A case for aftermarket seats in stock

SS Engine Guy · 07-30-2010, 01:16 AM

Jeff you probably won't get any responses because you have addressed the problem in a way that eliminates Kirkeys, etc. I have several customers cars that have had stock seats totally rebuilt using chromemoly frames with small rectangles attached where the belts go thru including lap belts. Re-covered with factory material including better flame-retardent filling. Couldn't tell them from factory unless they were examined very closely. We spend a thousand or fifteen hundred on the latest q-jet, 3-5k on stocker heads, etc. then gripe about prices for a seat that meets stocker criteria and provides additional saftey. Greg Hill's approach of a stocker "like" seat should be an option. Everyone wants saftey as long as it dosen't cost too much.
I see all the reckless money thrown at cars in an attempt to go faster but until last year alot were wearing pajama bottoms over shorts. I and everyone else wants the safest racing enviroment that can be provided yet you put yourselves on some of the worst racing surfaces in the most unsafe conditions time after time and then worry about the cost of a seat that meets the criteria for the class you run. Too many rules have been thrown out in S/SS already. If you want to run SS or Comp then put it on the window.

07-30-2010, 01:16 AM	#11
SS Engine Guy Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 256 Likes: 1 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: A case for aftermarket seats in stock Jeff you probably won't get any responses because you have addressed the problem in a way that eliminates Kirkeys, etc. I have several customers cars that have had stock seats totally rebuilt using chromemoly frames with small rectangles attached where the belts go thru including lap belts. Re-covered with factory material including better flame-retardent filling. Couldn't tell them from factory unless they were examined very closely. We spend a thousand or fifteen hundred on the latest q-jet, 3-5k on stocker heads, etc. then gripe about prices for a seat that meets stocker criteria and provides additional saftey. Greg Hill's approach of a stocker "like" seat should be an option. Everyone wants saftey as long as it dosen't cost too much. I see all the reckless money thrown at cars in an attempt to go faster but until last year alot were wearing pajama bottoms over shorts. I and everyone else wants the safest racing enviroment that can be provided yet you put yourselves on some of the worst racing surfaces in the most unsafe conditions time after time and then worry about the cost of a seat that meets the criteria for the class you run. Too many rules have been thrown out in S/SS already. If you want to run SS or Comp then put it on the window.