I've had these Sparco EVO seats in my garage for a couple of months and reallly wanted to get them installed ASAP in anticipation of my plan to get some time on the track at least once a month this year. What kept putting me off was the PITA installing Sparco seats seemed to be for most people and the desire to make sure I found some base brackets that lowered, not raised, my seating position. After talking to several people I was all set to bite the bullet and purchase some Sparco brackets and side mounts knowing that I would need to do some drilling/fabrication to make everything match up.

But then RJ stepped in. As luck would have it RJ was selling a pair corbeau brackets and Sparco side mounts that he used for his EVO seats - best part was they had been welded and pre-drilled by a shop so everything would just bolt right in. Too good to be true, right? Almost.

The base brackets and side mounts were perfect, no problems at all there - but the install wasn't as easy as I thought. A couple of the hols in the seat for the side mount were not drilled in the fiberglass exactly right from Sparco, so the hole in the seat and the threads were offset. What is it with Sparco and getting holes in the right place? Anyway, after a little work with my drill it all worked fine. RJ recommended bolting everything together outside the car and then dropping in the seats - sounds good. The passenger seat was a cinch and it wasn't until I had the driver seat sitting in the car on the brackets that I realized I had the driver's position all wrong. So, like a dumbass I tried to adjust the seat in the car thinking it would be easy - wrong. Anyway, after a long struggle with bolts not going in when they really should have, some cursing and then just taking the seat out and doing it the right way everything went in fine.

Mini-review: The seats fit like a glove of course. Getting in and out of the car is a bit more difficult now, but the car is not a daily driver. On a quick spin the biggest thing that stood out to me was how much more connnected to the car I feel. It seems that I can even feel more of what the car is doing through the seat of my pants - and that is a huge bonus when on the track IMO. Seating position is slightly lower than stock - but a quick removal of the seats bottom cushion will drop me down even further. I can't wait to get these out on the track and feel how the work in that environment.

A HUGE thanks to RJ for the brackets and mounts! Not only did he sell them to me for a good price, he was very helpful when I had questions about the install. I know people somethimes think RJ is a hardass around here - but he is a great guy and gets
from me.

Photo disclaimer: The harness you see is used for autox and street racing (J/K ) only. I still have the stock belts for all other purposes. A roll bar/cage is planned for later this year.








Modified by Flux at 4:57 PM 2/24/2005

 

Hey, I'm jealous. Mine don't say "Sparco" on the back.


Noice btw


They be super comfortable for us girthier gents.

 

looks nice man.

 

Kickass, glad you got them in!!!

Now ditch that stock steering wheel.. it is t3h sux when getting in and out of those seats JDM non-srs is quite nice.... perfect for the car

 

no radio ???

OMG!!!



OH and nice seats

 

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Now ditch that stock steering wheel.. it is t3h sux when getting in and out of those seats JDM non-srs is quite nice.... perfect for the car </TD></TR></TABLE>



That is not the stock wheel - it is the JDM SRS wheel.


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OMG!!!

OH and nice seats </TD></TR></TABLE>

Gauges are planned where the radio once lived

 

Those pics make me miss my R.

I had the same problems with my Sparco Evo -- the screw holes in the seat just aren't perfect.

Also, be careful with them, as over time, they'll tend to want to strip -- one of my screws won't stay in the front right hole. I have to keep tightening it. If I knew that from the beginning, I would have been a lot more careful when bolting the screws in.

 

Glad to see you got them in Jonathan

 

OMG, RJ's caR paRts are trans continental

&lt;--Has his gauge beezel

 

Watch out, I'm going internationizzle soon!

 

love it man, but why not just take out the old seat belts? keeps sake? haha

 

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International or not still GHEY in my book for selling the R!

Seats look good and yet similar to my Evo2's. Although I think mine sit a bit lower. You will love them on track!

 

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Seats look good and yet similar to my Evo2's. Although I think mine sit a bit lower. You will love them on track! </TD></TR></TABLE>

These are the EVO2s. I think they started calling them (or at least putting it on the seat) the EVO L.

 

&lt;------------ Jealous. How much did they run you?

 

Do the side of the seats touch the door padding? Also, I found it was tough to get the seats lined up "straight".

I just have the regular EVOs though.

 

OMG! 14 replies and noone's flamed him for having a harness and strait back seats with no roll cage....AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

 

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You obviously didn't read my entire post which includes a disclaimer...

 

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You obviously didn't read my entire post which includes a disclaimer... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, yep, didn't see the fine print looks good to me

 

What kinda rear tie bar you got goin there? Nice how you dont have to cut out part of the panels in the back to fit it.

 

Looks good, just put evo III recaros into my eclipse:

 

4 point belts =

 

omfg i have a set of those 4 pt belts! they suck ***! they are skinny as hell, (2") and they ride up on you like no tommorow!

 

I'm thinking about using my belts from the stock setup (since there black) on adding another point to the harness... bolt it to the ground. use the mail/female connector to the current latch.

 

If this is a street car ditch the harness all together and use the stock belt. Those 4pt belts are not only uncomfortable, but unsafe and you will probably get a ticket for it if you are pulled over wearing them.

 

Yea right...

The cops around here don't know there right nut from the left.