What’s the deal with bride seats?

Chuck33079 · 03-05-2019, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cv129

I was just trying to say, our oem seats aren’t FIA certified either, so are many other much more expensive aftermarket seats.

So everyday, almost all of us are actually trusting our lives in non FIA certified seats.

True, but there's millions of dollars and countless cars destroyed during comprehensive crash testing of the OEM equipment. I don't think many aftermarket suppliers are doing the same, so you just have to buy the best you can.

Personally, I wouldn't do aftermarket seats on a street car. I've done it, but I was always a little uncomfortable since I'd deleted side airbags and didn't know how well the aftermarket stuff would fare in an accident. Now that I'm old, it's either full cage, harnesses and FIA seats, or a completely OEM setup.

cv129 · 03-05-2019, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

True, but there's millions of dollars and countless cars destroyed during comprehensive crash testing of the OEM equipment. I don't think many aftermarket suppliers are doing the same, so you just have to buy the best you can.

Personally, I wouldn't do aftermarket seats on a street car. I've done it, but I was always a little uncomfortable since I'd deleted side airbags and didn't know how well the aftermarket stuff would fare in an accident. Now that I'm old, it's either full cage, harnesses and FIA seats, or a completely OEM setup.

, especially the last sentence.

Jv01jv01 · 03-05-2019, 04:29 PM

My buddy had a Miata and he took his seat to the fabric shop and he took some measurements. And re did his factory seats with special foams and reshaped the seat . it came out great high bolsters top and bottom it looked like a custom race seat and he used factory airbags but they were$$$$ so any nice and safe seat cost money jv

Spooler · 03-05-2019, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Now that I'm old, it's either full cage, harnesses and FIA seats, or a completely OEM setup.

Yeap, I am leaning toward this also. Either I have a street car or a track car. No inbetween. Especially since my neck injury.
I will need cage, 6 point harness, helment, Hans device, Halo seat, etc.

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Jv01jv01 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Ct Age: 62 Posts: 42 Drives: 2018 nismo tec Rep Power: 8	My buddy had a Miata and he took his seat to the fabric shop and he took some measurements. And re did his factory seats with special foams and reshaped the seat . it came out great high bolsters top and bottom it looked like a custom race seat and he used factory airbags but they were$$$$ so any nice and safe seat cost money jv