Just ordered GT3 seats

[David_J]

Well I finally pulled the trigger and order some GT3 seats. They should be arriving Friday this week. I have a car show I will be attending in Portland, OR next weekend and thought the seats would be a good addition. I wanted the seats for autocrossing, but used the show as a justification to get them now.

Now I just need to get some harnesses for them. Luckily there are many places around here that sell them.

-David

From what I have learned this week, Oprah won't be comfortable in your new seats!

[David_J]

I probably won't be comfortable either, but it will force me to lose the weight I've gained over the past year.

I have driven my friends 996 with GT3 seats and they seemed to be fine, but that was also about 10 lbs ago.

Weight loss program, here I come.

-David

[Perfectlap]

Yeah the holidays snuck up on me and I coud see the extra 5-7 pounds every time I fastened the seat belt. REPULSIVE.
In a momment of desperation (too cold to get the Bianchi out) i ordered one of those ab chairs from home shopping network. LOL But the ability to stetch out my back on that thing after sitting in that GT3 seat is addictive! I have a congenital back defect (tail bone fused to 1st v.) Beats Roman chair sit ups by a mile.

anyhoo, I'm Assuming you ordered black seats. I saw a guy on Rennlist with a really nice set of Simpson belts in Silver(1-800-654-7223). I think they are cheaper than the Schroths (which Porsche rebadges as their own).) The Simpsons are the Platnium series cam lock 6 pt. harnesses with 3" lap belts and 2" sub belts. Make sure to get the "pull up" and not pull down. Hard to adjust the pull downs.


In the meantime you can use the CG-Lock for Autocross. They have a great installation guide on the site.
http://www.cg-lock.com/

from a driving point of view my Toyo RA1's and those seats were the best mod to date. You'll have to get used to sitting lower, you'll drop a couple of inches.

p.s.
You'll need a set of reverse torx sockets to fasten it to the floor. that delayed my installation as I waited the bits to come from mail order, ebay if I remember.

[djomlas]

what kinda loss do u experience when u wanna sell the? just curious

[David_J]

The seats are black leather. I will be recovering the inserts with a grey suede to match the grey interior I currrently have. I don't think that will get done before the car show I have next week.

Originally Posted by djomlas

what kinda loss do u experience when u wanna sell the? just curious

It would depend on the buyer. If someone wanted GT3 seats, then I couldn't see that impacting the price at all. If I sell the car, the GT3 seats would probably just come out. My stock seats are full power with memory and heated. To most buyers, those would be a better choice.

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I have a congenital back defect (tail bone fused to 1st v.)

I have the same condition. I have a hard time being comfortable in any seat. I figure the GT3 seat couldn't cause me that much more pain.

-David