sparco seat install

[gallo]

i got a sparco pro 2000 what rails and sliders do you guys recommend . i want the seat to sit the same height or very slightly lower but not to much off. i have been in other cars where the seat feels like your on the floor and i dont like that. . any help is greatly appreciated. thx

[gallo]

morning bump

[s13josh]

i would use a buddy club seat bracket i beleive that they fit but im not 100percent

[Mister.E]

you really only have a few options as far as i know:

- Buddy Club
- Bride FG
- Nagisa Auto

As far as i know they all make your seat sit lower. i think the majority of people usually want to sit lower so that's the type of rails that the companies manufacture.

[besTint]

The side mounts listed above will work, but need to be modified. Almost all sparco seats are wider than brides. Ive fit up to a evo 2 plus in a s-charis with those rails.

http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/405939-buddy-club-sidemount-seat-rail-passenger-rh-s13-s14-s15.html

[gallo]

morning bump

[besTint]

i have a modified NAGISA rail for the drivers side that fits pro2000 as well. currrently on my car with pro2000 seats. im gonna be changing it with brides cause they pretty much sit lower. you can have it for $160 shipped.

if you want both pass and driver ill do $250 shipped.

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317148_2365247253715_1326390656_2726157_1660424055 _n.jpg

[ryandriftingfat]

I'll add some information - I have a June 2011 Sparco Pro2000 and brand new Bride FG rails.

http://givemeshred.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sparcobucket.jpg

There is no doubt that this combination sits higher than stock. I have the brackets on their lowest setting and my head still hits the sunroof with my helmet on - it didn't when I had the stock seat. I'm 6'2" and I'm going to have to mod my bracket, cut out the floorpan bump or cut out my sunroof. NONE of those sounds like fun.

Or I sell my fucking FG and buy god knows what.

[besTint]

that makes no sense. did you have to widen your fg rails to fit that seat? i have it on the lowest bracket in the rear, one up in the front and the seat pretty much floats right above the floor and i have plenty of room up top even with helmet at 6"

i cant even put my hand under the seat from the back. its almost sitting on the floor. FG rail gives me the lowest position. ive tried buddy club, and nagisa and both are higher. buddyclub being the highest.

thats why im selling my nagisa setup and going with the FG on both sides.

[ryandriftingfat]

that makes no sense. did you have to widen your fg rails to fit that seat? i have it on the lowest bracket in the rear, one up in the front and the seat pretty much floats right above the floor and i have plenty of room up top even with helmet at 6"

i cant even put my hand under the seat from the back. its almost sitting on the floor. FG rail gives me the lowest position. ive tried buddy club, and nagisa and both are higher. buddyclub being the highest.

thats why im selling my nagisa setup and going with the FG on both sides.

Nope - unboxed and bolted that shit up finger tight, mounted it in the car and tightened everything down. Sat in it and immediately my thighs hit my wheel. I don't see anything I've got wrong on it though so I'm not sure.

Can I buy you a beer? Let's meet and compare.

[Mister.E]

that makes no sense.

same shit just happened to me. I installed my brand new Sparco Sprint V with some Bride FG rails about a week ago and it sits higher than the stock seat did. Pretty pissed about the whole thing cuz from all of my research all i heard was how low the FG rails were, but there is at least a good 2-3 inches of room left under my seat. now im gonna have to sell the FG's and get a custom stationary low rail made just so i can fit in my car with a helmet.

[besTint]

same shit just happened to me. I installed my brand new Sparco Sprint V with some Bride FG rails about a week ago and it sits higher than the stock seat did. Pretty pissed about the whole thing cuz from all of my research all i heard was how low the FG rails were, but there is at least a good 2-3 inches of room left under my seat. now im gonna have to sell the FG's and get a custom stationary low rail made just so i can fit in my car with a helmet.

i dont know the sizing no the sprint V but i know for a fact that EVO's and pro2000's are wider than a, say for instance a bride zeta3. and because of that you cant just throw it in and onto the lowest setting cause it puts too much stress on the rails, trying to push it out.

what i had to to do to make it fit right was modify the rails by cutting off the mounting points and welding it back on but spread further apart. that was the only way i can get the pro2000 to sit to the lowest point on the bracket and still be able to easily slide forward and back on the sliders.

i tried putting on the rails and mounting it in the car but it was too wide. the mounting points were off by 2 inches so i dont know how you were able to just throw it in. that's why im saying MAKES NO SENSE.

like in this picture of a buddy club rail i had to the same thing... the mounting brackets were welded almost centered. what i did was move them over to the outside as far as i can get.

http://www.lovemytint.com/bestint/4sale/buddyclubrails/IMAG0949.jpg

Nope - unboxed and bolted that shit up finger tight, mounted it in the car and tightened everything down. Sat in it and immediately my thighs hit my wheel. I don't see anything I've got wrong on it though so I'm not sure.

Can I buy you a beer? Let's meet and compare.



dude bring your car by my shop. im not too far from you. and you can check out my seats. same seats as yours, i bet they even have the same exp date. probably from the same bactch. mine was just unloaded from sparco's last shipment. i have them on the pass side with modified bride FG's and the drivers with Nagisa single latch. the Bride FG's sit lower. pretty much on the floor and have plenty of room for 6'2" with a helmet. the drivers has just enough for 6' with a helmet but thats why im selling my nagisa setup so i can get a bride FG for my drivers side too.

[ryandriftingfat]

dude bring your car by my shop. im not too far from you. and you can check out my seats. same seats as yours, i bet they even have the same exp date. probably from the same bactch. mine was just unloaded from sparco's last shipment. i have them on the pass side with modified bride FG's and the drivers with Nagisa single latch. the Bride FG's sit lower. pretty much on the floor and have plenty of room for 6'2" with a helmet. the drivers has just enough for 6' with a helmet but thats why im selling my nagisa setup so i can get a bride FG for my drivers side too.

Cool, will do - tomorrow maybe? I'll send you a PM.

I don't know about having the cut the rails with a standard Pro2000. This is my second Pro2000/FG combo and I didn't have to mod the rails on either. My 2003 rails I had to shorten the rearward bolts about 8mm to clear the slider, and on my 2011 rails, I am only using 1 bolt on the rearward brackets. Otherwise though, everything bolts up.

The real bitch about this all, I bought this combo again because I LOVED it the first time around. I'm not sure if the seat has changed, or the rail, or both. 2003 version was sexy time, 2011 version is a suckfest.

[Mister.E]

i dont know the sizing no the sprint V but i know for a fact that EVO's and pro2000's are wider than a, say for instance a bride zeta3. and because of that you cant just throw it in and onto the lowest setting cause it puts too much stress on the rails, trying to push it out.

Yeah i figured that out during the install. however, i was able to jimmy that shit in there on the lowest setting when i installed it, and it still sits too high. I need Low-Max in my life.

[besTint]

changed to bride rails cause they sit on the ground. nagisa rails are now for sale.

http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/414234-nagisa-lh-seat-rail-s13-s14-s15-sidemount-ultra-low.html

they are low but not as low as the brides. you can see in the pic below. the passenger side has a bride FG rail and the drive is the Nagisa rail that im selling in the above link.

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317148_2365247253715_1326390656_2726157_1660424055 _n.jpg