slippy Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 Doe anyone have any pictures or any comments on how friendly they are ? Quote
adhawkins Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 I think the one that was in my car when I bought it is a Plays Kool one. It was OK, but uncomfortable on long runs. They're probably fine for mainly track use, but as I do a lot of road miles, they weren't for me. Switched to the Westfield padded race seats, and they've been great. Some flex around the top of them, but not enough to make me change. Andy Quote
slippy Posted August 28, 2005 Author Posted August 28, 2005 I'm thinking of th £££££'s unfortunatley the Westy Seats are the nicest I have seen but not cheap Quote
Matt Seabrook Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 I have no problem with my R500 style Plays-Kool seat Quote
Chris.B Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 Any Pictures ? here and here. HTH - Chris Quote
slippy Posted August 28, 2005 Author Posted August 28, 2005 They look nice but not that comfy, how much they set you back Quote
oioi Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 ive now done some fairly longs days in my playskool seats, over 6 hours per day for 4 days straight and am more than happy with them. the trick is to get them in the car exactly hopw you want them. i spent a lot of time getting this right. have a look at the photos on the ne7ers site basically what i did was put the seats in and work out what was comfy for me. i then marked this on the car. i then put the bolts into the base of the seat such that they were adjusted the same as the marking in the car (lots of lifting in and out of seat). i then filled the floor of the car with expanding foam and put the seat on top. i then used the bolts as a handy marker for where to drill the bolt holes and then bolted the seat down sandwiching the expanding foam. the foam also has the handy advantage of spreading my fat load evenly :-) your in the north east arent you? if so feel free to pop up to newcastle and have a sit in OiOi Quote
ChrisF Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 I got mine from MK sports cars for just £100 each. Top seats and very comfortable...I spend 6 hours in them today, doing the Cambs orienteering event, no prblems at all Quote
scott beeland Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 My pkm grp seats (not the r499 alikes) have been great on 2 c2c's; run down to meet the neighbours etc. Hugely supportive; sit you nice and low in the car and much less of a pain in the if you use the car in all weathers. Nothing worse than sitting in a wet padded seat Quick wipe down of the grp seat and in ya get Quote
adhawkins Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 Yes, but you 'pad' your seats Scott... I found 100 miles plus in the seat that was in my car when I got it started to get uncomfortable. Perhaps I need to eat more pies Andy Quote
scott beeland Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 I do indeed sit on a piece of very expensive hospital mattress when travelling a long ditance (ie meet the neighbours) but that's more to do with preserving foot/nerve function in an already well dodgy leg. Even the padded westfield seat gave me issues in that dept though. In addition; it's better (for me) to run my current set up as I can run without padding (the way I prefer it)for short blats but then chuck in a bit of foam for a long blat. When it gets wrecked I can chuck in another piece off the mattress Quote
steve_m Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 Are any of these seats slightly wider than the Caterham tillett seat ? Quote
Liam Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 ...I spend 6 hours in them today, doing the Cambs orienteering event, no prblems at all Too slow Quote
ChrisF Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 Too slow lets just see how slow the 'new' boat anchor is Quote
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