Aftermarket Seats
 

Hola friendZ!

So, I've been doing some research on seats as of lately. It is one of the next steps I've gotta hit with my car. My most major concern is seat clearance in regards to height. I'm pretty tall coming in at 6'3" and weighing in at 210.

What seat and rail combos are you taller people running?

Obviously a lower combination would be preferred.

Thanks for the help!

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I run Bride Vios III's and Bride FO rails. Only 6'1" here but even with a helmet on I'm not touching the ceiling.

i have recaro poles seats with buddy club rails/bracket.. pretty low combo.. i for one trying to look for something higher since im 5"7...the buddyclub rails brings it lower then stock alot imo..

Man... I'm drooling for the '15 NISMO seats.

The 15' Nismo recaro's are lame. If it was a full seat, they would be great. But they still utilize the regular OEM bottoms. That is my only gripe with them.

What is your waist size, that is a big factor for us wide bodied folks as well. I'm 35" and I set in a Status GT, they pinch me right on the hip bone just enough to be uncomfortable.

Status GTX and buddy club super low. You can see how low the seats are w/ the rails.

http://i58.tinypic.com/6ehwl3.jpg

so what setups is there?
-buddyclub seat base with rails (seems to be the lowest so far)
-plants seat base (needs rail)
-Corbeau Seat base with rails
-sparco seat base (needs rail)
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Do the Buddy Club rails work with seats that recline?

I currently have Bride MO rails with Takata Drift Pro seats. They sit higher than stock.

Really? That stinks. I didn't sit in, but it looks better than our stock seats (well nicer material than my cloth base seats). I think the seats I've looked at were Bride Stradia. So expensive.

Gale, they're side mounts, so most likely not. And to be honest, it took a little bit of maneuvering to get them to fit the GTX. My brackets have some tension so it causes my sliders to bind when I try to slide it forward and back.

Good to know. Thank you sir :tiphat:

yea mine is not smooth either when sliding front and back.. the flaw in the buddy club brackets/rails is that it is 2 seperated brackets instead of 1 whole base holding it all together.. it's too much messing around with it to try to get it to parallel perfectly

^^ I'm glad I'm not the only one w/ this issue. I thought it was the seats at first, but it took me hours to figure out a way to get the seats in and lined up properly.

I just did a quick price check for our stock seats, and it's already over $1300 for the seat cushion assembly. I don't even want to know what the premium is for NISMO seats. That's like Bride territory. Bride Cuga with suede material... :yum:

[EDIT] Apparently there's already a thread on aftermarket seats:
http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...ket-seats.html

i checked out the cost of the 2015 Nismo seats: almost $7 grand EACH!
Nissan won't sell the whole seat, you have to buy all the parts individually. The aftermarket seats look great and cost about half as much, still too rich for my blood.

If you're only looking to upgrade your stock cloth seats to leather/leather-suede, you can have really nice seats even cheaper yet by going with an aftermarket upholstery vendor like I did. I went with Leatherseats.com, very happy.

haha i had the buddy club rails on my previous car too but my friend help me install it ... he has a lot more patience then i do.. i was cussing after 20 mins in..

but im looking for a new setup for base and rails that will raise the height alil higher or close to stock.. any suggestions? i know plants had a issue with unleveled base.. not sure if that has been solved yet

From what I've seen on the net, it seems wedge is the way to go. It sits about 1" higher than stock. I do agree, that the buddy club's are very low, I'm about 6" (5 11 3/4 to be exact.)

so im guessing wedges comes with base and slider and can use the recaro side mount plate for my bucket seat?

yes, exactly.

I am 6'1" and I have the bride euroster seats with bride rails and I have plenty of room. It's kinda tight with my Helmet on tho

I'm around 180cm tall and have the bride zeta III (standard size) with bride RO rails i think. It sits lower than stock seat 100%.

In the stock seats i sometimes hit the roof with a helmet on so im assuming in the brides i won't have this issue.

Edit: installation was probably the easiest thing to date I've done. Probably because the rails were suited for z34 and the particular bride seat

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...70a88543afd10c