Anyone thinking about swaping out 370Z seats?

capo190

Yea seriously.

Think about all the other things you could buy with $3,000 (assuming you buy both seats)

a new audio system, new intake/exhaust system, new tires n rims....

cmon IMO that **** just ain't worth it. i think they look ugly too. for 1500 i'd expect some gucci leather or some ****. But a riced-out looking ugly excuse for a seat? I'll pass!

BoBoTee

haha, riced out? umm..right. Those seats are used in different motorsports like time attack, drifting and circuits. There's nothing rice about them they serve a purpose. They save weight because the structure is made of carbon/kevlar some of the lightest material on earth. They're all about performance not just looks. Definitely not riced-out, I think the term rice is used to loosely these days.

kannibul

They are considered "rice" if you put them in a daily driver, or even a "weekend warrior" car - and I'm referring to the ones posted as aftermarket installations. The OEM ones posted above look good as they match the look of the car and aren't "overdone". Overdone = rice, IMO.



At least, that's my view.

CrownR426

I don't like your view at all.
Fail.
btw. how the **** can you call bride seats rice?

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kannibul

If you're tracking the car on a semi-professional level (as in, you get paid to, not the other way around) then sure.

If you're not, epic fail w/ triple-facepalm.

theDreamer

Hate to break it to you but aftermarket seats are not just designed for racing in mind. I will pick them up for support and better fitment of myself. I am 6'4" and fit nicely in the Z but with a nice bride/recarao seat I would fit better and enjoy my ride just that much more. Do I plan to track my car? Not currently, it is my daily driver, but is it rice, no.

Rice is the attempt at doing something but either buying a cheaper alternative which has no purpose or buying something that hurts the car (i.e. body panels you add but do not paint or do not exactly fit your car).

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JoeD

The only "epic fail w/ triple-facepalm" is the use of the word rice itself. It's purely subjective with no clear definition, and it's gotten to a point where the [over]use of it is just laughably immature. What's even more laughable is arguing over what's rice and what's not...

I will agree, though...there are some tastelessly done Bride setups around. There is a local kid with a modified, beige-colored, mid-1990s, automatic Honda Accord with tan leather interior and one red fixed-back Bride. It looks absolutely ridiculous. However, it would be no different if it was a top-of-the-line Recaro.

JoeD

The target demographic for Bride is not rationing their money and trying to decide between seats or "a new audio system, new intake/exhaust system, new tires n rims...." It's a high-end product, and its priced accordingly. Want cheaper seats? Try eBay.

That said...I personally would not go with fixed racing-seats for a street-car/daily-driver unless it was the lower bolster style, ala Sparco Roadster. Dropping yourself in or propping yourself up and out of a fixed seat day in and day out will get old pretty quick, not to mention a limited range of motion once you are in. I have a Recaro SPG in a car that sees mainly track-duty, and I would not want to get in/out of that for a 2-minute run to the grocery-store to pick up milk.

Ideally for me, it would either be a pair of leather/Alcantara Bride Gias or Recaro Sportster CSs (OEM RS4 seats in Europe). You get the best of both worlds...all the comfort you need for the street, and sufficient support for the track...



Or OEM Ferrari seats. Now if I can only buy the shells...