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Old May 19, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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How low can you go, Porkchop

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Thanks to Matt (The Rev) for the seats. Hookers and blow at Sevenstock

New seats for autocross duty. Had some help putting these in cause im a zombie after surgery.






I still havent sat in the seats to see if I have more helmet room from my Sparco, but that will happen in another week or two. I feel like my lower stomach is going to rip open if I try to climb into my car. I plan on pulling these back out again and fixing some issues. The passenger seat belt rod has no place to mount, due to 07+ they mounted to the OEM seat. Will weld a bracket to the body. If my head is still close to the roof with a helmet I will go ahead and cut the 3-4 inch support (where front of the seat bolts to) and remove it. Weld in a 1x2 square tube for structure support plus 4x4 pads to secure the harness lap belts.

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Old May 19, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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Looks good love the whole interior of your car, kinda makes me wanna strip mine out.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 04:22 AM
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man... do want.... makes me wonder if us GT packages cars stripped out would still be heavier than base model or not
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Old May 20, 2011 | 04:53 AM
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/\ It would still be heavier due to sunroof/dsc/leather-heated seats would have to be swapped

RawrX8 - love the setup. Baller seats, steering wheel, roll bar, rear strut bar......

awesome/
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Old May 20, 2011 | 11:11 AM
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Wow, looks awesome.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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Want moar pikchurz plz. Especially of the steering wheel, **** looks baller. Looking good brother.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 01:43 PM
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I know that this is clearly outside the bounds of the purpose of said accessory, but how comfy are those seats for a DD? Not saying I am gunna replace my seats with some sexy Bride race specs, I have just always been curious.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 01:38 AM
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Now, you feel like a race car driver with those seats.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by monchie
Now, you feel like a race car driver with those seats.
Now and feel like a race car driver? Ive always had a aftermarket bucket seat in my car.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by bose
Want moar pikchurz plz. Especially of the steering wheel, **** looks baller. Looking good brother.
+1 show me your steering wheel.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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Sorry for not giving the best pictures. Im still walking around like a zombie




Its just a basic momo competition wheel, not some fancy Nardi. I like the diameter, feel and grip of it.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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they look awesome glad it worked out!
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Old May 21, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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they look awesome glad it worked out!
Thanks mang! Now if I could only sit in them
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Old May 21, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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those are some hawt seats!
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Old May 21, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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Finally drove some place with the new seats. I'm 6'3 210+ and it's very snug. Kind of a pinch when I sat but once I settled in it held me like a glove. I'm still swollen in the lower ab area and sore, nut soon as I get back to losing weight few more lbs and I'll be golden.
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