Recommend me a cheap racing car seat

[George W. Bush]

I was thinking of purchasing a car seat like this one:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...2C%2BBlack.jsp

Cheap, only $80.

Anyone know of other places in Kitchener/Cambridge/Waterloo/Guelph area where I can find good alternatives. Something light, and comfortable and cheap in price (less than $100)?

[thephenom]

Ractive Racing Seat Harness

That means the 4-point harness is $80 (ie the seatbelt.).....

[alex_d10]

umm...

1. That's the just the seatbelt on sale for $80. The actual seats cost $300-500 or more for a good brand.

2. "Racing seats" aren't comfortable at all. If you want comfort, keep the stock seats.

[sickcars]

umm...

1. That's the just the seatbelt on sale for $80. The actual seats cost $300-500 or more for a good brand.

2. "Racing seats" aren't comfortable at all. If you want comfort, keep the stock seats.

+1

Have fun sitting on the seatbelt

[ES_Revenge]

LOL less than $100? Even the "ebay specials" aren't that cheap, when you account for the high rates to ship them...

As for comfort, well they can be comfortable but then you're pretty much talking higher end Recaros, and then we're talking like $2000, not $100

The thing with most cheap racing seats is that they are "universal fit" meaning the rails or sliders often have to be fabricated by someone, meaning more $$$ than just the cost of the seat.

Best place to get them cheap is probably used on some Civic forum (or other ricer forum) where people buy/sell things like that all the time, and often take big losses on them or are selling stolen stuff, lol. It would help too if you actually had a similar car like a Civic as you'd increase your chances of buying somethere where someone already fabricated the install parts, so it would just be "plug & play".

[TT333]

Yeah I would look for a used one but this is definitely something you DON'T want to go cheap on lol. What kind of car do you have anyway?

[jhan]

lol @ op. Even if this was $80, why would you buy this? Bad seat = pain in the arse during a long trip

[KawaiiTentacleBeast]

The seats on a car are one of the main things that keep you alive in a crash. If your seats get detached or fold up like a tin can, you die.

You should rip out your airbags and replace them with racing airbags too. Think of the weight savings.

[sickcars]

The seats on a car are one of the main things that keep you alive in a crash. If your seats get detached or fold up like a tin can, you die.

You should rip out your airbags and replace them with racing airbags too. Think of the weight savings.

IF installed properly racing seats with the harness would be safer then a regular stock seat.

[KawaiiTentacleBeast]

IF installed properly racing seats with the harness would be safer then a regular stock seat.
Jun 16th, 2009 12:34 PM

How do you know that? Have you done the necessary crash testing to the aftermarket seats in your particular car like the OEM has done with the OEM seats?

"Racing seats" and 4/5 point harnesses are designed for use in conjunction with helmets, full rollcages and HANS devices. I'm sure the average ricer has all of these and wears a helmet whenever he drives.

[sickcars]

Considering that most new features/parts etc from from the Racing sport (ie, better brakes, tires etc) & Considering that Racing teams use Racing seats I would think they would know what they are doing.

[KawaiiTentacleBeast]

Sure, real racing teams also use REAL RACE CARS, with all the above mentioned ancillary equipment, chassis bracing, etc. They're not just bolting some colourful seats to a street car and driving on to the race track. Again, you know how safe OEM seats are because they actually have crash test results. There's no way to know how your racing seats are going to work in a street car unless you've actually crashed one. Maybe they'll be safer in a racecar, maybe they'll actually kill you because they were designed for a race car and not a street car that is set up differently from a race car. There's no way to know.

[George W. Bush]

Safety is NOT a concern with me. No big deal, I can handle any accident.

I want to build my own racing rig to use for the PS3. I have a Logitech G25 wheel and need a seat!

[UncleSteve]

Safety is NOT a concern with me. No big deal, I can handle any accident.

I want to build my own racing rig to use for the PS3. I have a Logitech G25 wheel and need a seat!

So, you're just up to your old, usual trolling again, eh? Who kicked you out this time - your ex-wife, your girlfriend or your gay lover, or all 3 again?

[George W. Bush]

UncleSteve, I AM SERIOUS MAN!

I want to built something like this:

and need a good seat.

I don't have time for "trolling" patrolling. I guess some people took this question as a seat for a real vehicle. Well, technically, it is a vehicle, but it will be a virtual one!

Now that you people have indicated that the $80 is actually for the seatbelt alone, that deflated my excitement about finding a cheap seat.

I was thinking of going to a car junk yard and see what they have?