http://www.importatlanta.com/f...70701

I was thinking of getting a set - but don't want "rota" seats.....

Thoughts?

 

"Even on Ebay these Replicas are $480 dollars plus $100 shipping

But you can pick them up from us locally for $400"

That leads me to believe they are replicas.

 

^ That is a dead giveaway.

Also, if you go to Brides website; Batlground is not listed as a dealer.

Furthermore, on Brides website, that seat is not even released yet...it's "coming soon".

The I think the biggest giveaway is the price. Brides older seats sold for over double that amount. This seat, will probably sell in the ballpark of $1,400 each.

But it's a damn good copy.

 

It is an aesthetically good copy, but I will bet any amount of money that fabric will fade within 1 day of sunlight contact.

 

Yeah, I agree it'll fade quickly. What would really suck is if the reclining mechanism fails. On cheap chinese made seats, that tends to happen.

 

well apparently, these seats are made in the same factory as the 'real' bride seats.

i guess they had some contract issues (what was alluded to), so they can't say they are REAL JDM BRIDE seats.

But if they are made by the same people in the same factory, and it's just a copyright and licensing issue for the US and JAPAN markets, then ..... well you get my point.

i was planning to purchase some real GIAS, but the price on these will certainly fit my budget a great deal better.

are there any material or design ques that I should take note of before purchasing? That would lend me to believe they are indeed made in the same factory and from the same design/ tooling/ materials?

 

heard of those and for sure are fake. from what ive heard theyre made by a company called bride in china or some ****.

 

I'm not sure if I buy that reasoning. According to Bride, their products are made in Japan - not Taiwan or China (where most copies come from).

I checked on Ebay and there are tons of reclinable Bride seats, including the Gias. Which means that fake reclinable system could be used this Gias seat.

The blackmarket has really duplicated this seat well, all the way down to the little tag that says "Bride". The details are uncanny.

If you check out the PDF at Brides site, you can see that their gradiant is darker and richer than the seats offered on Ebay and Batlground (who are also on Ebay). Those seats look lighter. Someone is even selling Bride fabric, which suspeciously has the same light gradiant look to it.

So far, all we have are pics and you can only do so much with that. In my opinion, those seats are fake and really really good fakes at that.

I wouldnt blame you if you bought them.

 

buy them, wait until bride releases the actual seats, and then see if anyone can tell the difference.

<--- puts money on "no one will ever know"

 

...did anyone read the title?

"BRIDE (Replica) GIAS SEATS (not a group buy) "

 

Found some relevant info on a BMW forum: http://forums.bimmerforums.com...79373

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BMW forum &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Which is not the same company (nor a subsidiary) as Bride of Japan.

Someone merely trademarked "BRIDE of Taiwan™" and decided to produce replicas.

There is no chance a company would decide, "hey these $1800 dollar seats are selling great buuuuuuuuuut, let's make a subsidiary company in Taiwan to sell the same seats for 1/4 the price! We'll be rich!"

Knock-off safety equipment is beyond stupid. </TD></TR></TABLE>


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Knock Bride Seller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I never said they were the same companies, these are high quality replicas made from a trademarked business in Taiwan. If you want the real thing go pay $2700, that's perfectly mine with me. </TD></TR></TABLE>


So there you go. I believe someone did the same thing in Canada. They trademarked Bride and can legally use it there.


Modified by CARMA_626 at 6:06 PM 4/30/2008

 

damn.... im not one to buy replicas of stuff but those look super super nice for the price I kinda want a pair for the wrx

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_Greg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...did anyone read the title?

"BRIDE (Replica) GIAS SEATS (not a group buy) "

</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_Greg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...did anyone read the title?

"BRIDE (Replica) GIAS SEATS (not a group buy) "

</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_Greg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...did anyone read the title?

"BRIDE (Replica) GIAS SEATS (not a group buy) "

</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_Greg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...did anyone read the title?

"BRIDE (Replica) GIAS SEATS (not a group buy) "

</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_Greg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...did anyone read the title?

"BRIDE (Replica) GIAS SEATS (not a group buy) "

</TD></TR></TABLE>



To be honest, those look like a damn good copy.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Markland Photo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">



To be honest, those look like a damn good copy. </TD></TR></TABLE>

true. i was thinking it'd be a big bulky crappy replica, but actually looks authentic. $400 bucks isn't a bad price, people pay almost that much for F1specs and memoryfabs and those are nothing but replicas too.

