so my mom got me ebay racing seats for xmas.. lol. but they're not here yet. anyone know the pros on cons on em? or should i just return/sell em once i get em and keep the stock gsr seats.

 

orrr are they pretty cool and just keep em.

 

lucky haha... depends on how they look

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by phoshyzzle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lucky haha... depends on how they look</TD></TR></TABLE>

they pretty sick she printed out the picture. Its black w/ red stitchings haha. i wanna know if they hella suck or they're ok

 

id rock em

 

sorry to burst your bubble but ive read a few threads about ebay racing seats and ppl say they are weak and if you lean back on them hard they crack or break, so i only heard bad things about ebay seats. were they like in the $200-350 dollar range? maybe you can post pics?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

thats an exact copy of the post my mom ordered for me. its already on its way. So from what you hear should i just return them or sell them?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DOHCgarage919 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry to burst your bubble but ive read a few threads about ebay racing seats and ppl say they are weak and if you lean back on them hard they crack or break, so i only heard bad things about ebay seats. were they like in the $200-350 dollar range? maybe you can post pics?</TD></TR></TABLE>

^ what this man said. at least OEM seats have time and money into the R&D... whereas eBay seats do not. i wouldn't sit in them with somebody else's ***, honestly... i would 10x rather be in an accident in some OEM Honda seats.

i think that was a really sweet thought on your mom's part though!

 

i'd use them

 

sell em...i had some in my car...and when i would lean back the seat would just brake..=/ so then i had to use a b-pillar bar...=/

 

I have a buddy who runs those same seats (different color) in his IROC Camaro w/ 4pt harnesses and he loves them. They're actually rather comfy from what i remember of them. Just because they're Ebay doesn't make them automatically junk. I say try them out and see how you like them

 

i'd mob em. they look pretty decent. better then my 3a racing ones, they are junk.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1fstdc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sell em...i had some in my car...and when i would lean back the seat would just brake..=/ so then i had to use a b-pillar bar...=/ </TD></TR></TABLE>

see even this guy said he had a set and they broke, i say first try um out and if they break they break but i doubt there any good, but hey you have a cool mom, i never get car parts no matter what holiday lol

 

id say use them to make your mom happy...no matter what she says...i doubt she would want to see you sell something she bought for you...i'm sure she looked for a pair of seats she thought looked good and that you would enjoy..just use them...if they brake...who cares...at least it made your mom happy for a while..and who knows..maybe you get a pair of quality seats from someone who obviously cares about you...love my mom..but she never got me crap for my car..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by projectstacy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">id say use them to make your mom happy...no matter what she says...i doubt she would want to see you sell something she bought for you...i'm sure she looked for a pair of seats she thought looked good and that you would enjoy..just use them...if they brake...who cares...at least it made your mom happy for a while..and who knows..maybe you get a pair of quality seats from someone who obviously cares about you...love my mom..but she never got me crap for my car..</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree. I'm sure it will hurt her feelings if you sell em. And from an experience stand point, I used to have those same seats....except they had an R-1 logo stitched on them. Comfy seats yes.....safe? NO. However, you can have a fabricator reinforce at least the backing for you.

The seats I had.....I took them apart and looked at em. They weren't what I would track them with....not even on a 1/4 strip. Though they looked nice......you're probably going to want to invest in a back plate and maybe even a bottom one for your ***

As far as those brackets are concerned....I'm pretty certain you're NOT going to be able to use them. You're going to want to re-use your stock seat brackets when installing those seats.

 

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-Yea idk about those seats. I talked a friend out of getting those after I read how unsafe and easy they break. But, I would sport em anyways for atleast a little while if my mom bought them. Even if they are junk, you can also switch back to the oem ones.

 

To add more to what I posted to the OP, as long as you're NOT tracking the car....or even going down the 1/4 mile strip, those seats should be fine. But still, for at least the safety aspect of it....look into having it reinforced even for street driving purposes. Can never tell when an idiot not paying attention to the road is gonna meet up with you in the wrong way.

If nothing else, they make good chairs if you live in an apartment with no furniture

 

I've sat in both real JDM ITR Recaros and those fake seats. They both feel pretty comfy but I met a guy once at a car meet with a replica seat that was broken near the head region

 

just keep them just appreciate what your mom gave you.what if she checks your car and sees the oem seats and is expecting to see the seats she bought for you in the car and doesnt dont you think she will feel less appreciated plus what are you going to tell her i didnt like the seats so i sold them i think thats messed up if you sell them just try them if they break atleast you gave them a chance and wont make your mom feel bad.thats my opinion

 

Wait till they come in and see. Some ebay stuff is **** but some is prett f-in sick so i would say wait and see. I didn't see any place for the stock seat belt. Harness?????

 

I would install it, you just got one mom. Can't make her happy all the time but when you can you should

 

I have one of the ebay seats in my da.It looks nice but the brackets are a (expletive).I used the weapon R bracket and I still had to do some cutting and welding for it to fit.It sits up a bit higher than the stock seat though.I've had it for about a year and no problems with it as far as safety goes.It does have a slight(very minor) shift to it when you brake hard because of how they made it with the sliders.

 

one cool mom

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by adam081904 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would install it, you just got one mom. Can't make her happy all the time but when you can you should</TD></TR></TABLE> this made me you should be appreciative of the seats and show your mom some

 

i would also rock em to make my mom happy. when i was little i started noticing how it kinda hurt her to see the clothes she bought me for christmas collecting dust in the closet with all the tags, i cant imagine how she would feel if she took the time to find some racing seats (nice looking ones btw) to just watch me sell them