Thoughts on seat upgrades - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

husker boxster · 01-21-2023, 06:15 AM

I may not give you a definitive answer, but want to add a few tidbits to consider:

Be careful if you do a different seat between driver and passenger. All PCA regions will require you to have the same seat belts for driver and passenger. If you put a race seat in the driver's side, they may require you to have one for the passenger too. This is so an instructor riding along has the same protection as the driver. They may be lienient if you just had a sport seat for the driver and regular for the passenger, but be aware this could be a tech issue.

I have sport seats in my CSS. I notice at times I slide around in the seat. Not a lot, but I'm not fully strapped in and immobile. There may be just some inherent movement with any stock seat.

Maybe an alcantara insert would help? I have alcantara in my LE and while I don't get too rambunctious with her, the alcantara does keep me more planted in the seat. Maybe there'd be less friction taking a corner at 90mph that 50, but if you're having an upholsterer do some work an alcantara insert might be worth looking into.

I was wondering if you'd have to wire the airbags in the 987/997 seats but then remembered the airbag in a 986 is in the door, so no issues there.

Sorry for not giving you a definitive answer, but wanted to give you some more items to chew on.

KevinH1990 · 01-21-2023, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by husker boxster

Be careful if you do a different seat between driver and passenger. All PCA regions will require you to have the same seat belts for driver and passenger.

Thanks for sharing this piece of information. That is something I may not have realized until after I made a decision. I could have shown up for a DE event and failed the safety inspection.

Thanks for the suggestion on Alcantara inserts. I saw a Porsche 356 that had been used on the track in the 1960's. The center of the seats had been upholstered in corduroy. I was wondering whether the driver also wore corduroy to hold him in place. Alcantara inserts may have a similar effect.