ROTtec gt3 seats ? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Topless · 08-12-2011, 07:06 AM

Recaro, Cobra, Momo, Corbeau, and Sparco also make seats that are FIA approved at reasonable prices. If you want exact custom color matched materials they cost a lot more. The best containment seat for racing is also the most difficult to get in/out of for street use.

Why choose a FIA approved seat?
They have actually been crash tested and meet minimum safety standards. Stock (DOT approved) seats and FIA approved seats have a long history of withstanding serious crash events and safely containing the occupants.

Why not choose a Chinese knockoff seat? They cost a lot less:
They have never been tested. They might be perfectly safe in a serious crash... they might not. The only way to find our if your untested seat will withstand a potentially fatal crash is to wreck your car. Essentially you are the crash test dummy.

Choose wisely.

Perfectlap · 08-12-2011, 07:19 AM

I'd like to see those FIA tests. Do they mirror real world collisions (side impacts vs. an SUV) or are they more like a solo accident against a wall (race track type accident).

Also, there are many levels of FIA standards. The most basic isn't that safe. Put it this way I think the factory seat would be much safer than a budget $300 MOMO or Cobra seat that bend like a Pepsi can around you. A truely safe racing seat is VERY expensive using Kevlar and other materials that you'll never find a budget seat. Point is what is safe on an autcross course or track is not necessarily safer than what you've already got in your car now. An Ebay Chinese seat definitely not.

Johnny Danger · 08-12-2011, 07:57 AM

These guys were popular over on the Planet-9 site for awhile.

http://www.motordrive.com/acatalog/Competition_Seats.html

Topless · 08-12-2011, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I'd like to see those FIA tests. Do they mirror real world collisions (side impacts vs. an SUV) or are they more like a solo accident against a wall (race track type accident).

Also, there are many levels of FIA standards. The most basic isn't that safe. Put it this way I think the factory seat would be much safer than a budget $300 MOMO or Cobra seat that bend like a Pepsi can around you. A truely safe racing seat is VERY expensive using Kevlar and other materials that you'll never find a budget seat. Point is what is safe on an autcross course or track is not necessarily safer than what you've already got in your car now. An Ebay Chinese seat definitely not.

The test conditions are available for every FIA approved seat. Google is your friend if you really want to know. Each seat Mfg will provide the info as well.