summit racing seats

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anyone ever use the summit racing seats?? My driver's side seat has a mild tear in the bottom on the side but my passenger seat is perfect...I wanna switch to seats that are much lighter weight but I don't wanna pay more than I can for sure get back with selling my seats..the summit ones are cheap and I was just wondering if they are decent at all and how well they bolt in??

 

Swarzkopf

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Are you talking about their $200 pleather seats, or their $30 plastic racing seats?

I have the $30 racing seats. I just installed them. They ****ing rock! VERY light weight. They do not bolt-in, you will have to drill holes in your floor pan to mount them. This is not hard if you know how to use a drill and spin an wrench.

The seats are very supportive and are actually pretty comfortable with the matching Summit padded covers.

 

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Swarzkopf said:

Are you talking about their $200 pleather seats, or their $30 plastic racing seats?

I have the $30 racing seats. I just installed them. They ****ing rock! VERY light weight. They do not bolt-in, you will have to drill holes in your floor pan to mount them. This is not hard if you know how to use a drill and spin an wrench.

The seats are very supportive and are actually pretty comfortable with the matching Summit padded covers.

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Have any pics dude ?

 

CManT1914

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Stangfreak95 said:

Have any pics dude ?

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also, how much weight will these save (passenger and driver)?

 

Swarzkopf

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I don't have any pictures...I could take some, but my pop has my digital camera right now and I won't see him until Sunday.

They saved ALOT of weight- I'd guestimate that the stock cloth seats weighed 50lbs each. These seats can not be more than 15lbs each including mounting brackets.

 

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Swarzkopf said:

I don't have any pictures...I could take some, but my pop has my digital camera right now and I won't see him until Sunday.

They saved ALOT of weight- I'd guestimate that the stock cloth seats weighed 50lbs each. These seats can not be more than 15lbs each including mounting brackets.

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Passenger seat (cloth) weighs 37 lbs. Driver's seat (also cloth) I'm sure weighs more due to power adjusting. Not sure exactly, never pulled it out before.

 

Swarzkopf

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My two seats felt about the same, weight wise....weird.

 

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I guess they acould be. I just figured the driver's seat would be heavier since it was a power seat. Then again it could only be a couple lbs. I took my passenger seat out earlier and am thinking about leaving it out for a little while. Plus, I have my grad party coming up saturday and am gonna need all the room I can get in my car for all the crap I gotta take to and from the party, lol.

 

Joe 5.0

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The driver seat is def heavier than the passenger, trust me I've taken them out enough times to know.

 

CManT1914

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Can't wait until tomorrwow. Got my grad party, and with the cash I'm thinking about getting some of these seats. Anybody know the weight on the Summit ones?

 

Swarzkopf

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I've got them sitting right next to each other in my closet, jtkz13. Lifting each one, I can't tell a difference. If the driver's seat is heavier, it's a small difference.

CManT1914, I don't know exactly what they weigh, but at most I'd say 15lbs for the actual plastic seat and another 3 for the mounting brackets. Those are REAL high estimates.

 

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Anyone have the $200 seats from summit? How are they? anyone?

 

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bump

 

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ljinx23 said:

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UnderPressureGT has em....PM him........

 

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I was looking into those just for the reclinability but chose to use the Corbeau Forza seats instead. Lost my recline function, BUT I lost a ton of weight going to that seat. $220 a piece. With the Corbeau brackets for both seats i was out the door for $641. I like them verey much.

 

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harley02 said:

I was looking into those just for the reclinability but chose to use the Corbeau Forza seats instead. Lost my recline function, BUT I lost a ton of weight going to that seat. $220 a piece. With the Corbeau brackets for both seats i was out the door for $641. I like them verey much.

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Got pics?

 

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wytstang

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harley you have pics?????

 

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harley02

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Yupp, here they come,,,

Just thought Id put that last one in, I dyed all interior parts to black and this is how the dash came out. Just gotta finish putting it all together.

 

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wow! how'd you dye those? what'd you use, any instructions etc would be great

 

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I put the Summit Racing seats in my 98. They cost $199.99 each, So far I really like them, at 1st I was worried about how the quality might be, but they have been in the car for a few months now and still look like they are brand new. Like someone else said, they are not a direct bolt in, I ended up using the two studs up fron and drill two holes for the rear. I also changed my interiot from tan to black, I got all black parts from a local junkyard except the dash which I decided to paint myself, it turned out pretty good I think, it looks really shiny, but I liked the armorall look anyway, here are some pics of everything.









and here is the actual car,hehe...