steven31371

Its a medium density foam that squishes down when sitting in them, without being uncomfortable.

Chilliwack vettes

I'll have to take your word that they are comfortable! The support looks REALLY good. Now if only you could figure out a way for them to be adjustable!
Good looking seat with a good price tag!

steven31371

Yeah, I tried the Recaro Pole Position, its very good.

I also sat in the FX1 and the Sparco seat

The Futura is better than the FX1 and Sparco seats, very close to as good as the Pole Positions.

But I personally think these look better than the Recaro's

And they were a third of the price.



These are just another viable option I thought I'd put out there since I don't think anyone has tried them in a C5 before. ;-)

steven31371

good color options too, and they will custom embroider anything on them

I thought about mounting them on sliders, can be done but would be sitting kinda high for me.

I may try to fabricate an adaptor that will allow the side mount brackets to hook up with a shaved height Corbeue double locking slider or similar. Will update when I try it.

steven31371

The seats and brackets together weight 25 lbs each

my old setup was 44 lbs per seat

saved almost 40 lbs ;-)

FLYNAVY30

one more question, were you able to find a dealer where you were able to sit in the seats ahead of time, or did you just roll the dice and hope they worked?

Thanks

steven31371

I definately took a chance.

But I got the measurements and sat in a seat the same size to make sureit would fit me.

And I did some detailed measuring of the car based on the seat measurement specs.

I knew it would fit me, but the measurements came up VERY CLOSE for fitting in the car...I rolled the dice because they looked so d**n good and the price was great.

At the bottom the just barely fit where the seatbelt cover and the floor meets, literally like a millimeter clearance but nothing needs cut. I was worried they would touch at the door up top at the shoulder supports, because the way I measured it I thought it was barely going to fit, but I have a good inch to inch and a half clearance their with no touching.

As with most things on this car, I researched and researched until I got a good gut feeling lol


Hard to find a retailer in the US to try the seats, they are popular across Europe and are made in Poland. Took over a month to get them, but were worth the wait for me.

I've talking to a few guys from Poland

Tyrns out that when it comes to making stuff they are more like Germans than Russians regarding quality without the USSR over them, I think you might see Poland become like a mini cheaper Germany at some point.

The construction quality and fiberglass work and finish it great.

K-Spaz

The seats in my 4th gen Fbody are very similar in shape, obviously not as supportive. Mine have an adjustable piece where you've got those foam parts we discussed. Mine can be raised and lowered, and of course then the seats are inflatable in all the wrong places too. No matter where I put that piece though, I have a hole to sit in much like that seat appears. Mine isn't soft foam though, it's fairly firm. It might just be my frame, I'm tall and thin, not much natural padding. But I was never thrilled with that shape. It holds you in better than my Vette seats, but it tends to put pressure at the backs of my legs which isn't good for long distances. Yours looks easier to compress which will be a good thing.

I'll be curious to hear an update after a week or two. If you still feel the same way, that would make me more comfortable about the seat. Regardless, I'd still want to sit in a seat before buying.

They look great in your car, and if you're happy, I'm happy for ya.

C5Natie

Nice seats. You mind posting a link to where you bought them at? Thanks.

steven31371

They mostly sell them in Europe and don't have much of a presence in the USA.

The email for the main US distributor is BimarcoUSA@Gmail.com

he mostly sells them on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bimarco-Futu...sories&vxp=mtr

not a fan of ebay, but things worked out alright with my order, I just emailed them and asked for the specific customizations that I wanted and they handled it....very responsive customer service.

JETZ

Nice Pep Boys SW cover.

jdmvette

steven31371

Okay, I'll bite...whats an SW cover?




haha, never mind, my slow brain figured it out lol


yeah, thats a surprisingly useful performance mod, not an appearance mod lol

that things padded and makes a much bigger and better "contact point"...when I have time to have the car outa commission for a few weeks I'll have that SW sent in to be thickened up and padded out right.

steven31371

Sure thing ;-)

PhysicsDude55

Nice looking seats. I have been having my eye on the Corbeau A4 seats, but I think these might be a good alternative, and a little cheaper to boot.

steven31371

The A4 is a completely differant seat...Apples and Oranges.


The A4 will not have nearly the support or performance of this seat, but may be more amenable in a DD for most...personally I like the performance...

Also keep in mind that you will have to either fab some adaptor brackets between the side mount brackets and the floor mount bolts, or hard mount these to the car floor.

Worth it to me though.

curves are so much better now :-)

Crosis

I need new seats and am not impressed with the stock vette seats. I am not a racer and although the Corbeau A4 seem to find favour with many here, it may not fit my needs. I was looking through their models and was wondering if the Corbeau Sport Seat was any good and at 22 inches wide at the bottom, would it fit in a C5 vert.

steven31371

those won't fit...its also more of a comfort seat and won't provide much support if that matters to you.

DDaaryl

I like my car, I like my seats and see no need to invest in aftermarket "stuff" to make the vehicle worth less than a car with original equipment. Glad this works 4u

steven31371

lol...I have guys offer much more than I paid for my car regularly...

Having said that...If you love your car as is good for you, they are fantastic right outa the box

but

for very little money (compared to the high end european sports cars) you can mod these cars into world class performance machines.

My build challenge for this car is to build a car with less than $40,000 total investment that will look on par with, and perform on par with the $150,000 to $250,000 euro sports cars


nothing wrong with spending a few bucks to make it into a supercar ;-)

its a great bang for the buck platform....the best in my opinion

plus, I can honestly say, that there is no other vette in the world that looks just like mine, its a one off