driving seat for C6?
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Burning Brakes
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driving seat for C6?
Has anyone looked into a good driving seat for the C6? If so, I would appreciate your thoughts. It looks like the factory belt is anchored at the bottom in the seat, which is going to complicate matters if the DOT-approved belt is maintained, which was my plan, and using a five point harness for track events. Belt issues aside, I assume the C6 will accept the same width as the C5, but I'm not sure. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Originally Posted by elh0102
Has anyone looked into a good driving seat for the C6? If so, I would appreciate your thoughts. It looks like the factory belt is anchored at the bottom in the seat, which is going to complicate matters if the DOT-approved belt is maintained, which was my plan, and using a five point harness for track events. Belt issues aside, I assume the C6 will accept the same width as the C5, but I'm not sure. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Looking for a simple drop in where someone has worked out the mounting for you or are willing to do some fabrication?
I find the fiberglass/carbon fiber FIA seats like Sparco to be too flexible but you stand a better chance of some sort of mediocre mounting solution having been worked out already. I run a Kirkey Road Race seat in the race car but it is custom mounted and required fabrication work.
I find the fiberglass/carbon fiber FIA seats like Sparco to be too flexible but you stand a better chance of some sort of mediocre mounting solution having been worked out already. I run a Kirkey Road Race seat in the race car but it is custom mounted and required fabrication work.
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I use the Ultra-Shield aluminum frame seat with hardbar seat rails in the C5. Yes I had to do some minor modifications and alignment, but then again any racing seat is not drop-in and bolt down.
I went to Butler with a freind to pick up his seat. Custom built for his body, $1600 plus a four month wait to have it built. Cool seats. A freind of mine went to Butler and had them meauser him for a seat. They called him a week latter and said we are too busy to build you a seat.
I guess if you are Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports and order 20+ seats at a time that does take a little prefference.
I went to Butler with a freind to pick up his seat. Custom built for his body, $1600 plus a four month wait to have it built. Cool seats. A freind of mine went to Butler and had them meauser him for a seat. They called him a week latter and said we are too busy to build you a seat.
I guess if you are Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports and order 20+ seats at a time that does take a little prefference.
Last edited by AU N EGL; Nov 30, 2004 at 07:59 AM.
