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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 08:30 AM
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Guys,
I just put in my 4 pt rollbar and it fits great, but I am still a bit concerned about my head being crushed. In the event of a rollover, which I don't plan on doing anytime soon, I still feel like my head with a helmet on couldbe crushed with 5 pt harnesses on. I currently have a stock seat and I have looked at replacing it, but it appears that even aftermarkets dont lower the seat that much when you use sliders. The car is still street driven and I want to keep it still semi street drivable and do HPDE's etc.... Any opinions on what I should do? Am I worried about nothing?
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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 09:04 AM
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You are correct... even aftermarket seats aren't much lower when you use rails and sliders... These cars aren't made for us tall bastids... I'm 6'3" and had to make custom rails(out of Angle Iron) and mount my Kirkey Aluminum Road Race seat as close to the floor as possible, in order to feel somewhat safe for racing. No way I coud have fit sliders in there too.
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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 10:26 AM
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get a set of del sol seats. They sit about 2 1/2 inches lower that integra seats.
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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 04:28 PM
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So what do the taller people do?
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 12:26 PM
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get a set of del sol seats. They sit about 2 1/2 inches lower that integra seats.
I have heard this... But why are they lower? Are the sliders different?
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