seats ...umm arrr ...I wonder

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

Ayup ..got some standard westy padded seats in me motor and have somebody interested in buying them - I have a possible set lined up with yellow piping which I like the look of - but I have a slight hankering to to fit some fibreglass seats

I have visited a few sites  -- jk composites, playskool,  fluke and carbon mods  (cannot afford carbon fibre so that puts a few out)

I really like the fibreglass seats with a little bit of padding - helps with comfort a little and looks the business --

So can you guys recommend some seat manufacturers to fit a wide - and post your experiences of changing from a soft seat to a padded

Plus the fibreglass ones seem to weight about 4.5 - 5 kg ...what do the westfield padded ones weigh?

Thanks in advance peeps

[dombanks]

I have the jk seats with their 5 piece pad set and find them great. Can't say about moving from normal ones as I've only had these. But I did 3 hrs or so in them and found them better than 3 hrs in the Clio

[pistonbroke]

I have the jk seats with their 5 piece pad set and find them great. Can't say about moving from normal ones as I've only had these. But I did 3 hrs or so in them and found them better than 3 hrs in the Clio

fewk me the Clio must bee a dog  

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

ahh I do like the look of the JK ones -

Upon further googling I have found that the Westfield race seats are 3-4kg lighter than the padded ones

http://www.westfieldxtr.com/seats.html

Dunno how that compares to jk seats so still need to know the actual weight of the westfield padded seats

Go on get your scales out ...  

[stephenh]

Didn't I see somewhere on this boardroom that it saves about 20kg? but cant recall whether that is per seat, or for a pair.

Oh when is Blatman due back? Assuming full remission for good behavior?      

[spence]

Have just fitted the Jk seats with the 5 piece pads as recommended to me on here.

Had padded seats before and tbh i find these really comfortable and not a lot of difference although not yet done any long trips in them yet. As for now i think they are great and good value for money. Getting in and out is a little more tricky but who cares.  

Need to bolt the brackets on them at the weekend though and fix to the rear panel as they do twist a bit. Mine are bolted to the floor and because I'm a short git the seat doesn't touch the rear panel.

[Symbiotic_Caterpillar]

I've got MK seats in mine. No padding and they are very comfortable.

The Westfield sports seats are around 9.5kg each so I don't see how changing them can save 20kg unless the new seats weight -1kg.

[pgh]

Just fitted the JK seats with padding too. Only driven for 15 mins or so with them so far. First impressions are good - really comfy. They're a bit of a tight fit - I have the 41cm wide ones so will use them as a way of stopping me putting on weight!

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

no point me gettin ones that me missus cannot squeeze her butt into  

[Bananaman]

Got the PKM ones and did 1000 miles last year in a week, no padding, no problem....

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

PKM ones ? done a search and can find nothing on these

More info please  

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]

fitted Mac#1 in mine £250 for both inc fixings

fit great comfy enough without padding

but might fit padding to stop head rattle rather

than sore arxx

[Porkie]

Fitted Tritons at the Weekend. I like the JK ones but as I understood you need to mount them in a fixed position. I like to let lots of different people drive my one so needed them to be on runners...  so went for Triton ones.

Really pleased so far. We needed to trim the lip slightly to get them in BUT that made them look alot better anyway!

however if I were you... I'd save your money and hassle.  Your ones look nice and new from the pics and go well with style of your car.

My padded ones were older and were also looking very much at odds with the track based nature of the car so I changed them.

I was suprised how light the Westy seats are once you get the runners off them as well!

new ones.

[Bananaman]

PKM ones ? done a search and can find nothing on these

More info please  

Plays Kool Motorsport

[Jenko]

I fitted Triton to mine (some time ago)...Had intentions of adding padding, but as it turned I simply didn't need it, they just seem to fit my frame so well.....So I would advise tring them first before you buy padding...

I was sad enough to weigh my old seats, and for each seat, I saved 5kgs....(Westfield normal padded seats are 9kgs without runners).

Another handy bit of info, is the metro runners are very low slung, and with a little bit of hacking they will fit in a westfield.

PJ.