Are you madabout kit cars      
 "We've Got Kit Cars Covered" Information about Madabout-Kitcars.com Contact Madabout-Kitcars.com         Home of UK kit cars - madabout-kitcars.com Various kit car write ups All the latest kit car news Kit car related and general discussion

Search
Manufacturers
Kit Cars
Kit Car Data sheets
Picture Gallery
SVA Knowledgebase
Clubs & Communities
Build cost estimator
Kit cars for sale
Knowledge Base 
KitcarUSA.com
Classic-Kitcars.com
 

Go Back   Madabout Kitcars Forum > Mad Build Area > Phantom GTR/Vortex Builds

Phantom GTR/Vortex Builds In a Vortex with your Phantom build? Share your build experiences here.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10th May 2014, 06:35
GttNz GttNz is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 10
GttNz is on a distinguished road
Default Seat Choices

Hi All,

I'm just starting on a GTT build and would appreciate anyone's thoughts/experiences in what choice I have regarding seats.

I have spoken to Chris and he's keen on Recaro but I was thinking more along the lines of some used OEM seats and if necessary re-furbishing them in a light leather to match the interior.

I have the approximate dimensions from Chris, know the mounts are Recaro spacing, they have to tilt and I gather there's not a huge amount of height to play with so not too many goodies under the seat - heat/cooling etc.

I see someone has used S2000 seats - anyone used any others?

Regards,

Andy
Reply With Quote
Available from eBay
  #2  
Old 11th May 2014, 22:19
EddyP EddyP is offline
Senior Member
Enthusiast
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 226
EddyP is on a distinguished road
Default

Hi Andy,

Recaros are a good choice and what I have in my car, mine are the Sportline model which I then had retrimmed to match.
Similar seats were fitted to Mitsubushi Evos, but they didn't have the optional lever to tilt forward which is useful.

I also for a while half owned the Black car which had S2000 seats in, the downside to the S2000 seats is they don't tilt forward enough to get to the area behind, which is a very useful space for luggage. I have an S2000 as my daily driver too and they are very nice comfy seats.

It's the tilting part that you'll find hard, as pretty much every sports car doesn't need access behind the seats. Perhaps 911/944/924 seats might be an exception to that?

Other thing to consider is, if you can find them in the right trim colour for what you want it'll save you quite a bit, my recaros cost £500 to have retrimmed, and that was + materials, at around £250, so about £750, just to trim a pair of seats, and thats a cheap price!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12th May 2014, 21:05
GttNz GttNz is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 10
GttNz is on a distinguished road
Default

Ed, thanks for the info & quick post I'll try to get some measurements of some Porsche options before falling back to Recaro as a back up. I hadn't thought re-trimming would be quite that expensive either so I'll factor that in - thanks.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +0. The time now is 11:22.

copyright © madabout-kitcars.com 2000-2024
terms and conditions | privacy policy