copycat seats

[Gez]

Anyone had any experince with recaro/sparco/cobra copy seats?
Is the standard alot less than genuine ones? are they as comfy?
Looking for new front seat, would love trendlines but too expensive.
Also looking at evo 8 and acord type r but not much luck.
any opinions?

 

[Daniel]

Do you mean cheap Ebay replica's?

Would you really want to be sat in one of those in an accident???

 

[Gez]

well thats what im asking. are they that bad or are they basically the same but noname on them.

 

[Daniel]

I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole tbh. They are cheap for a reason. No such thing as a free lunch.

 

[.GAZ.]

http://www.myhotcorvette.com/Isotta/Racing-Seats/Isotta-Daytona-Style-Sport-Seat-_-TS02BL/581644/

Been offered these in a straight swap for my 172 seats!

 

[Firas]

those ones gaz are replica's of sparco torino 2 which are very comfy but i dont know how these will compare considering sparco torino's cost over 1k last time i checked on demon tweeks

 

[Naith]

they are copies for a reason. might sound snobbish but id be embaressed to buy them, granted real ones are more but riding OEM until you can get some decent branded ones is classier and safer imo

 

[Hutchie]

dont listen to these snobs just do it

 

[Naith]

n thank hutchie when they fall apart on the M6 and u look a tit

 

[Tom@JMS]

keep checking on here mate link (old link I have bookmarked so try a new search)

give it a couple of weeks I guarantee you will have a set of decent seats.

When looking for mine a couple of months ago I found 2-3 sets that were worthy of my pennies within 5 days.

 

[cat171]

I'd not touch replica seats at all tbh. Evo 8 seats come up a fair bit on ebay, it's just a case of keep on looking.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

TBH Seats really don't cost much to make, so I wouldn't be worried on that front, but if they're working on a budget you don't know what they could be cutting costs on.

They should be fit for purpose though and definately shouldn't fall apart.