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Mmm-Five · 8th October 2008, 14:24

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Originally Posted by Stevie

IF you realy want to use true buckets (if so drivers only, as you WANT your passenger seat adjustable, trust me!) stay away from flimsy Sparco's as their construction allows them to flex, and the rolled edges create 10cm of fitting h*ll as their often too wide to properly fit. We often ose steel Sabelt Racer's for the reasons above, and those two extra kilo's realy don't matter!

I was originally looking at a pair of Recaro CS seats

á la the new BMW Motorsport catalogue.
However once I tried sitting in them I realised they weren't particularly supportive for my larger/lardy build.

I was persuaded to try the Recaro Pole Position ABEs

in the same shop instead - MUCH better. I enquired about buying a set in beige alcantara - but they couldn't give me a sensible price (£400-£800 each with rails & mounts for adjustability/tilting) or timescale (8-26 weeks

) so I walked.

Have put the seat upgrade on hold for now as I'm not using the car much whilst working in Dubai.

davidoli · 8th October 2008, 21:58

Those Recaros look lovely !

I prefer the Pole Positions .

D

Mmm-Five · 9th October 2008, 07:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidoli

Those Recaros look lovely !

I prefer the Pole Positions .

D

The Pole Position ABE is a TUV approved version of the Pole Position race seat, but has special adaptations to use a normal lap belt.

There's a bit more width to it around where the lap strap goes over, but I was surprised at how I still fitted in it - I thought it would be as small & tight as a Caterham Tillet seat.

davidoli · 10th October 2008, 00:20

A couple of pics from BMWCC Donington Track Day :

I must believe that I am a better driver than I actually am , because I convinced myself that I nearly rescued this situation , when the pictures appear to suggest that I was nowhere near keeping us on the track !

Steve seems to think we are just going for a cruise up the high street , judging his arm out of the window pose that nearly got us black flagged :

I managed to lose the back , stamping hard on the throttle exiting the 2nd gear chicane , chasing an E36 M3 :

Again , I told Steve that I had almost saved this spin , when in actual fact , we were lucky that I never put us into the pit wall !

LE38/50

Richard B's lovely LHD 3.8 :

D

Phlem5 · 10th October 2008, 01:51

Some nice pic's David, wall looking a tad close there! still waiting on a decent shot of the e30.......

LittleBlueBMW · 10th October 2008, 22:49

scared me there with that wall.

davidoli · 10th October 2008, 23:10

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Originally Posted by LittleBlueBMW

scared me there with that wall.

You're not the only one !

nebpor · 11th October 2008, 03:04

I was just showing Cha those pictures - killing ourselves, absolutely brilliant angles

LittleBlueBMW · 11th October 2008, 03:16

I have gotten very excited to work on the M5 this weekend. Hopefully by next season it will be on the track stateside.

Drencher · 11th October 2008, 22:41

Dave,

If you're adamant that you want to do so much off roading I have a V8 Land Rover for sale.

(Sorry if this appears to be taking a commercial slant; not intended.)