn't compression put sparko's in his ride?

[snaponbob]

Spoke with JPM. They agreed that after market seats are a challenge for the Kappas. They have a possible summer project on the back burner about coming up with something for the Kappas, but nothing solid. I have some other thoughts and will be calling Sparco again.

[snaponbob]

Well, that was not helpful. But while speaking with someone there I thunk a thought. So, next week I am heading 2 hours south to Safe Racer with the right seat ripped out of the car and a tape measure. What I want to do should work, and if it will I'll document it.

Go time to see if Lyndon's tune gets better fuel milage.

[DeepBlueGXP]

Make sure you start a thread on your tune update and make sure if you haven't already, saved your stock tune 1st...

[Helios]

Has anyone taken measurements from the OEM seats?

[Helios]

I wonder if these will fit?

[elff]

That looks like a Corbeau CR1.
The Width at the shoulders is the measurement that really matters in our cars.  I do believe those would work, just a matter of their seat bracket options.

[1LILNDN]

I checked out their site,they have tracks for some  Pontiacs and Saturns no Sky or Solstice though. they even havethe bracing for the 4 point seat belts Seats are 399.00 pr. track brackets 179.00

Cipherautoseats.com

[Helios]

I ordered these seats today on their eBay store for $349. I think they'll look great once the mounting bracket situation gets worked out by one of our reliable vendors.

[ChopTop]

Norm is also working on aftermarket Kappa racing seats.  He made a fiberglass mold from an aftermarket seat and widened it, calling it his fat a$$ racing seat.  It will also be L & R specific by trimming the outside of the racing seat buckit that hits the door panels when closed, along with redesigning the head rest to better go w/Kappa humps.  Contact him for additional info or pics.