 

lol

 

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true. i was thinking it'd be a big bulky crappy replica, but actually looks authentic. $400 bucks isn't a bad price, people pay almost that much for F1specs and memoryfabs and those are nothing but replicas too.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That doesnt justify buying replicas. I guess in the end its all up to you. But a copy is a copy. The way i see it, is if you buy a copy you are contributing to the downfall of the tuning culture. Just save up for the real thing. Besides they are seats.....dont you want quality in your car as opposed to unsafe copies?

 

I'll guarantee that stock seats are engineered better than any replica seat.

Whatever. Go ahead and trust that seat with your girlfriend/wife/sister sitting in it in an accident, hoping that it doesn't completely fall apart due to poor construction.

Sometimes saving money isn't worth it.

 

Waiting on my real ones to arrive from Japan

 

why whould you buy knockoff race seats, your gonna trust your life to some sweatshop in china/taiwan these seats were designed and produced by some scumbag from a third world country lookin to make a quick buck by stealling someone eles design

knockoff safty equipment is the dumbest thing iv ever heard, knockoff seats, harnesses, rails, rims get a big from me

 

Sad industry

 

There is no R&D in these knockoffs and the safety im sure is less than par. Although the appearance is nice and seems to be a good replica when your buying real BRIDE your paying for the name and research put into it to make them safe and reliable.

Also correct me if im wrong but the authentic GIAS is offered in a carbon backing not fibreglass?

 

Alot of people who buy these seats never even use them. $2000 for a pair of seats just to daily in is not something the normal person would even dare think about. For every person who says save up for seats, there are going to be 200 who are going to jump on this deal. and big deal.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 01-0720 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why whould you buy knockoff race seats, your gonna trust your life to some sweatshop in china/taiwan these seats were designed and produced by some scumbag from a third world country lookin to make a quick buck by stealling someone eles design

knockoff safty equipment is the dumbest thing iv ever heard, knockoff seats, harnesses, rails, rims get a big from me</TD></TR></TABLE>
oh man trust me i remember having this argument a thousand times. Little nick nack parts and stuff are whatever when people buy them just cause they look like the original but are too cheap or impatient to save for the real ones, but safety equipment like seats...wow. You have more of a chance to get in a fatal accident than on a track. When that seat fails cause you couldnt just wait double the time it took to save the extra money then what? You did save 1k but you lost 1 life. Nice trade off.

At least make sure those fakes have been tested correctly. EVERYTHING IS IN A LABEL. Businesses thrive over their NAME cause it about trust. Would you buy knock off harnesses and airbags. ****.

 

Hmmm i ve had these for over a year and they look as new as the first day i got them... no material fade or anything.. I sell BOTH the Real Brides and these ones and side to side and seating on them they look exactly the same...The only difference is that one is Carbon Kevlar backing the other not... hence why they are so expensive vs the cheaper priced seat.


I dont know why ppl are still so afraid of Taiwan products.. In the past yes Taiwan were bad quality but in the past years they have raised their quality a lot... I sell some Taiwan made engine parts (Pistons, valves) for 1/3 of the price a forged piston cost and i have customer making 600+ whp on some of these products..

I think ppl are just biased..in the same way they think highly of a brand only because its Japanese, they also think bad of Taiwan product just because it is made there... Sadly alot of these so called Japanese products ITS NOT Exactly made in Japan.. It might be finished or packed at a Japanese warehouse or maybe designed on a drawing table in Japan but the core of the product was not produced in Japan (sometimes the only thing really made in Japan was the packing box...lol).... and ppl are so dumb to pay waaay extra just because it says "made in Japan"...

Where do you think that Very famous companies in the USA, BIG Companies of aftermarket products, send their products to be done? Its not on a USA factory where a guy is not gonna work unless he gets paid $20 bucks an hour... When there is the exact machine that does the same product with the same specs but with ppl that will do it for 4 bucks an hour..
Dont be fooled by just a Brand name..

 

the price on these seats seem to good to be true and the seller has no feedback yet but the seats say "made in japan". what do u guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bride...Q5fAccessories