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Adz2332 Grand Master

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Hey all,

Have been looking around at a few of the cheaper brands of sport seats just wanted to know if any one had any opinions on them.

Have found a few....

Forza - Have a carbon backing.. Love the look of that.

SAAS - Dont reali like the look of

JJR or JDM - Knock off of bride

OBX - ???

ANyone had any of these? What did you think?

I like the Forza seats anyone had them? Pics below

Any other suggestions? All the seats where under $600 a pair

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I have previously bought some cheap ebay seats and some Drift seats form Autobarn.

The ebay seats never made it in the car, poor quality and I used the driver Drift seat for 1 month

Comfort was OK, not great, but the fabric was starting to show wear and starting to come apart at the seams.

The fabric is pretty commonly used on the Drift and SAAS OBX etc.

So I sold them all and paid $1600 for a s/hand set of Garage Impul seats and have no looked back

You get what you pay for.

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I have previously bought some cheap ebay seats and some Drift seats form Autobarn.

The ebay seats never made it in the car, poor quality and I used the driver Drift seat for 1 month

Comfort was OK, not great, but the fabric was starting to show wear and starting to come apart at the seams.

The fabric is pretty commonly used on the Drift and SAAS OBX etc.

So I sold them all and paid $1600 for a s/hand set of Garage Impul seats and have no looked back

You get what you pay for.

yer i thought that.. but i thought forza seats were ok???

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yer i thought that.. but i thought forza seats were ok???

By the time you buy some cheap seats and then rails, you are better off with factory GTR seats

Otherwise spend more and get some s/hand recaro, bride etc.

Even if you find some comfy cheap seats, most have the same type of mesh fabric which will need replacing in 6-12 months. That makes them not so cheap after all.

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I wanna put my STI seats in the R33. That are so comfy and hold pretty well. I think it will just be a f**k around wiht the rails.

Carbon backing on the back of the seat looks awesome tho. I have never seen those seats before.

Yer i like the carbon look on the back, the pics is just of the black platic but pay an extra 60 and u get carbon... just found them looking through ebay.

also can get in red

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Are you guys forgetting something... Racing seats unless engineered and/or approved to be legal will be deemed illegal and you will be defected.

mate in SA or so i was told as long as the seats and rails are ADR approved and they are reclinable and needed no HUGE mods to fit they are legal.

BUt hey could be wrong! lol

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The thing with those cheap seats is that the rails don't fit properly and you'll need big modifications. But yeah, what isn't defectable these days.

Best to get some second hand re-trimmed GTR seats in my opinion.

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The thing with those cheap seats is that the rails don't fit properly and you'll need big modifications. But yeah, what isn't defectable these days.

Best to get some second hand re-trimmed GTR seats in my opinion.

I agree and would love some GTR seats but they are hard to come by!

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