Seat updates for the car.
The stock seats at 175,000+ miles where simply shot. Driver's side bolsters had collapsed and the passenger seat wobbled in a rather peculiar way. After removing it I think that there is some structural damage to the seat so I'm glad I replaced it. Having a seat fail in a crash can be fatal.
The replacements arrived just in time for installation before the season's final event (Round 7) on Sunday October 9th. Getting them into the car was a bit of a challenge so I brought one home at a time.
Installation was a bear. A number of modifications had to be made to the seat to get the head/helmet height safely below the roll bar. As you can see a lot of foam had to be removed from the seat pan area to get the fit and height I desired.
I somehow lucked out and was able to re-fit the stock sliders to the new seats instead of having to fabricate brackets which I feel would be negated and saftey benefit to replacing the seats as the brackets might have failed themselves. Instead the factory hardware bolted to the bottom of the seats. Some persuasion was required to get the bolts and holes lined up but thankfuly nothing extreme and no holes had to be modified or added.
Here is a comparison shot of the old seat and replacement (this is driver's side if you care). As you can see the replacement seats are quite a bit larger in both height and width than the stock seats, which are already a tight fit. But, with some work they did fit!
Final results. Although they look like they have room they are a really tight fit in the car but I'm glad I put in the effort. They support they offer is excellent and they are plenty comfortable. A road trip is in the works to test out the seats, I just need to decided WHERE. Despite the cosmetic nature of this modification I feel that it's really a performance modification since it will provide a lot more support while driving the car in competitive events.
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