C3 Corvette Wanted for Test Fitting New Racing Seats
09-12-2011, 02:37 PM
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I went to your site, but I couldn't find dimensions. But you can look up my Sparco ultra dimensions. I originally bought the Ultras with their slide adjustable mounts. It made the seats to high and I ended up making a custom flat bar stock bolted directly to the seat bottom. I drilled a series of holes at the the four ends so I can move it and bolt in closer to the petals for a shorter driver if I had to.
Latter on I made a design level #2 where the rear fit into slots and the front had 5 hole positioning. So it could be changed in 30 seconds like for endurance racing where you have a driver change.
I used 1 inch and 1 1/2 X 1/8 mild steel flat bar stock
I went to your site, but I couldn't find dimensions. But you can look up my Sparco ultra dimensions. I originally bought the Ultras with their slide adjustable mounts. It made the seats to high and I ended up making a custom flat bar stock bolted directly to the seat bottom. I drilled a series of holes at the the four ends so I can move it and bolt in closer to the petals for a shorter driver if I had to.
Latter on I made a design level #2 where the rear fit into slots and the front had 5 hole positioning. So it could be changed in 30 seconds like for endurance racing where you have a driver change.
I used 1 inch and 1 1/2 X 1/8 mild steel flat bar stock
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09-12-2011, 03:20 PM
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... but it will be worth the wait if it works out.
09-14-2011, 01:53 AM
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I have a 72 coupe and I live close if you still need a test car.
Just send me a PM and I'll respond.
Just send me a PM and I'll respond.
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09-14-2011, 04:03 PM
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I'll let you know when we'll be doing this...
Yes we do.. we will get in contact with you in the next week or so.
Thanks for the offer but we have enough local cars to test the seats. 
09-14-2011, 09:54 PM
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10-26-2012, 09:41 AM
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Ok - I read this thread several weeks ago and am itching to hear how the cipher seats fit in a C3? Any updates? Any photos? It looks like the shoulders are about 22.5" in width, which seems it might be very tight given the stock seat width is about 20" at the base and tapers down to 16" at the shoulder strap hole.....
10-26-2012, 12:56 PM
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Dang! I saw a post by someone on here about putting a C5 or C6 seat into their C3. Gonna search for it, but I definitely want new/updated seats in my C3 - just don't wanna break the bank!
10-26-2012, 02:10 PM
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10-26-2012, 02:51 PM
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We have decided to not offer the Cipher seats to our Corvette Customers because we believe the quality is NOT up to par with what we believe our customers would expect.
10-26-2012, 03:54 PM
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